[mythtv-users] How to play video files from a DVD data disc SOLVED

[Paul Gardiner]

Paul Gardiner wrote:
> Hi,
> The question is probably more about minimyth or Linux than MythTv,
> but I bet a lot of people here know the answer. I've archived
> some mp4 files to a DVD. Myth can play them via MythVideo if
> I copy them to my server, but I'd like to play them directly
> from the DVD. I'm aware that I configure MythVideo to search
> several directories, so I should be able to change the current
> "/mnt/video" to "/mnt/video:/media/dvd" or something like that,
> but what's the best way to arrange for the dvd to be mounted,
> or is there some sort of magic pathname that would do the job?
> I imagine I could ssh in and issue a mount command, but that's
> too awkward to do every time. I'm looking for a solution that
> works well with minimyth. I've asked on the minimyth forum,
> but not managed to get a reply as yet.

Got the solution from the creator of Minimyth, which should
work for any myth system: in setup, under General, there's
a setting "Monitor CD/DVD". If that is enabled, then data
DVDs are mounted automatically, and you can then play
any video files on them with MythVideo. With my setup
I had to change the MythVideo source to "/mnt/video:/media/dvd-sr0"

Cheers,
	Paul.