[mythtv-users] mythbuntu 9.10 and playing iso videos

[Peter Lord]

On Wednesday 07 Oct 2009 16:32:34 Robert McNamara wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Peter Lord <peter at plord.co.uk> wrote:
> > I've installed mythbuntu 9.10 beta and have copied over some old iso's.
> >
> > Firstly I really like the new media browsing :-)  Just seems to work.
> >
> > But, I can't actually plan any of these iso's.  I have installed
> > libdvdcss in addition to the stock mythbuntu.
> >
> > If I set the mythvideo iso association to "mplayer -fs -zoom %s" I see :-
> >
> > ---------
> > 2009-10-07 16:14:14.981 MythVideo::ScanVideoDirectory Scanning Group
> > (myth://Videos@myth/var/lib/mythtv/videos/)
> > 2009-10-07 16:14:21.002 Loading window theme from
> > /usr/share/mythtv/themes/Mythbuntu-9.10/video-ui.xml
> > MPlayer UNKNOWN-4.4.1 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
> > Terminal type `unknown' is not defined.
> >
> > Playing myth://Videos@127.0.0.1:6543/MONTY_PYTHON_THE_HOLY_GRAIL.iso.
> >
> >
> > Exiting... (End of file)
> > ---------
> >
> > and no video played.
> >
> > If I use the Internal player I see :-
> >
> > ---------
> > 2009-10-07 16:18:03.227 TV: Attempting to change from None to Watching
> > DVD libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version svnR1169
> > libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD
> > 2009-10-07 16:18:03.283 Failed to open DVD device at /dev/dvd
> > ---------
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Pete
> 
> Please read the MythVideo .22 Transition Guide on the wiki.  You have
> Video Storage Groups set up.  They will not presently work with ISO
> files or with external players.
> 
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythVideo_.22_Transition_Guide
> 
> Robert

Ah, great!  Thanks ... I didn't previously spot the note about ISO's.

I'll try ripping using "perfect" instead of to an iso,

Thanks,

Pete