[mythtv-users] dvd jukebox

Jared Greenwald greenwaldjared at gmail.com
Sun Feb 18 09:08:53 UTC 2007


Another general question...  is there a way to play these stored files to a
computer without going through the mythtv frontend?  Say I wanted to play
these isos or transcoded files, how would I go about that from just a normal
Linux box?

On 2/18/07, Jared Greenwald <greenwaldjared at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/18/07, David Campbell <dave at cpfc.org> wrote:
> >
> > Jared Greenwald wrote:
> > > On 2/18/07, *David Campbell* <dave at cpfc.org <mailto:dave at cpfc.org>>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >     Jared Greenwald wrote:
> > >      > David,
> > >      >
> > >      > Excellent info.  How do you setup myth to be able to play the
> > various
> > >      > iso images you've ripped?
> > >
> > >     Myth just plays ISO images - there is no configuration
> > required.  ISO's
> > >     are preferable to a directory of VIDEO_TS as it is a single file
> > to
> > >     manage/play/edit meta info.
> > >
> > >
> > > I guess I meant to ask if there was some interface that allowed you to
> > > browse through the isos available to you or something like that...
> >
> >
> > Of course
> >
> > http://www.mythtv.org/mythimages/mythvideo5.png
>
>
> Right, saw that, just wasn't clear  how the isos fit into that scheme.
>
> >
> > >      > Have you run into problems with transcoding
> > >      > the DVDs and have thus switched to isos?
> > >
> > >     Not really, it just is easier for me to do
> > >
> > >     dvdbackup -M -i/dev/dvd -o /data/DVD/somedirecory
> > >
> > >     mkisofs  -dvd-video -o /data/DVD/somefilm.iso
> > /data/DVD/somedirecory
> > >
> > >
> > > So, no real fancy interface like there would be for ripping...?
> >
> > Of course
> >
> > http://www.mythtv.org/mythimages/mythdvd1.png
>
>
> Again, saw that, but didn't see how your DVD iso building commands fit
> into this either.
>
>
> Dave
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