OT-- program to play AVI files??

I have a bunch of .avi files on a CD. These are little home movies that we
took with our digital camera.

Is there any software that will do the following:

When I put the CD in the drive I would like it to automatically start
playing the .avi files.

There are about 15 such files on the CD

Mel

MB_ wrote:
> I have a bunch of .avi files on a CD. These are little home movies that we
> took with our digital camera.
>
> Is there any software that will do the following:
>
> When I put the CD in the drive I would like it to automatically start
> playing the .avi files.
>
> There are about 15 such files on the CD
>
> Mel
>
>
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Maybe the best player out there.....

In article <biUoi.55$>,
says...

> I have a bunch of .avi files on a CD. These are little home movies that we
> took with our digital camera.
>
> Is there any software that will do the following:
>
> When I put the CD in the drive I would like it to automatically start
> playing the .avi files.
>
> There are about 15 such files on the CD
>
> Mel

First, you'll need the codec to play em......Second, is there something
wrong with just exploring the CD & open each file? Whaddya mean
automatically play? All of them in succesion?

http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/

http://www.divxmovies.com/codec/

ByTor:

That's what I do now (open each file and play it).

What I'd like to do is pop the CD in and have each file automatically play,
one after the other.

Is there a way to do this??

Mel
"ByTor" <> wrote in message
news:93Voi.3749$...
> In article <biUoi.55$>,
> says...
>
>> I have a bunch of .avi files on a CD. These are little home movies that
>> we
>> took with our digital camera.
>>
>> Is there any software that will do the following:
>>
>> When I put the CD in the drive I would like it to automatically start
>> playing the .avi files.
>>
>> There are about 15 such files on the CD
>>
>> Mel
>
> First, you'll need the codec to play em......Second, is there something
> wrong with just exploring the CD & open each file? Whaddya mean
> automatically play? All of them in succesion?
>
> http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/
>
> http://www.divxmovies.com/codec/
>

Well, one way to do it would be to make up a command file that launched the AVI
player, passing it a command line argument for each file to be played. The
other part would be to place an autorun file on the CD. I forget exactly how
autorun works. Note that if you were to make up a home movie CD like this, you
would also expect people to use the same software to play the AVIs that you
have.

The above is a bit vague and a bit brute force, too. Perhaps there is some
freeware someplace with this already built in... Ben Myers

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:08:54 -0400, "MZB" <> wrote:

>ByTor:
>
>That's what I do now (open each file and play it).
>
>What I'd like to do is pop the CD in and have each file automatically play,
>one after the other.
>
>Is there a way to do this??
>
>Mel
>"ByTor" <> wrote in message
>news:93Voi.3749$...
>> In article <biUoi.55$>,
>> says...
>>
>>> I have a bunch of .avi files on a CD. These are little home movies that
>>> we
>>> took with our digital camera.
>>>
>>> Is there any software that will do the following:
>>>
>>> When I put the CD in the drive I would like it to automatically start
>>> playing the .avi files.
>>>
>>> There are about 15 such files on the CD
>>>
>>> Mel
>>
>> First, you'll need the codec to play em......Second, is there something
>> wrong with just exploring the CD & open each file? Whaddya mean
>> automatically play? All of them in succesion?
>>
>> http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/
>>
>> http://www.divxmovies.com/codec/
>>
>

ByTor,
If you created the CD/DVD by just copying individual *.avi files to the
disc, you will need to create a new CD/DVD with these files that will have a
playlist associated with these files.

Have you looked at your CD/DVD burning software, and see if there is a
feature that would create a "playlist" for the files you have on the cd/dvd
disc? You may have to burn a new second disc with this feature.

I read in the HELP section of MS Media Player has this feature when burning
audio files to a CD/DVD. It might work with video files too. Or check out MS
Movie Maker, or software that creates movies, there should be a way of
combining the individual *.avi files into a single *.avi file, that will
automatically play when you pop in the disc.

Or programs like Nero or Roxio may be of use to you.

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"Ben Myers" <> wrote in message
news:...
Well, one way to do it would be to make up a command file that launched the
AVI
player, passing it a command line argument for each file to be played. The
other part would be to place an autorun file on the CD. I forget exactly
how
autorun works. Note that if you were to make up a home movie CD like this,
you
would also expect people to use the same software to play the AVIs that you
have.

The above is a bit vague and a bit brute force, too. Perhaps there is some
freeware someplace with this already built in... Ben Myers

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:08:54 -0400, "MZB" <> wrote:

>ByTor:
>
>That's what I do now (open each file and play it).
>
>What I'd like to do is pop the CD in and have each file automatically play,
>one after the other.
>
>Is there a way to do this??
>
>Mel
>"ByTor" <> wrote in message
>news:93Voi.3749$...
>> In article <biUoi.55$>,
>> says...
>>
>>> I have a bunch of .avi files on a CD. These are little home movies that
>>> we
>>> took with our digital camera.
>>>
>>> Is there any software that will do the following:
>>>
>>> When I put the CD in the drive I would like it to automatically start
>>> playing the .avi files.
>>>
>>> There are about 15 such files on the CD
>>>
>>> Mel
>>
>> First, you'll need the codec to play em......Second, is there something
>> wrong with just exploring the CD & open each file? Whaddya mean
>> automatically play? All of them in succesion?
>>
>> http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/
>>
>> http://www.divxmovies.com/codec/
>>
>

WOW - 15 home movies at one sitting! Torture like this isn't even allowed
at GITMO.

Think about using something like MS Movie Maker to make one movie. The 15
movies would be linked together, and each would be a "chapter" in the
finished movie.


"MZB" <> wrote in message
news:bw3pi.28$...
> ByTor:
>
> That's what I do now (open each file and play it).
>
> What I'd like to do is pop the CD in and have each file automatically
play,
> one after the other.
>
> Is there a way to do this??
>
> Mel
> "ByTor" <> wrote in message
> news:93Voi.3749$...
> > In article <biUoi.55$>,
> > says...
> >
> >> I have a bunch of .avi files on a CD. These are little home movies that
> >> we
> >> took with our digital camera.
> >>
> >> Is there any software that will do the following:
> >>
> >> When I put the CD in the drive I would like it to automatically start
> >> playing the .avi files.
> >>
> >> There are about 15 such files on the CD
> >>
> >> Mel
> >
> > First, you'll need the codec to play em......Second, is there something
> > wrong with just exploring the CD & open each file? Whaddya mean
> > automatically play? All of them in succesion?
> >
> > http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/
> >
> > http://www.divxmovies.com/codec/
> >
>
>

> Note that if you were to make up a home movie CD like this, you would
> also expect people to use the same software to play the AVIs that you
> have.

If you can pass commandline parameters to VLC, then perhaps the stand-
alone VLC Portable version from http://www.portableapps.com could be
used - that way, you have no problems over ensuring the right codecs
and player are installed on machines on which it might be used.

It would appear you can use playlists, and the options are:

Playlist options
--random plays files randomly forever.
--loop loops playlist on end.
--repeat repeats the current item until another item is forced
--play-and-stop stops the playlist after each played item.

....but you can do it easier (?!?) than that again !

I just did a quick test here, and it would appear you can set up a
playlist _really_ easily with VLC and should be able to get it to
auto-run:

Download the portable version as above
Make a dummy directory somewhere to "build" the CD
Unpack VLC to the dummy directory
Copy the movies to the dummy directory
Run VLC, and create a playlist* of all the movies
Save the playlist to the dummy directory

Create a text file "autorun.inf" in the dummy directory in the format:

------
[autorun]
open=(path to the VLC executable) "\\playlist.m3u"
------

* you might need to edit the m3u playlist text to "\\filename.avi" for
all entries to get them to work properly

Try burning the contents of the directory to a CD, and hopefully,
Bob's your aunties' live in lover :-)

> I just did a quick test here, and it would appear you can set up a
> playlist _really_ easily with VLC and should be able to get it to
> auto-run:

Small variation on the method suggested before:

When VLCPortable is unpacked, copy the contents of the VLCPortable
directory to the root of the CD (so the VLCPortable.exe file is in the
root of the CD)

My autorun.inf then looks like this (without the -----)

-----
[autorun]
open=VLCPortable.exe "vlcpl.m3u"
-----

and my playlist looks like this (where each of the files below the
line starting with a # is a file you want to play)

-----
#EXTM3U
627632462.flv
himalayan_summit.mp3
01. U96 - Das Boot.mp3
-----

Works a treat when created with PowerISO and "autoplay-ing" the test
ISO on a virtual drive :-)

In article <>,
says...


> ByTor,
> If you created the CD/DVD by just copying individual *.avi files to the
> disc, you will need to create a new CD/DVD with these files that will have a
> playlist associated with these files.
>
> Have you looked at your CD/DVD burning software, and see if there is a
> feature that would create a "playlist" for the files you have on the cd/dvd
> disc? You may have to burn a new second disc with this feature.
>
> I read in the HELP section of MS Media Player has this feature when burning
> audio files to a CD/DVD. It might work with video files too. Or check out MS
> Movie Maker, or software that creates movies, there should be a way of
> combining the individual *.avi files into a single *.avi file, that will
> automatically play when you pop in the disc.
>
> Or programs like Nero or Roxio may be of use to you.

Ummmmm, thanks for the info but I was not the original poster asking the
question....... ;0)