HD200 won't play Video_TS folders?

[jgs14]

Hello,

I am having difficulty because my HD200 won't play DVDs ripped to Video_TS folders. They show up in the Media Center video list, but when you select 'play' I get a black screen for just a second, then it returns to the SageTV menu.

Some technical information:

1. SageTV 6.6.2 on Windows XP, HD200 with latest firmware, connected via wired ethernet
2. SageTV internal video and audio decoder selected (does this make a difference on an extender??)
3. Rips made with DVD Decrypter, with 'files' setting. All play fine with Mplayer locally

My questions:

- I know playing DVD folders is supported locally, but does it also work on an HD200? (this used to work on my old Haupage MediaMVP extender...)
- Is there a better way I should be ripping? DVD Decrypter is old as the hills, but I have been using it for like ~4 years without problem...

Its hard to know if this is a problem with my SageTV setup, the extender, or the rip itself...

Thanks for any help!

[paulbeers]

I have no problems playing ripped dvd's on my HD200's. I use DVDFab to rip them to movie only (although menus or anything else are not an issue per reports of other users, I just want to save the space). Do they show up as DVD's if you select the "DVD" list in the media center?

[Grant.Edwards]

Originally Posted by jgs14

I am having difficulty because my HD200 won't play DVDs ripped to
Video_TS folders. They show up in the Media Center video list, but
when you select 'play' I get a black screen for just a second, then it
returns to the SageTV menu.
[...]

- I know playing DVD folders is supported locally, but does it also
work on an HD200? (this used to work on my old Haupage MediaMVP
extender...)

It works fine for me. I do it all the time.

- Is there a better way I should be ripping? DVD Decrypter is old as
the hills, but I have been using it for like ~4 years without
problem...

I use k9copy, but that's on a Linux server....

[jgs14]

Thanks to all those who replied that this was working. I ripped a bunch of different DVDs and finally figured out what the problem was. Commercial DVDs played just fine, however non-commercial (e.g., without copy protection) DVDs somehow got 'screwed up' when ripped with DVD Decrypter. While they wouldn't play in SageTV, I could play them in mplayer however.

The solution was just to 'drag and drop' the contents of these non-commercial DVDs in windows explorer to the appropriate drive.