[mythtv-users] Moving Recordings to a Myth box

[Phil Bridges]

On 3/9/06, Ryan Ollerenshaw <ryanollerenshaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 3/9/06, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> On 3/9/06, Ryan Ollerenshaw <ryanollerenshaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > So I have some recordings on various computers around the house, podcasts,
> > wmv, avi, m4v, ect. I was wondering how i can play them on my mythbox.  Is
> > there a folder somewhere that i can just drop them into or do they need to
> > be uploaded to the mySQL database some how?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Ryan
>
> Why not use MythVideo to play them?
> _______________________________________________
> Any advice on how to set it up or what video player to use (mPlayer, Xine,
> ect.)
>

I prefer Xine, mainly because I had focus issues with MPlayer.  I
haven't used the 0.19 internal player, though, and I've heard there
have been improvements made to that.  The README in the MythVideo
install directory should have further instructions to help you set it
up.