[mythtv-users] remote dvd drive (was: remove dvd drive)

[Steven Adeff]

On 5/9/06, Dylan R. Semler <dsemler at macalester.edu> wrote:
> Steven Adeff wrote:
> >On 5/9/06, Dylan R. Semler <dsemler at macalester.edu> wrote:
> >>I've got my master backend server hooked up to a tv, however the backend
> >>doesn't have a dvd drive.  Is there any way to use a remote dvd drive to
> >>watch movies on the tv--either through myth or by mounting /dev/dvd or
> >>the mountpoint via NFS?  I've tried the nfs and I kept getting
> >>permission denied.
> >
> >I've mounted a DVD movie via NFS without problem in the past, perhaps
> >you just need to change the export/mount options to get beyond the
> >permission denied problem?
> >
> >
> Did you mount the mount point (i.e. /media/cdrom for FC) or the device
> (/dev/dvd)?  If I try to mount /media/cdrom while the dvd is mounted
> there, I get
> mount: boron:/media/cdrom failed, reason given by server: Permission denied
> in the command line.  In /var/log/messages, it seems the nfsdeamon
> didn't have a problem with it:
> May  9 11:46:51 boron rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request from
> mythtv:761 for /media/cdrom (/media/cdrom)
>
> If I unmount the dvd from /media/cdrom, then I can nfs mount that
> directory.  If I then mount the dvd back to /media/cdrom, none of the
> file structure of the dvd shows up remotely (but it does locally).
>
> As for ripping ISOs and mounting those, I do have several on my computer
> and they seem to fill up hard disk space quickly.  Also, it's not
> practical to wait to rip them before you can watch them, especially with
> rented movies.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion anyways.

I mounted the mount point, then when I inserted a DVD the contents
displayed over NFS. you may have to set actime=0.

--
Steve
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