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jhomayne
Sep 9, 2004, 12:40 PM
on my windows pc, whenever i bought a single or album on that contained a video i would always copy the video onto my harddrive so that i could watch them at leisure without having to find the cd.

but i've noticed that i can't seem to find the video files in the cd folders with my ibook.

anyone got any help? :)

(apologies if this is in the wrong forum btw)


jhomayne
Sep 10, 2004, 02:16 PM
bump.. :(
FuzzyBallz
Sep 10, 2004, 05:51 PM
Copy the video onto a thumb drive on the PC, open it on the Mac. Problem solved.
mikeyredk
Sep 10, 2004, 06:11 PM
did you try to navigate through the cd manually?
Phat_Pat
Sep 10, 2004, 06:14 PM
when there is two different things on a cd it useually shows to cds on the desktop.

One with the music one with the video files and whatnot.
jhomayne
Sep 12, 2004, 08:17 AM
well that's what i thought i'd have to do but when i open the 'data' cd on the desktop all i get is the shockwave (or whatever) program that displays the video, no folders or anything else.
mikeyredk
Sep 12, 2004, 08:37 AM
The files might be hidden so grab a program that will show all the files or use terminal.
hanq
Sep 12, 2004, 06:43 PM
so what you're saying is that if you try to open the cd image thats on the desktop it opens shockwave and no folders. then try right-clicking or ctrl-clicking on the cd and select "Show Package Contents". and the contents of the cd should show up in a new window. im not sure if this works on a cd though. i have no way of testing this so could you post it if i works. or use terminal if this doesn't work.
jhomayne
Sep 15, 2004, 01:35 PM
sorry. i shall explain a bit better.

when i insert the cd i, as you know, get one folder with the 3 tracks on it (the cd to which i refer is The Libertines' 'Can't Stand Me Now' single) and another folder which contains a macromedia application 'Libertines' which loads the video viewer and nothing else.

i'm guessing that the files are hidden.

how would i go about using terminal?
mikeyredk
Sep 15, 2004, 06:42 PM
the basic command to look at file is "LS" then you have sub commands -a, -v you can find all of this by "man ls"


forgot you have to "cd" back to the volume or type "cd" drag the file cd to the terminal window