DVD Discs/Images

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1. DVD Playback
2. Play DVD/Disc
1. 2.1. Autoplay
2. 2.2. Multiple DVDs/drives
3. 2.3. DVD Image Files
4. 2.4. DVD Keyboard Shortcuts

DVD Playback

You may select or change autoplay options, codecs, language, subtitle aspect ratios and many more settings for DVD Playback, see:

To use Daemon Tools and other image drive tools and to select auto mount options, see:

Virtual Drive

Play DVD/Disc

Select the Play Disc Menu option to play the currently inserted DVD (or CD). You can choose to display this option on either the Home or Plugins window in Configuration > Plugins Play Disc.

Autoplay

Of course, you may never need this option since the settings you select in Configuration > DVD Discs/Imagses > Autoplay will normally ask if you wish to play any Disc inserted, However, you can disable autoplay and use the Play Disc option instead.

Multiple DVDs/drives

If more than one DVD exists, MediaPortal will show a dialog box, with the possibility to choose which DVD to play.

DVD Image Files

You can also play CD or DVD image files if you have configured Virtual Drive to use Daemon Tools or Virtual CloneDrive. Then you play the files using the Videos feature of MediaPortal.

You don't need to start these Tools along with MediaPortal. They will be executed on-demand and on-the-fly within MediaPortal, transparently.
Images are visible in Videos Shares view and can be processed as regular video files. Movie info can be also added to the video database (using the F3 key or context menu item for IMDb lookup.
Sometimes mounting CD and DVD images can take time, if it exceeds the actual timeout (10 seconds), a new dialog (OK/Cancel) windows appear to ask if you wish to "Keep trying for a further 60 seconds?"