[mythtv-users] Autoplay of inserted CDs and DVDs

Richard J. Finn rfinn at blueclaw.net
Thu Jun 19 16:25:07 EDT 2003


 From this list on 5/21/2003
http://lists.snowman.net/pipermail/mythtv-users/2003-May/004691.html

Albert Santoni wrote:

> If you want to make a DVD/SVCD menu in MythTV, check out this thread:
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/perl/mailarc/gforum.cgi?post=58875;search_st
> ring=dvdmenu.xml;guest=651566&t=search_engine#58875
> 
> That's what I use.... In 0.8 I even got some icons in place and
> everything... looked really good.
> Oh, and since MythVideo already uses Mplayer, why isn't this DVD/SVCD menu a
> standard part of MythVideo?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tako Schotanus" <quintesse at palacio-cristal.com>
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 2:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Autoplay of inserted CDs and DVDs
> 
> 
> 
>>I had to scroll all the way down in my list of MP3s to see that the
>>option actually exists :-D
>>But it's grayed out no matter if I have a CD in the drive or not.
>>Is there anything else I need to do to make this work?
>>
>>But are any of these features being planned?
>>Because mplayer is already being used in MythVideo for example, so
>>wouldn't it be possible to add an "DVD" entry just like the "CD" option
>>in MythMusic?
>>
>>And autoplay options would make me very happy as well :-)
>>
>>Of course I could write scripts for all this but this is about making
>>MythTV the greatest and most useful "media center" possible.
>>
>>Cheers,
>> -Tako
>>
>>Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
>>>>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of Tako Schotanus
>>>>Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 1:30 PM
>>>>To: Discussion about mythtv
>>>>Subject: [mythtv-users] Autoplay of inserted CDs and DVDs
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Does MythTV support autoplaying of inserted CDs and DVDs?
>>>>
>>>>Hmmm now that I think about it, is MythTV able to play (not import or
>>>>copy) CDs and DVDs at all?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>MythMusic support playing (not autoplaying) of audio CDs.  DVD-video is
> 
> not
> 
>>>supported directly by Myth; you need to configure an external app for
> 
> that.
> 
>>>You could easily write a shell script that automatically fired up
>>>MPlayer/Xine/Ogle when a DVD is inserted.  Of course, this would have no
>>>interaction with Myth, so whatever you were watching at the momement
> 
> would
> 
>>>probably still be going...
>>>
>>>-JAC
>>>





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