[mythtv-users] Blu-ray

[Eric Sharkey]

On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 12:59 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> 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.

I've yet to find a disc with unskippable ads, trailers, and warnings
that run longer than the time required to rip a disc to MythVideo.

If you want to go from removing the shrink wrap to watching a movie,
MythTV isn't currently the shortest path.

Eric