[mythtv-users] Mythtv DVD changer integration

[Scott Kirkpatrick]

Well, I haven't done anything yet, it's just my wishlist.

The problem is that MythVideo just calls xine or mplayer with the 
appropriate filename.  What is really needed is to change the disc and 
kick off something like LiveTV.

Here's some links to a forum I found that has info on modding the 985V.  
Surgeon has successfully modded the 985V to add the serial port and 
upgraded the firmware to make it think it's a 777ES.
http://www.agoraquest.com/viewtopic.php?topic=18909&forum=50&start=0&select_page_number=1
http://www.agoraquest.com/viewtopic.php?topic=13878&forum=50

Ben Norling wrote:

>Any information you could forward regarding the 985v
>upgrade would be greatly appreciated.  I have the same
>model.  That would make for some more reliable
>integration.  In the meantime, I think that the
>irblaster/lirc solution would be easier to manage (at
>least for me). 
>So, I'm a little unclear.. Are you using the mythvideo
>interface to keep the list of movies for your dvd
>changer?  And if so, what happens when you select a
>movie?
>
>As for the switching of video inputs, that's what I
>would prefer to do as running it through the myth
>system would affect the quality and I will be
>connecting the dvd player to the tv with component
>cables, eventually.  
>
>Thanks for the input!
>
> -Ben Norling
>--- Scott Kirkpatrick <skirkpatrick at charter.net>
>wrote:
>
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>    This is the original reason I started looking at
>MythTV.  I have a SonyDVP-CX985V 400 disc changer
>(I've still got my old 200 disc model thatI grew out
>of) and I hate the UI.  I wanted a better method
>ofcateloging and finding my DVD's.  The higher end
>Sony 700ES has aserial port that you can use to
>control it and supposedly, you getinstantaneous
>control, not this stupid thing where when you select
>aDVD, it plays all the nonsense at the beginning not
>allowing you tostop it and go to the menu.  I was
>reading another list somewhere wherethey found that
>the internals of the 700ES was the same as the 985,
>infact they upgraded the 985's firmware with the
>version that went in the700ES and got almost all of
>the 700ES features.  I cracked my case andI think I
>see where the serial port would interface to but I
>haven'tbeen able to Google any hardware hacks for it. 
>When I get a chance,I'll trace the signals on that
>connector and see if it is the serialport.
>
>With my current setup, the DVD changer and the
>digitial cable receiverfeed into an A/V receiver.  The
>problem is that I don't want to have toswitch the A/V
>receiver's inputs to select a DVD.  I'd like to run
>theDVD into a PVR-150's SVIDEO input and the digital
>receiver into anotherSVIDEO input and let MythTV be
>the A/V receiver.  Not only will thisallow me to not
>have to mess with the feeds but also allows a
>2ndfront-end to access the DVD changer, making the DVD
>changer not a lotdifferent than the video library in
>MythTV (although only one FE cancontrol it at a time).
>
>I was thinking more along the lines of modifying the
>video database tostore the DVD location (multiple
>changers also?) and modify MythVideofor the new
>capability.  This is, of course, what I'd like to do,
>I'mjust not sure how long it will take me to get there
>:)
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