Dragon Lair Error

[Mikebyrne]

Im having a problem getting dragons Lair to run

Getting the Error Log

--DAPHNE version 0.99.7

--Command line is: Daphne.exe lair vldp -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -nohwaccel -framefile E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\Lair\list.txt

--CPU : GenuineIntel 2650 MHz || Mem : 2048 megs

--OS : Windows NT/2000 || Video : NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Setting screen width to 640

Setting screen height to 480

Set 640x480 at 32 bpp with flags: 80000000

Initializing sound system ...

No joysticks detected

Loading compressed ROM image dl_f2_u1.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image dl_f2_u2.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image dl_f2_u3.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image dl_f2_u4.bin...8192 bytes read.

Framefile Parse Error

Expected a number followed by a string, but on line 2, found this: dls15.vob.m2v(0x64 0x6C 0x73 0x31 0x35 0x2E 0x76 0x6F 0x62 0x2E 0x6D 0x32 0x76 )

Mpeg Path : E:/Downloads/daphne/mpeg/Lair/./

---BEGIN FRAMEFILE CONTENTS---

.\

dls15.vob.m2v

---END FRAMEFILE CONTENTS---

You must specify a -framefile argument when using VLDP.

If you didn't, then this is the problem.

Could not initialize laserdisc player!

Shutting down sound system...

Shutting down video display...

The Lair folder contains files

dls00.vob.m2v to dls30.vob.m2v

list.txt looks like

.\

dls15.vob.m2v

[bkenobi]

Expected a number followed by a string, but on line 2, found this: dls15.vob.m2v(0x64 0x6C 0x73 0x31 0x35 0x2E 0x76 0x6F 0x62 0x2E 0x6D 0x32 0x76 )

You don't have a number followed by a string. In other words, you need to put the offset prior to the video name in the framefile. If you don't know it, set it to 0. I think Brian was saying it should be 151 or something though.

[Mikebyrne]

You don't have a number followed by a string. In other words, you need to put the offset prior to the video name in the framefile. If you don't know it, set it to 0. I think Brian was saying it should be 151 or something though.

I've changed the txt file to

.\

15 dls.vob.m2v

The error log is now:

--DAPHNE version 0.99.7

--Command line is: Daphne.exe lair vldp -fullscreen -x 640 -y 480 -nohwaccel -framefile E:\Downloads\daphne\mpeg\Lair\list.txt

--CPU : GenuineIntel 2650 MHz || Mem : 2048 megs

--OS : Windows NT/2000 || Video : NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Setting screen width to 640

Setting screen height to 480

Set 640x480 at 32 bpp with flags: 80000000

Initializing sound system ...

No joysticks detected

Loading compressed ROM image dl_f2_u1.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image dl_f2_u2.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image dl_f2_u3.bin...8192 bytes read.

Loading compressed ROM image dl_f2_u4.bin...8192 bytes read.

Framefile parse succeeded. Video/Audio directory is: E:/Downloads/daphne/mpeg/Lair/./

Could not open file : E:/Downloads/daphne/mpeg/Lair/./dls.vob.m2v

Could not initialize laserdisc player!

Shutting down sound system...

Shutting down video display...

[Tempest]

You don't have a number followed by a string. In other words, you need to put the offset prior to the video name in the framefile. If you don't know it, set it to 0. I think Brian was saying it should be 151 or something though.

The Lair folder contains files

dls00.vob.m2v to dls30.vob.m2v

It looks like he has a bunch of separate .mv2 files, instead of one large one, in which case the framefile has to give the starting frame # along with the name of the appropriate .m2v file

IE:

.\

000001 Dl2-1.m2v

000700 DL2-2.m2v

And so on, so you would have to know what the starting frame # is for every individual file....

[Mikebyrne]

I had a feeling you would say that! Can anyone point me in the right direction to one large .m2v file for Lair??

[Brian Hoffman]

I had a feeling you would say that! Can anyone point me in the right direction to one large .m2v file for Lair??

No.. Its againsed forum rules.

[Tempest]

Just for giggles, try and see if the daphne loader will build a framefile for you as I described in the other thread....Maybe it won't work, but if I remember right, Bkenobi said "That works if your video data is a single file, but if you have multiple files, you will have to go a different route, right?"

So find out for us, and Let us know if it works.

[bkenobi]

Like I said in the other thread, any frame file that you can find online will work since it will be the same for anyone who extracts their laserdisc. Just search google for "dragon's lair framefile" and you should find it pretty quickly. I don't know if the rules prohibit posting a frame file here, so until that's clarified, I'm not posting anything like that.

[Mikebyrne]

I found a framefile and modified it to view the mpeg file. Alls well now.

Thanks to everyone who helped

[Brian Hoffman]

Like I said in the other thread, any frame file that you can find online will work since it will be the same for anyone who extracts their laserdisc. Just search google for "dragon's lair framefile" and you should find it pretty quickly. I don't know if the rules prohibit posting a frame file here, so until that's clarified, I'm not posting anything like that.

well i wouldnt as on daphne forums they frown upon it.

[bkenobi]

That's what I figured. If you buy the digital leisures DVD, you can use their auto setup tool that will automatically download the framefile for you. However, if you extracted your own laserdisc, then it will tell you that you don't have the right to use it. Effectively, they are saying don't distribute the framefile I guess...