Can iPad play DVD w/ MENU (.IFO) files?

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Can iPad play DVD w/ MENU (.IFO) files?

Handbrake will not work as this converts VOB files without navigation menues found in the IFO files. Is there any way to get interactive multimedia DVD on the iPad. I am hoping that VLC is approved soon, so I can just copying over the .dvdmedia package and just open the appropriate .IFO file and go to town...

iPad, iOS 4

Posted on Sep 12, 2010 4:24 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 12, 2010 4:53 PM in response to Darknerd

Darknerd wrote:
Handbrake will not work as this converts VOB files without navigation menues found in the IFO files. Is there any way to get interactive multimedia DVD on the iPad. I am hoping that VLC is approved soon, so I can just copying over the .dvdmedia package and just open the appropriate .IFO file and go to town...

Discussing how to illegally rip DVD's is not appropriate. Find out how to figure out your issues elsewhere.

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Darknerd Author

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Sep 12, 2010 8:01 PM in response to OrangeMarlin

OrangeMarlin wrote:

Darknerd wrote:
Handbrake will not work as this converts VOB files without navigation menues found in the IFO files. Is there any way to get interactive multimedia DVD on the iPad. I am hoping that VLC is approved soon, so I can just copying over the .dvdmedia package and just open the appropriate .IFO file and go to town...

Discussing how to illegally rip DVD's is not appropriate. Find out how to figure out your issues elsewhere.

Dude, who says I'm illegally copying DVDs, that was quite rude and unhelpful. I have a language CD from another country that is menu intensive, and I have authorization to copy this for my own personal use.

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varjak paw

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Sep 13, 2010 7:56 AM in response to Darknerd

The iPad cannot play any of the content from a DVD without converting the content, and there is no way to convert the menus of a DVD as part of the conversion of the video and audio. Whether VLC for the iPad, if it gets approved, will support such playback I haven't been able to determine, but other than taking control of a computer and using it's playback capabilities, I don't know of any other possible solution.

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