[mythtv-users] Blu-ray

[Kingsley Turner]

On 08/11/14 07:00, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 12:59 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 12:54:07PM -0500, Eric Sharkey wrote:
>>>
>>> I usually just have AnyDVD write directly into /var/lib/mythvideo via
>>> Samba.  MythTV seems to support reading the output of this pretty well
>>> without conversion, although it would be nice to have the ability to
>>> label the various tracks similar to labeling songs on a CD.
>>>
>>> For discs I don't plan to be rewatched, I use a standalone hardware
>>> player rather than using MythTV.
>>      I tried that exactly once. The experience was bad enough to make
>> me never want to try it again. Even for one time use, ripping is worth
>> the bother.
>>
>>      MythTV really rocks compared to pretty much everything else out there.
> I've yet to find a disc with unskippable ads, trailers, and warnings
> that run longer than the time required to rip a disc to MythVideo.
>
> If you want to go from removing the shrink wrap to watching a movie,
> MythTV isn't currently the shortest path.

It's possible to start watching the output while it's still ripping, no?
You can also stream immediately with MakeMKV.  This is covered at 
https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/High_Definition_Disk_Formats

FWIW: I rip my blurays as soon as I buy them, then store them away in the 
cupboard.

And as Mr Sharkey points out, it really is a much nicer viewing experience 
by the time you
don't have to watch the unskippable crap - or worse still: spoilers in 
animated menus  *sigh*.

-kt