[mythtv-users] MythTV as a DVD player

[David Rees]

On 5/17/07, Willy Boyd <willyboyd at gmail.com> wrote:
> - Menus don't line up properly when using overscan settings.  I use
> manual overscan because otherwise I can see the extra "data" white
> lines in recordings, and this throws off the menu placement in
> mythDVD.  What would be nice is to be able to say "MythDVD ignores
> overscan setting".
>
> - Recently, more and more dvds don't play properly.  I chalk this up
> to Arccos protection or some other "anti-piracy" scheme in use by the
> studios.  Either the movie doesn't start, or it just freezes halfway
> through.  I've had to resort to my PS2 for playback, which doesn't
> have the surround sound hooked up to it and it just sucks to have to
> resort back to stereo sound.

Looks like 2 of your issues are the same as mine. I wonder if the DVD
playback issues you're seeing are the same as mine? I just updated the
firmware on my player last night, waiting for another Netflix movie to
come through so I can see if it works better or not.

-Dave