[Bug 404448] [NEW] [regression][karmic] Using "Open Directory" in VLC to open a DVD-on-disk opens the DVD drive instead

[Tristan Schmelcher]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: vlc

I am running the VLC package from Karmic on Jaunty 32-bit. I have a
"DVD-on-disk", i.e., the contents of a DVD's root directory copied to my
hard disk, containing a VIDEO_TS directory with all the VOB files and
IFO files and such. If I try to open it with File -> Open Directory...
in VLC and navigate to inside the VIDEO_TS directory, then VLC opens the
DVD that is in my _drive_--i.e., it opens the MRL dvd://. If there is no
DVD in the drive then of course this results in it displaying an error.

If I select the directory that _contains_ the VIDEO_TS folder, VLC opens
the raw VOB files in a playlist (i.e., not as a DVD).

If I use Open Disc... and browse to select the directory as the disc
device, then VLC opens the DVD-on-disk correctly regardless of whether I
select the VIDEO_TS directory or its parent directory.

The expected behaviour is that VLC should also open the files as a DVD
when using Open Directory...

Note that this is a regression from Jaunty. In Jaunty the Open
Directory... function would open the DVD-on-disk as a DVD (at least if I
selected the VIDEO_TS directory ... I don't think I ever tried selecting
its parent directory).

$ apt-cache policy vlc
vlc:
  Installed: 1.0.0-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.0.0-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.0-1ubuntu1 0
         99 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.9.9a-2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages
$  cat /etc/lsb-release 
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"

** Affects: vlc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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[regression][karmic] Using "Open Directory" in VLC to open a DVD-on-disk opens the DVD drive instead
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404448
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