[mythtv-users] DVD jukebox?

[jedi]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 02:06:59PM -0700, Yan Seiner wrote:
> 
> Matt Emmott
> > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Ignacio Valdes
> >> >
> >> > 1) Is there a player such as MythTV that we could simply load our
> >> > 10-15 original store bought DVD's and play them without intervention
> >> > for days at a time?
> >>
> >> Build a box with a pile of USB DVD players.  Since you play one at a
> >> time,
> >> you could hang 4 from a hub with no problems.
> >>
> >>
> > That's too expensive, power hungry, and complicated to build. I have a
> > Windows 2003 server with a shared 750GB disc loaded with ISO rips of
> > DVDs.
> > I rip all my movies in Windows using either DVD Decrypter, DVD Shrink or
> > Ripit4me.
> 
> Yabbut....  The OP wants to play his store-bought DVDs, not rips.  With a
> hospital, I would assume that ripping might be frowned upon by the powers
> that be.  Thus the rack-o-DVD players.  Plus it doesn't require any
> technical expertise; just power up the machine, shove DVDs in there, and
> go away.  When the time comes to change movies, push the eject button,
> stick a new DVD in.
> 
> I would definitely rip and play.  But in a comercial setting I can see the
> benefit of multiple players.

    In a commercial setting I would first be concerned about the fact that
this would likely be construed by the relevant copyright holders as a public
performance. If figure this would get them/him in trouble before a virtual
jukebox would.

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