Playing interactive DVDs on macOS/Windows?

[Zhongtiao1]

Does anyone know of a DVD player software that supports interactive DVDs? I unearthed a physical dvd copy of Freddi Fish from my parent's house that I feel would be nostalgic to play, but VLC only seems to support playing the video, not selecting parts of the screen (which you need to do since it's a point and click adventure).

 

[linuxares]

If I recall correct, and I might be totally wrong. But it's a different format-isch. VLC and other players decrypt the video and not so much "game play" part. I think you need like Cyberdvd or Powerdvd.

 

[linuxares]

You might need libdvdnav and it might fix it

 

[SylverReZ]

If I recall correct, and I might be totally wrong. But it's a different format-isch. VLC and other players decrypt the video and not so much "game play" part. I think you need like Cyberdvd or Powerdvd.

CSS copy protection is very common on most pressed retail DVDs. VLC and other players such as Cyberlink PowerDVD and WinDVD can play them.

You might need libdvdnav and it might fix it

Or just re-install VLC or a different media player. LibDVD already comes with VLC, except for Blu-ray which requires its own separate keys.

 

[linuxares]

CSS copy protection is very common on most pressed retail DVDs. VLC and other players such as Cyberlink PowerDVD and WinDVD can play them.


Or just re-install VLC or a different media player. LibDVD already comes with VLC, except for Blu-ray which requires its own separate keys.

libdvd =/= libdvdnav

I already searched for the info and got linked that it might be whats needed. Plus I checked the vlc folder for that dll without success

EDIT: "libdvdnav is a library that allows easy use of sophisticated DVD navigation features such as DVD menus, multiangle playback and even interactive DVD games."

EDIT2: I found this stored in a plugins folder - libdvdnav_plugin.dll

 

[Zhongtiao1]

libdvd =/= libdvdnav

I already searched for the info and got linked that it might be whats needed. Plus I checked the vlc folder for that dll without success

EDIT: "libdvdnav is a library that allows easy use of sophisticated DVD navigation features such as DVD menus, multiangle playback and even interactive DVD games."

EDIT2: I found this stored in a plugins folder - libdvdnav_plugin.dll

Hmm. It seems to be working on my windows machine, but on macOS, it still fails to start at the menu. I've installed dvdnav through brew.

 

[linuxares]

Hmm. It seems to be working on my windows machine, but on macOS, it still fails to start at the menu. I've installed dvdnav through brew.

Can't help ya with MacOS sadly, I have zero experience with that.

Tried MPV? MPV seem to be able to play anything thrown at it.
https://mpv.io/installation/