[mythtv-users] DVD jukebox?

[Yan Seiner]

Ignacio Valdes
> Hi,
>
> I work in a mental hospital. We frequently have very agitated, upset
> people in the hospital that sometimes have to wait for what can be a
> lengthy admissions process. We have had great success in calming
> things down with good G-rated type DVD movies on a Panasonic 5 disc
> DVD player. The problem is that it is semi-automatic, you still have
> to press change DVD and the play button several times to get past the
> main menu and other stuff. When things are really hopping, it is a
> pain to tend the machine.
>
> 1) Is there a player such as MythTV that we could simply load our
> 10-15 original store bought DVD's and play them without intervention
> for days at a time?
> 2) Is this something that MythTV or others that can handle this in a
> fully-automatic way?
> 3) Does someone have something like this for sale so that I don't have
> to configure much? If so, where?

Build a box with a pile of USB DVD players.  Since you play one at a time,
you could hang 4 from a hub with no problems.

Then write a simple script:

for (each DVD player) {
   lsdvd -> find longest track
   mplayer -> play longest DVD
   }

No need for myth.  You can tell which DVD player is active by the flashing
light, so you can change DVDs in the other players.

I'd be happy to build something like this for you if you want.  Contact me
off-list.

--Yan

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