[mythtv-users] Playback of encrypted dvd iso images from storage group

[Dave Oxley]

Hi Lawrence,

Has any of this been merged into 0.25? I'm specifically interested in
the playback of encrypted iso's from storage groups as I don't mind
ripping DVD's externally. Having said that I did used to use MythTV DVD
ripping functionality a lot in previous versions.

Cheers,
Dave.

On 30/11/11 05:29, Lawrence Rust wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-11-29 at 09:24 -0700, Tyler T wrote:
>>> I'm well aware that several devs have publicly criticised my
>>> contributions (NIH is a wonderful virtue), and that anything to do with
>>> media copying, ripping and decryption is taboo, so it's pointless
>>> submitting these patches to Trac.
>> I read your thread on -dev and didn't see anyone discouraging your
>> patches on the basis of "piracy!" (though maybe you got some off-list
>> emails that did).
> No direct, in the open, criticism about 'piracy' but when it comes to
> copying or ripping, just a great deal of inertia.  The criticism seems
> to be that my patches are just too big.  I sense sensitive toes.
>
>>  Playback of encrypted DVDs seems to have at least
>> the tacit approval of the devs or else the option on the FE menu would
>> refuse to do it. And so far as I know (IANAL), making backups of your
>> DVDs is allowed by copyright laws and storing them encrypted should
>> not break the DMCA either.
>>
>> Rather, the main objection to your earlier patch seemed to be the lack
>> of SG support -- and now that you have that, I think your patches
>> would be welcomed.
> I don't believe so.  I submitted patches to MythMusic to replace the
> obsolete libcdaudio with libcdio and hence allow CD ripping, playback
> and cddb lookup on Win32 systems.  These were submitted over a year ago
> http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/9362 and have been ignored.  Most
> likely they're useless now as the code has moved on considerably.
>
> The DVD ripping patches will stay on my website.  If someone wants to
> work them into master I'll give them any advice that they request.  But
> I don't expect to hear from anyone.
>
> There are also a number of patches that add BBC iPlayer functionality
> that also look like they're going the same way.
>