[mythtv-users] Can myth TV do what I want?

[Stephen Rowles]

Disconnect wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Stephen Rowles did have cause to say:
>
>   
>> I currently have a freevo proof of concept box installed, while I wait for
>> my new hardware to arrive :)
>>
>> However I am having serious trouble getting it to do what I want, so I am
>> considering throwing away all my hard freevo work and starting again on
>> MythTV.
>>
>> I want a system that can do the following:
>>
>>     
>
> FWIW I have a freevo setup thats been doing all that for over a year now.. 
> (trying to switch to mythtv to get the OTA HD recording working, but thats 
> being a real adventure of its own right now, so we'll see what happens 
> there..) What wasn't working for you?
>
> (Not trying to start a war here, honest. Just curious.)
>
> They can both do what you described, and if you don't expand much beyond 
> that the differences are going to just be a case of which frontend interface 
> you like better..
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I am just finding that the freevo video interface simply doesn't work - 
my directory structure containing VOBs is on a mounted file system 
(shouldn't make any difference) and when I browse to the directory for a 
given DVD all I get is "no files found", rather than the ability to play 
the VOB's as a dvd.

The key for me is the interface, it has to be simple to use as it is for 
everyone in my family to use, not just me the techy who can quite easily 
cope with a command line interface ;)

I would just like to be able to create a directory structure with each 
DVD as its own directory, but have MythTV display each directory as a 
DVD, with some cover art and descriptions to match.

It looked like freevo could do this but I'm failing dismally to make it 
work right now.

What I would like would be something that looks like freevo does in this 
screenshot, but I cannot make it work, or find the right documentation / 
person to tell me where I'm going wrong :)

http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/linux/2005/01/27/graphics/freevo_moviebrowse.jpg

I was hoping someone on the mailing list would say: "Oh yes, I've ripped 
all my DVD's using Program X, and to make MythTV work as youd expect 
just do Y" :D