[mythtv-users] Directories where ripped DVDs are stored

[Bill Williamson]

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 5:25 AM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:54:51PM -0300, gonzalo diethelm wrote:
> > >> 2. Is it the case that TV recordings also must be exported via NFS or
> > >> Samba, or are they transferred from backend to frontend using some
> kind
> > >> of streaming protocol? Just curious.
> > >
> > > - Streaming protocol.  No need to set up NFS or SMB.
> >
> > Out of sheer curiosity: why the different treatment? Would it be possible
> to stream the ripped DVD movies, just as it is done with recordings?
> [deletia]
>
> ...another thing to consider is that this data isn't merely limited to
> MythTV. This isn't Tivo. You can have your system as open as you want
> it to be. There's no reason that you can't have read access to your
> media on your entire network and presented to multiple operating
> systems. You might find some non-Myth app or some non-Linux app suits
> your needs for a particular purpose better. Or you may just have
> some stubborn family member that refuses to run Linux. '-)
>

IMO that's what UPnP is for.  An industry certified/supported way of
advertising and transporting media across a network.  And almost everything
supports it. (myth supports it as a backend, and uses it for discovery of
the frontend already).
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