Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.5.0

[nebostrangla]

Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.5.0: 2011 3 6
- New: Improved DVD/HD-DVD/BD emulation
- New: Added help menu to notification icon
- New: Notification icon can be changed by the user
- New: Support for harddisks with very large physical sectors (> 2048 bytes)
- Some minor changes and improvements
- Updated languages

http://www.slysoft.com/download.html

[gmd024]

I couldn't remember if I had installed this latest v5450 of VCD - so in Windows 7 I went to program files/Elaborate Bytes/VCD and checked the VCDMount and the VCDPrefs exe files

The VCDMount says it's v5433 -- the VCDPrefs says it's v5450

Can someone shed some light on this and tell me which version is actually installed

btw - when I install a new version of VCD (or 'most' any other app) - I install the latest version over top of the previuous version (without un-installing the prev. ver. 1st)

Thanks in advance

[James]

Originally Posted by gmd024

I couldn't remember if I had installed this latest v5450 of VCD - so in Windows 7 I went to program files/Elaborate Bytes/VCD and checked the VCDMount and the VCDPrefs exe files

The VCDMount says it's v5433 -- the VCDPrefs says it's v5450

Can someone shed some light on this and tell me which version is actually installed

5.4.5.0

Not every file is replaced with an update.

[gmd024]

Originally Posted by James

5.4.5.0

Not every file is replaced with an update.

Thanks for the clarification James

[Dipman]

I've installed 5.4.5.0 on several of my Media Center PC's. I have a NAS which hosts a number of DVD ISO's. I've written a simple Media Center plugin which lists my movies in Media Center and when I want to watch a movie it mounts the .ISO with Virtual Clone Drive and WMC will autoplay the 'inserted' DVD. On version 5.4.5.0 of VCD the DVDs fail to play (just a black screen, no options to go to root menu, etc). The ISO appears to be mounted (disc name appears correctly in Windows explorer on the virtual DVD drive). If I uninstall and install version 5.4.4.0 everything works flawlessly. It seems that 5.4.5.0 broke my particular use case (playing DVD movie ISO's living on a windows network share). I'll stick to 5.4.4.0 for now.

Oh, and yes, it happens in both WMC and WMP on a fresh Windows 7 x64 SP1 install without my custom WMC plugin in the picture at all.

[Adbear]

Probably going to need more information to help out, I have DVD ISO's on my work NAS box and can mount and play them fine from any one of up to 30 Win 7 systems using WMP/WMC using the latest VCD 5.4.5.0

[johnod]

I think I have the same problem. Win 7 + NAS. In ver 5.4.3.2 and 5.4.5.0.

I can't seem to play DVD ISO files from the NAS.
If I "play" the DVD, or if I try to open IFO files, players just hang. But, I CAN play the VOB files, or any other avi, mkv files from mounted ISOs from my NAS.
This is in WMP, MPC-HC and VLC, I have to force quit them.

I usually end up copying the isos to my local drive.

[Tanquen]

Sorry, I’m sure I’m looking right at it but where is the configuration help? I had found this before
(\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\manual\en\drive.html) and the new versions Help links to it but I don’t see any discussion of the settings. What is Virtual Sheep? And so on…

[FurryGuy]

Originally Posted by Tanquen

...What is Virtual Sheep? And so on…

Something Androids Dream Of. (Yes, I know the actual title was about Electric Sheep)

Seriously, the virtual sheep settings item replaces the Windows default disc icon in Explorer with a sheep icon for VCD's virtual drives. Makes it easier to see the virtual drive(s) at a glance.

At least for me it is easier, YMMV.

[Tanquen]

Originally Posted by FurryGuy

Something Androids Dream Of. (Yes, I know the actual title was about Electric Sheep)

Seriously, the virtual sheep settings item replaces the Windows default disc icon in Explorer with a sheep icon for VCD's virtual drives. Makes it easier to see the virtual drive(s) at a glance.

At least for me it is easier, YMMV.

Thanks, I was just wondering if there was a write up on the settings and what they did. The Virtual Sheep and Buffered I/O were all I was really wondering about save for the wondering of why there is no description of the settings.