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what is .mds?
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Jan 6, 2004, 11:42 PM
 
it's suppose to be a video...can quicktime play it? thanks

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Jan 7, 2004, 11:24 AM
 
Do you have a ".mdf" file too?

One time I had access to a hard drive with both a .mds and .mdf file for a particular movie.

It turned out that these were DVD-type files from the pc-wintel
application called 120% Alcohol (DVD-ripper, I guess).

The .mds seemed similar to an svcd's cue file, e.g., some kind of small text "description file",
while the .mdf was the actual video file -- huge at 4.37 gigabytes.

A Mac running OSX can use the freeware video player, "vlc" (available at versiontracker) to play the .mdf file.

Quicktime couldn't recognize the .mdf file.

As far as using a Mac to burn the .mdf file,
I have no idea.
     
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Jan 7, 2004, 01:28 PM
 
ah thx

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