[mythtv-users] How to run MythDVD?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On May 6, 2007, at 3:31 PM, Anduin Withers wrote:

>> The part that is missing is "mtd" which is the transcode daemon  
>> and is
>> used for ripping dvd's. You can run it from a console session however
>> its probably better if you started it as a daemon by adding a line to
>> /etc/rc.local or where ever you start your processes.
>
> If mtd wasn't running he would not get the DVD info. It is very  
> likely that
> looking at the mtd log will reveal some read error.

I ran into this before I realized I had to go into the DVD setup  
options and see what my temp directory was set to and make sure that  
directory existed and the mythtv user had access to write to it. I  
don't know anything about MythDora and the like, but it sounds  
reasonable.