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<font size=3>I have found the DVDDecrypter utility helpful. It will
make an ISO file of the entire DVD. They were shut down by the RIAA
but you can still find copies on the web. Remember to disable the
phone home for updates feature. <br><br>
You can play DVD ISOs on Linux with:<br><br>
xine 'dvd://path/to/file.iso'<br><br>
or<br><br>
xine dvd://"path with spaces/to/file.iso"<br><br>
There are probably other approaches and better integration to myth - I am
sure you can come up with one for mplayer. It is left as an
exercise to the user. <br><br>
Hope it helps. <br><br>
-- Mache<br><br>
At 09:04 AM 4/14/2006, Matt Mousseau wrote:<br>
</font><blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=2>Once upon a
time, I built and ran a mythTV box. I loved & hated myth, mostly for
what amounted to things that I simply didn't understand. Outlined below
are the main concerns I have with returning to myth:<br>
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</font><font size=2>1. Firewire recordings over the DCT6200: They
regularly would crash the frontend. I believe it had something to do with
the whole sync byte being messed up at the beginning of the transport
stream, but I could never figure out a way to automate fixing it.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=2>2. Resolutions problems with my HDTV. I have a
Philips 50" Ambilight PDP with a native resolution of 720p. And I
had one HELL of a time getting X to use the right resolution, it always
ran over the edges! I think there may have been some sort of overscanning
issue, or perhaps I just wasn't holding my tongue right while working on
it. Either way I could use some serious help here, since getting X's
resolution right is key to getting things to look properly.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=2>3. DVD ripping. I didn't get real far with this...and
I didn't spend *that* much time with it either. I'd basicly like to rip
dvd's, keeping the primary movie (throw away extras, etc) and the
surround sound track. I don't even care about compressing them, I can get
plenty of HD space. For whatever reason, however, I just never got this
working.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=2>4. MythMusic. It is...well just plain klunky. What I
did in the past was to have a second computer hooked up running windows
& itunes...<i>just for music</i>. If I could get myth to play shared
iTunes playlists from my network...that would be AMAZING. Is this
possible? I don't want myth to share its library...i want it to read
OTHER computer's shared itunes libraries.<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=2>I'm sitting on a great computer, with tons of HD
space, 2 DCT-6200's, and a 50" plasma...somebody PLEASE help me put
this stuff together!<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=2>Thanks!<br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=2>Matthew Mousseau<br>
AMSVans, Inc. Webmaster<br>
matt@amsvans.com<br>
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