[mythtv-users] Blu-ray

[jedi]

On Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 12:54:07PM -0500, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 12:44 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> >     I use the AnyDVD option.
> 
> I do, too.  Running the Windows VM is a bit of a pain, but it works.
> AnyDVD works as advertised.
> 
> > Once I decrypt the disk, I use other tools to turn the decrypted BluRay into
> > something that MythTV can easily use.
> 
> I usually just have AnyDVD write directly into /var/lib/mythvideo via
> Samba.  MythTV seems to support reading the output of this pretty well
> without conversion, although it would be nice to have the ability to
> label the various tracks similar to labeling songs on a CD.
> 
> For discs I don't plan to be rewatched, I use a standalone hardware
> player rather than using MythTV.

    I tried that exactly once. The experience was bad enough to make
me never want to try it again. Even for one time use, ripping is worth
the bother.

    MythTV really rocks compared to pretty much everything else out there.