[mythtv-users] myth DVD via NFS

[Michael T. Dean]

Jim Valavanis wrote:

> Hello again everybody,
>
> Is there anyway to use another DVD player on the network to play 
> DVD's? I tried to nfs mount a DVD from another drive to play that way, 
> but that won't work?  Any ideas on how to use a network DVD player?

I'm pretty sure DVD's--like CD's--are not typically played through a 
mount.  Most DVD players that I've seen (MPlayer, xine) seem to be 
reading the devices directly.  To see what I mean, put a DVD in (the 
machine with a DVD drive) and start playing it (on the same machine).  
Then, check your mounts (run "mount"), and you'll notice that the DVD 
drive is not mounted.  As a matter of fact, if you have the UDF 
filesystem support compiled as a module (as I do), run "lsmod" after 
playing the DVD and (assuming it wasn't loaded before playing the DVD), 
you'll notice that the udf module is not loaded.

Network Block Device, maybe?  It's more complicated to set up than NFS, 
but it should make the disk available as if the drive were on the local 
machine.

Good luck,
Mike