[mythtv-users] [Bulk] Re: MythTV does not play DVD's

[Philip Brady]

> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 12:07:03 +0100
> From: mythtv at sky.com
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] [Bulk] Re:  MythTV does not play DVD's
> 
> On 18/10/15 11:35, Mike Perkins wrote:
> > On 18/10/15 11:16, Paul Harrison wrote:
> >> Also IIRC if you are using storage groups and using separate BE/FEs 
> >> it's the backend that needs the
> >> support for encrypted DVD's not the frontend.
> >>
> > To clarify that last point, is that still true even when the DVD is 
> > mounted on a remote FE? Does that mean everything from that DVD has to 
> > get sent to the MBE, decoded, and then sent back again for display?
> >
> 
> I would guess you are _not_ using storage groups for MythVideo but are 
> mounting your video directory on each FE in the same place so no. What I 
> said only applies if you have your DVD's stored in a directory on a BE 
> and are using storage groups. The advantage is you can play anything on 
> a BE on any FE without having to mount everything on each FE it just 
> works :)
> 
> I should also say I'm referring to master. Can't recall if encrypted DVD 
> support over storage groups made it to 0.27 and to busy (or lazy) to go 
> and look :)
> 
> Paul H.
> 
> 

As for the eject problem see
https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/11699

 

My fix (Ubuntu 14.04) was:
sudo apt-get install udisks

hth
Phil

 		 	   		  
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