[mythtv-users] How to run MythDVD?

[Lan Barnes]

On Sun, May 6, 2007 3:45 pm, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On May 6, 2007, at 3:31 PM, Anduin Withers wrote:
>
>>> The part that is missing is "mtd" which is the transcode daemon
>>> and is
>>> used for ripping dvd's. You can run it from a console session however
>>> its probably better if you started it as a daemon by adding a line to
>>> /etc/rc.local or where ever you start your processes.
>>
>> If mtd wasn't running he would not get the DVD info. It is very
>> likely that
>> looking at the mtd log will reveal some read error.
>
> I ran into this before I realized I had to go into the DVD setup
> options and see what my temp directory was set to and make sure that
> directory existed and the mythtv user had access to write to it. I
> don't know anything about MythDora and the like, but it sounds
> reasonable.

Thank you all. I have a log to read and a config to look at.

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