[mythtv-users] MythTV User Status ??

[Mike Perkins]

On 12/01/15 21:12, jim wrote:
>
> On 01/12/2015 03:49 PM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 2:44 PM, jim <jim_32766 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> How does a DVD play if the system doesn't know
>>> it's mounted?
>> Because it isn't mounted.  (This message from Richard went to my spam
>> folder for some reason, so you may have missed it as well.)
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Richard Hulme <peper03 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Jim,
>>>
>>> MythTV does not mount the DVD.  It reads (via libdvdread) directly from the
>>> device.  This is usually /dev/sr0 but can be set under Video
>>> Settings->Player Settings.
>>>
>>> Richard.
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
>>
> Eric - thanks! As you correctly surmised, I did not see that response
> either.
> Richard, that really explains a few things. I was starting to worry my
> system had some problem. Now I will need to learn about libdvdread. :-)
>
Why? What's so important about a DVD that you need to know how to find it when 
mythtv is accessing it?

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Mike Perkins