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A script to play a DVD stored in a folder
First, I'm disappointed that this forum is devoving into a 'me too' hangout for people to post completely off-topic messages like designr did. I'm sure there are dozens of ways to watch DVDs on your Mac, and that some people don't want their kids to watch DVDs on their computer. But that's not what the original post was about... it was about how to get DVD Player to open a VIDEO_TS folder automatically.
I would like to suggest that all posters take a moment before writing a reply to ask yourself "is what I'm writing helpful and relevent?". Anyway, I like this little script but would love to run it as a standalone script instead of a folder action. I can't seem to figure out a way to work around the reliance on the this_folder class. Does anyone know how to grab the name of the parent folder in a non-folder action script?
A script to play a DVD stored in a folder
Surely you didn't mean to refer to designr, who, according to my reading of the page, answered a specific question asked by the hint's author, and did it succinctly. Designr was generous enough to offer help, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who appreciated it.
A script to play a DVD stored in a folder
Well said osxpounder
Me Too!!!!
I stand corrected. In fact, designr was not guilty of posting off topic.
But vdubya, taxi, myrkr, mike508 and now Accura all have the off-topic virus. But now we have three more messages in this forum that don't speak to my question. I expect it when I read Slashdot, not Mac OS X Hints.
A script to play a DVD stored in a folder
Save as Application not showing the startup screen
Very close....
This script almost does what I'm looking for, except that it presents a dialog box. I would prefer to find a way for the script to fill the this_folder variable automatically based on it's location.
Very close....
Try this:
Very close... (but needed some work)
Thank you very much, Terry, tc_nyc, and periche, for the initial idea and implementation, refined specs, and updated solution, respectively. I happen to have very similar needs. Alas, periche's script doesn't work (at least for me), so I tracked down 2 small but relevant bugs and expanded the comments a bit:
As noted by periche: Save as an Application not showing the startup screen. It then works nicely for me, especially when I present my family with a friendlier starting point by
Enjoy or enhance!
Very close... (but needed some work)
Hi all,
Very close... (but needed some work)
Hi all --
Very close... (but needed some work)
...nevermind that previous comment. I just stumbled upon a different approach while using a new DVD ripping program. |
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