[mythtv-users] Viewing video files on a CD or DVD

Sebastian Buks sebastianbuks at yahoo.com
Wed Aug 6 16:20:17 UTC 2008


On Aug 6, 2008, at 14:00, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:

>> Is it possible to view video files, encoded with xvid,divx or any
>> other format directly from a CD or DVD. At first I thought the VCD
>> mneu was for this purpose (since everybody defines VCD different).
>> Now I know it would be possible to mount the CD/DVD and include it
>> in MythVideo, but that requires videoDB updates and is not very
>> slick. What I'm looking for is a simple way (in fact, just like
>> MythVideo) to access a DVD with a bunch of video files and choose
>> the file I want to look at.
>
> Here's how I would solve this. First, in the myth frontend settings,
> there's an option for mythvideo to show all files, rather than using
> the DB. Turn that on. Then, in that mythvideo directory, make a
> symlink to your cd/dvd drive. Now, when you browse through mythvideo,
> it should browse right into the dvd/cd folder and be able to play
> those files.


That is a solution, however not very nice since using the DB will get  
me information and posters etc. Showing all files stripped right? I'm  
surprised there is no proper way to do this. Maybe something to put in  
the wish-list?




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