[vlc] VRO files

[darrenforster99 at gmail.com]

Hi,

My camcorder creates VR discs with the VRO file format (VRO file  
extension). If I load them into VLC player they play fine, yet I have to  
use the drop down list to view all files as it doesn't recognise them as  
Video files.

Could you add the VRO extension to the list of video file extensions and  
also make it so that Windows when it detects a VRO disc will automatically  
play it through VLC, as no other media player currently seems to support  
VRO files (unless you copy the files to the hard disc and rename them to  
VOB).

The format of a VRO file is
.Sys-Reserved-RW-Bitmap.GROW - ??? in root folder, doesn't seem to do  
anything - possibly something to do with the way it records to the disc?
\DVD_RTAV - folder contains VRO files and IFO files
VR_MANGR.IFO - inside DVD_RTAV folder - IFO file for video
VR_MOVIE.VRO - VRO file also inside DVD_RTAV folder - virtually the same as  
a VOB file, apart from seeking doesn't work on most DVD playing software,  
except VLC.

At the moment we use VR format because we have a Canon camcorder and it  
didn't come with it's original charger, the only way to finalise a normal  
Video disc on this camcorder is to have it plugged into the charger and the  
new charger we bought doesn't have an option to plug the camera in, so it's  
easier just to use VRO format.

Also your VLC player is one of the few decoders that can actually convert  
VRO into MPG properly, the others get the seeking all wrong (I presume the  
VRO format has some kind of special seeking/recording method as it allows  
editing of the movie on the camcorder, unlike the standard video mode).

Kind regards

Darren.
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