[mythtv-users] Re: MythTV and DVD ISO files?

[Nick Rout]

On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 10:40:29 -0500
Neil wrote:

> >On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 11:29:41AM -0400, Dg B wrote: 
> >> I am new to this group. I am looking into the possibility of 
> >> setting up a MythTV box. but have a question for you all. I have a 
> >> large collection of DVD ISO images on my computer, which I would 
> >> like to take advantage of through MythTV. Can MythTV handle DVD 
> >> ISO images "as-is"? That is, can I have MythTV simply load the 
> >> DVD images up and run them? 
> >
> >If you configure your MythVideo external video player to be "mplayer", 
> >then yes (mplayer knows how to crack open ISO files and deal with the 
> >contained DVD/VCD image). I use MythVideo in this way. 
> 
> Can you please tell me what table/field/parameter I should be modifying in 
> sql in order for me to play .iso file via mplayer or xine? The reason I'm 
> modifying it in the database is because, I don't have a keyboard in my 
> mythbox. Also, can you guys please paste what parameters xine or mplayer 
> should have in order to play .iso files? 
> 
> Thanks in advance! 

It looks like "videotypes"

mysql> describe videotypes;
+-------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field       | Type             | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
+-------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| intid       | int(10) unsigned |      | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
| extension   | varchar(128)     |      |     |         |                |
| playcommand | varchar(255)     |      |     |         |                |
| f_ignore    | tinyint(1)       | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
| use_default | tinyint(1)       | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
+-------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select * from videotypes;
+-------+-----------+-------------+----------+-------------+
| intid | extension | playcommand | f_ignore | use_default |
+-------+-----------+-------------+----------+-------------+
|     1 | txt       |             |        1 |           0 |
|     2 | log       |             |        1 |           0 |
|     3 | mpg       |             |        0 |           1 |
|     4 | avi       |             |        0 |           1 |
|     5 | vob       |             |        0 |           1 |
|     6 | mpeg      |             |        0 |           1 |
+-------+-----------+-------------+----------+-------------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)


> 
> Neil 
> 
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