On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 09:55:27 -0800 (PST), Michael Miyabara-McCaskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Paul Kidwell wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Michael > > > > > > After you have finished the what appears to be a monumental set of tasks > > > to get the DVDs authored... > > > > > > How to you access them? Do you just store them on the shelf? > > > > > > I myself was hoping for a solution to use cheap off the shelf Sony DVD > > > jukebox - 400 DVD (1.56TB capacity - for $300)... that could be fed into > > > the Myth backend, somehow... but haven't seen any response on a previous > > > thread. > > > > I have a component video system. TV is set to video input (don't use tuner > > in > > TV) I have a 5.1 surround system receiver and have my Myth box set as video > > input 1, my VCR as video input 2, and have a Sony DVD changer (only 200 disk > > though) plugged into the DVD input. > > > > Paul > > > > > Since I see that the original thread has been hijacked into create ways to > recover the data that was lost... > > It seemed like many people were advocating transfering files to DVD, with > perhaps the preferred method as fully authored DVDs. > > This brings up the issue I would love to know the answer to in mass which > is... > > Are you doing: > > 1. Did you buy a $1k to $8k DVD Jukebox w/FireWire connect > (http://www.powerfile.com/) to your Mythbackend as pure mythfiles? (not > using fully authored DVDs) > > 2. Did you putting the new DVD on the shelf, and put it into your DVD > player (set-top or mythtv frontend) to replay the disk? > > 3. Did you buy an off the shelf DVD jukebox (Sony 200 or 400 capacity)? > Paul below says he did a direct connect to the TV input... Has anyone got > this setup working to the Myth Backend with/any existing Myth plugin? > > -Michael
Number 2 for me. I burn shows to standard video DVDs, put them in a case, and then play them as standard DVDs when I want to watch them. -Lane -- Meetup with other Myth users! http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/MUG
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