[mythtv-users] Problem playing DVDs on mythfrontend

[William Munson]

Søren Dalsgaard wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have succesfully installed a mythbackend on one server and a 
> frontend on another pc. The frontend works great and can play avi 
> files and quicktime movies with mplayer. My only problem now is with 
> playing dvds.
>
> 1) I'd like the system to autodetect when a dvd is inserted and start 
> playing the dvd
> 2) I'd like the system to detect when I eject the dvd (by pressing the 
> button on the pc) and go back to mythtv
> 3) I'd like to get a "good" dvd player. Is that mplayer / xine / ogle 
> or something else?
> 4) I'd like to see a working lircrc file for the program in 3)
>
> Does anybody have this working? Can I get some hints and howtos on 
> getting this to work? I think I read somewhere that the fstab had to 
> have some special values for the /dev/cdrom in order to get it to work.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Søren

The mythtv internal player does a great job on dvd's (I am running svn 
but anything 0.20 or later will work)  If you check the box in setup, it 
will monitor for the insertion of a dvd and play it automatically. The 
myth menu is also automatic. You do not need any additional lirc devices 
defined as myth is in control.

Of course you are welcome to set up xine as the default player. There 
are lots of howto's for that.