[marco44]

Hi,

I've been trying to understand a problem I've been having with a large MKV file (~8GB) on a DVD.

If I understand correctly, XBMC doesn't use the file system layer to access the DVD, it uses its own VFS layer. It seems that this layer is limited to 4GB size for files: this file stops playing at the 4GB boundary, while copying the file back on my hard drive makes it playable. Am I correct ? And if correct, what can I do to workaround this problem ?

[Wawa]

My pea-brain would think of splitting the mkv file in two or more parts, and name it part1/part2. XBMC would display and play them as one file.
Almost like having multiple movie VOBs on a DVD.
But again, that might not work.
Leo..

[davilla]

VOB are limited in size for a reason

[marco44]

davilla: yes, they are limited in size because they use UDF bridge format, to be backward-compatible with ISO9660, which has size limitations. There is no such limitation on UDF itself.

So, is there a way for me to force XBMC to mount the DVD and read it using Linux's filesystem layer, and not XBMC's, for instance ?

[wsnipex]

sure, mount it in the OS