User Guide

256 Chapter 11: Using Digital Video
Issues with Macintosh DVD folder pathnames
On Macintosh computers, the format of the pathname for the folder property should use a
forward slash ( / ) as the path’s delimeter, instead of the standard Macintosh delimiter colon ( : ).
In addition, /volumes/ should be concatenated at the start of the pathname of the DVD folder.
For example, if the DVD folder is located on the root of the boot drive, it would look like the
following:
member (2).folder = "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Test_DVD/video_ts"
When the _movie.path command is used for retrieving the path of the projector or movie on a
Macintosh, it will contain a colon ( : ) instead of the forward slash ( / ). The use of the colon in
the DVD folder’s pathname will cause an error. As a workaround, developers can use a script to
replace the colon characters in the pathname with forward slashes.
Using the DVD video window
You can access and play DVDs using the DVD window. You cannot, however, edit the files in the
real sense of the word; rather, you can preview them in the DVD window.