Quoting VirusPil:

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... It makes exactly what i was thinking off. This is really great!!   

Indeed. I wouldn't bother to create and submit disc-level childs to some of my tv-series if Bulk Edit didn't exist.

cya, Mithi

Quoting Grendell:

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So it's OK for people to sell their own products on the Invelos forum? I wasn't aware that that was allowed.

Edit: I decided to remove my response to this off-topic and suggest the question be posted elsewhere. Thank you.

Quoting SpaceFreakMicha:

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Quoting DJ Doena:

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Unfortunately I have no idea how they are doing it.

I'm no programmer, but I think they are only able to do it, because they crack CSS first and can parse the ifo or vob-files after that. Without cracking CSS (or having a valid key like commercial software players) it seems impossible.

As I recall, the IFO data was readable.  It is only the VOB files that need decrypted.

But it's been years since I've fooled with this stuff.  But I do know that at least part of the DVD isn't encrypted.

Disc MetaData Extraction Sample Programs

DVDInfo - DVD MetaData Extraction

This program I wrote, using the Microsoft DirectShow library and samples, with additional code for running times taken from various IFO parsing projects I found. For the DVDs I tested, this program produces identical information to DVDShrink and DVDDecrypter.

BDInfo - BD MetaData Extraction

This program I got from the CinemaSquid web site, which includes free source. I have recompiled the code and briefly reviewed it to assure that it is compatible with my programming environment. The code is superbly well structured and documented. The authors are to be highly commended for making the source available.

So, you can play with these programs to give me feedback that they both in fact work in your various system environments, and indeed accurately produce the information required for the envisoned plugin. While you are doing that, I will start building the plugin by integrating the necessary subsets of code from these two programs into an Invelos-compatible framework.

I like the idea of the ability to manually select the titles to be included in the official "run time". I will set the checkboxes by default. I also forsee giving the cability to (a) update an existing profile disc info, (b) create a new profile with the disc info filled in, and (c) some kind of CSV / XML export of the metadata so people can write other programs.

I am happy to follow any thread that makes sense - we can continue here, or somebody can start a thread in Plugins Forum - just keep me posted as to where to look for feedback.

I was just going to say... it is asking me about something called DVDPlayerNet... Saying it stopped working. I don't even know what it is or if I even have it.

Thanks... will give it a go.

BDInfo work well with Windows 7. 

Thank you!

@Wigram - good info. Thanks. I will PM you.