this disc mentioned (Talladega Nights) has copy protection, in order to edit the disc he has to bypass the copy protection and make an edited copy. that is illegal in the US.
it's not nonsense.
Crap, you're right. Sorry about going off the handle.
this disc mentioned (Talladega Nights) has copy protection, in order to edit the disc he has to bypass the copy protection and make an edited copy. that is illegal in the US.
it's not nonsense.
I'd say that it's quite likely true that this is the law, but then I'd say also the law itself is the nonsense here. (It would be interesting to see how this would play out in court if ever some prosecutor somewhere becomes motivated enough, for whatever strange reason, to push for a trial on a case like this, something I think that's incredibly unlikely to happen.)
Aaaaaaand, looking at the AppleScript suite in DVD Player, there's no way that I see to simply say "Jump to this timecode" Bastiches.
I wonder if he set 2 bookmarks, one at the beginning, and another after the scene he wants to skip, and then coded "play named bookmark 1" and "play named bookmark 2"?
I think it probably does not stop at each bookmark though.
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QT Player does, however. Investigating how to get that to play DVDs instead of DVD Player.
He would have to rip the DVD to mp4 with Handbrake.
the reason DVD player does not allow such things is because DVD players in the US have certain restrictions that don't allow you to jump certain parts.
i.e. the FBI piracy warning has a flag set on the DVD that disallows control of the fast forwarding or skip button, you must see that part before you are even allowed to view the rest of the dvd....
you also have region coding on dvds.... so, because of the format standards of dvds you aren't going to be able to choose jump to a timecode.... vlc on the other hand should do this if you set up a playlist and save it.
personally i would love to use dvd player if it wasn't for the limitations set by the MPAA that have become part of DVD player. i don't know if apple is legally required to follow such things, but they do.
there is also a program called DVDAssist which allows you to use VIDEO_TS folders with Front Row.
DVD Player includes the ability to set Film Clips. Look under the Controls menu. You can set each clip as a start and end time. So far so good. Set the clips for the portions of the movie you want to watch. Unfortunately, I don't see a way to automate this at the moment. (DVD Player .plist munging maybe?)
AppleScript can then run the video clips in order. Voila.
Edit: Yup, look in ~/Application Support/DVD Player/ and you'll see a bunch of hex string named plists. The hex string is the DVD ID. You *should* be able to create and share lists of clips that 'edit' DVDs without altering the original disc - it'll just skip over portions deemed unacceptable.
Of course, I honestly have to wonder why you'd do that instead of just avoiding that particular piece of work completely (it strikes me as painting a bikini on Boticelli's Venus because it shows bewbies), and it goes against my own beliefs pretty strongly, but there ya go. The ability is there, in DVD Player, already.
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QT Player does, however. Investigating how to get that to play DVDs instead of DVD Player.
even for private viewing you can't...
this disc mentioned (Talladega Nights) has copy protection, in order to edit the disc he has to bypass the copy protection and make an edited copy. that is illegal in the US.
it's not nonsense.
Crap, you're right. Sorry about going off the handle.
even for private viewing you can't...
this disc mentioned (Talladega Nights) has copy protection, in order to edit the disc he has to bypass the copy protection and make an edited copy. that is illegal in the US.
it's not nonsense.
I'd say that it's quite likely true that this is the law, but then I'd say also the law itself is the nonsense here. (It would be interesting to see how this would play out in court if ever some prosecutor somewhere becomes motivated enough, for whatever strange reason, to push for a trial on a case like this, something I think that's incredibly unlikely to happen.)
Aaaaaaand, looking at the AppleScript suite in DVD Player, there's no way that I see to simply say "Jump to this timecode" Bastiches.
I wonder if he set 2 bookmarks, one at the beginning, and another after the scene he wants to skip, and then coded "play named bookmark 1" and "play named bookmark 2"?
I think it probably does not stop at each bookmark though.
QT Player does, however. Investigating how to get that to play DVDs instead of DVD Player.
He would have to rip the DVD to mp4 with Handbrake.
i.e. the FBI piracy warning has a flag set on the DVD that disallows control of the fast forwarding or skip button, you must see that part before you are even allowed to view the rest of the dvd....
you also have region coding on dvds.... so, because of the format standards of dvds you aren't going to be able to choose jump to a timecode.... vlc on the other hand should do this if you set up a playlist and save it.
personally i would love to use dvd player if it wasn't for the limitations set by the MPAA that have become part of DVD player. i don't know if apple is legally required to follow such things, but they do.
there is also a program called DVDAssist which allows you to use VIDEO_TS folders with Front Row.
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DVD Player includes the ability to set Film Clips. Look under the Controls menu. You can set each clip as a start and end time. So far so good. Set the clips for the portions of the movie you want to watch. Unfortunately, I don't see a way to automate this at the moment. (DVD Player .plist munging maybe?)
AppleScript can then run the video clips in order. Voila.
Edit: Yup, look in ~/Application Support/DVD Player/ and you'll see a bunch of hex string named plists. The hex string is the DVD ID. You *should* be able to create and share lists of clips that 'edit' DVDs without altering the original disc - it'll just skip over portions deemed unacceptable.
Of course, I honestly have to wonder why you'd do that instead of just avoiding that particular piece of work completely (it strikes me as painting a bikini on Boticelli's Venus because it shows bewbies), and it goes against my own beliefs pretty strongly, but there ya go. The ability is there, in DVD Player, already.