[mythtv-users] Play DivX Off DVD

[Josh Burks]

On 11/18/05, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> Josh Burks wrote:
>
> >On 11/18/05, Michael Cheshire (Mailing Lists)
> ><michael-mlists at cheshire.id.au> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Howdy,
> >>
> >>Just a (possibly) really dumb question - does mythtv play DivX/XviD straight
> >>of DVD/CD?
> >>
> >>How do you set this up?
> >>
> >>
> >I'm doing this with automount on FC3. Here's what I did to set it up:
> >... instructions ...
> >
> If you don't want to do the listings thing and rescan, you can use this
> for steps 4-6, instead:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/142951#142951
>
> Make sure you get the updated (allows spaces) script from the next post,
> though.
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/143035#143035
>
> I set it up on a friend's Myth box (he has a huge collection of DVD's)
> so all the information for his DVD movies is available in the database
> (complete with IMDB info and posters), and when he selects one, the
> prompt tells him where the DVD is (the filenames contain that info), so
> he gets the DVD, pops it in and...  Truth is, I got really into it and
> found trailers for most of his movies, so he can filter by the
> "Trailers" group to let a friend choose which movie to watch by browsing
> the info and playing trailers, then he switches to the "Movies" group
> and, if it's an offline movie (not ripped to hard drive), he puts in the
> disc when prompted.
>
> One of these days, I'll make a patch for MythVideo that does this
> right.  Until then, this works.

Interesting! I'll file this one away for that rainy day...

Josh