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accessing videos on music cds

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jhomayne

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Mar 1, 2004
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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)
 
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.
 
The files might be hidden so grab a program that will show all the files or use terminal.
 
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.
 
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?
 
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
 
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