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| Registered: June 28, 2007 |  Posts: 29 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have my trailers all set up in the Notes field to call PowerDVD and play the trailer with the following format: <A HREF="g:\VOBs\3194-tr.vob">Trailer</A> My laptop was reimaged last week and I reinstalled DVDPro and restored the backup. Now, the trailer does not play in PowerDVD .. instead it tries to run Quicktime in the Notes window, but errors out because it is a vob file. I have checked the file types to make sure MPEG and VOB are set for PowerDVD. Can any one help me figure out what got reset to make this stop working? |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | What happens if you double click on the vob file from within Windows Explorer?
Even though you say you checked them, it does sound like the file types have been corrupted somehow. Even though PowerDVD may still be available to play vob files in file associations, it needs to be the default action for it to work from within Profiler. |
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| Registered: June 28, 2007 | | Posts: 29 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yes, I checked to make sure that PowerDVD runs when I click on a vob file from windows explorer. It is only a problem from within DVDProfiler.
What do you mean when you say "it needs to be the default action for it to work from within Profiler"?
I thought setting it up in file types would make it the dafault action. Is there some other place that it needs to be set? I searched all through the DVDPro options, etc., but found nothing. | | | | Last edited: by bebbaboo |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting bebbaboo: Quote:
Yes, I checked to make sure that PowerDVD runs when I click on a vob file from windows explorer. It is only a problem from within DVDProfiler.
What do you mean when you say "it needs to be the default action for it to work from within Profiler"?
I thought setting it up in file types would make it the dafault action. Is there some other place that it needs to be set? I searched all through the DVDPro options, etc., but found nothing. You need to set the file types in Windows. Open Windows Explorer and on the menu Tools>Folder Options. Select the File Types tab and scroll down to the VOB file type and make sure the default program to open this type is set to PowerDVD. | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 8ballMax: Quote:
You need to set the file types in Windows. Open Windows Explorer and on the menu Tools>Folder Options. Select the File Types tab and scroll down to the VOB file type and make sure the default program to open this type is set to PowerDVD. Another way way to achieve this is to rightclick on the file, choose "open with ..." in the window that opens now you choose "PowerDVD", don't forget to check the "always open with ..." | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: June 28, 2007 | | Posts: 29 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks for the replys, but as I said in my original post, the file type in windows explorer was the first thing I checked. The vob file type is set for PowerDVD. I can double click on a vob file in windows explorer and it plays in PowerDVD. It just doesn't work from within DVDProfiler ... there it tries to run it in Quicktime. Before my laptop was reimaged it correctly pulled up PowerDVD from within DVDPro, but now it no longer works.
Any other ideas? |
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| Registered: April 4, 2007 | | Posts: 884 |
| | Posted: | | | | how about removing both programs, then installing QuickTime and then PowerDVD? | | | | - Jan |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 3,830 |
| | Posted: | | | | When you download Quicktime, there will be a box you must UNcheck if you don't want Quicktime to become your default player for media and various online video streams.
If you already downloaded Quicktime and did not uncheck the box that asks whether you want Quicktime as your default player, then you must go to Quicktime Preferences and UNcheck whatever formats you would prefer to view in Windows Media Player.
To do this:
a. Launch Quicktime Player
b. Pull down and select Quicktime Preferences (It is under the Quicktime menu. Make sure it says Quicktime Preferences and not just Preferences.)
c. Click on the Advanced tab d. In the preferences pop-up window, click on the Mime-settings button to adjust.
e. Make the adjustments. (You can UN-check all the boxes except the top one that says STREAMING - Streaming Movies
f. Click OK, quit and restart player. | | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. | | | | Last edited: by ? |
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| Registered: June 28, 2007 | | Posts: 29 |
| | Posted: | | | | Giga Wizard, you are my hero. I tried changing the file types within Quicktime, but they reverted back each time. I don't know why. So I uninstalled Quicktime, checked and my vobs played !!! YEAH. I then reinstalled Quicktime and set the file types while installing. This time they stuck. Everything is working.
Thank you! |
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