Hi,
I have extracted my DVDs as a folder per each movie (My Movies\Movie Name\VIDEO_TS\...) on my Main-Server PC. I have imported all these DVDs in the MC. I can play back these DVDs just fine in MC12 on the Main-Server PC. When I click Play on the VIDEO_TS folder in the MC12 on the Main-Server PC, it launches DVD play and the DVD plays fine. Excellent!
Now, I have another PC - HTPC that is connected to my television in the theater room in the house. MC12 is running as a client (connecting to the Library Server running on the Main-Server PC). I can play Audio etc. fine on the HTPC. However, whenever I try to play the extracted DVDs on the HTPC, I get this error:
"Media Center encountered errors while trying to play the last several files. Please make sure that the path in your media library points to the right location."
I can play regular DVDs fine on the HTPC. I can also play these extracted DVDs fine on the Main-Server PC. I just can't play the extracted DVDs on the HTPC (running MC12 as client). If I look at the Library Server log, I do not see the usual messages "Received request for ...." for the IFO or VOB files. If I tried to play some .MPG files from the HTPC client then I have no problem. It is just the extracted DVDs that is not working.
Here is something more interesting. The My Movies folder on the Main-Server is shared on the local network as SMB share. The SMB share is mounted on HTPC as a network drive. On HTPC MC12 client, if I do File -> Open Media File and then point to the same .IFO file then the DVD plays fine! It just seems to not work through the Library Server.
Any idea what's going on? Please let me know if you need further information.
thanks,
Osho