[MEncoder-users] Reading DVD-VR

[Jeff Clagg]

On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 07:36:53PM +0200, Pepe wrote:
> My dvd recorder can record dvd-rw in two modes: V and VR. V mode seems to be 
> the standard, any dvd player should be able to play them. Of course mplayer 
> (xine and so on) can read them. 
> 
> But on the other hand mplayer seems not to be able to read dvds in VR mode. Is 
> there any way to read those discs?
> 
> (Some info about VR mode: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VR_Mode)

Sounds like something that'd work if you play the vobs directly instead
of using dvd://

Additionally, I believe you can fix the IFO using tools in the dvdstream
suite (though I don't recall exactly how), and then, dvd:// would work.