On 11/18/05, Michael T. Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Josh Burks wrote: > > >On 11/18/05, Michael Cheshire (Mailing Lists) > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Howdy, > >> > >>Just a (possibly) really dumb question - does mythtv play DivX/XviD straight > >>of DVD/CD? > >> > >>How do you set this up? > >> > >> > >I'm doing this with automount on FC3. Here's what I did to set it up: > >... instructions ... > > > If you don't want to do the listings thing and rescan, you can use this > for steps 4-6, instead: > > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/142951#142951 > > Make sure you get the updated (allows spaces) script from the next post, > though. > > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/143035#143035 > > I set it up on a friend's Myth box (he has a huge collection of DVD's) > so all the information for his DVD movies is available in the database > (complete with IMDB info and posters), and when he selects one, the > prompt tells him where the DVD is (the filenames contain that info), so > he gets the DVD, pops it in and... Truth is, I got really into it and > found trailers for most of his movies, so he can filter by the > "Trailers" group to let a friend choose which movie to watch by browsing > the info and playing trailers, then he switches to the "Movies" group > and, if it's an offline movie (not ripped to hard drive), he puts in the > disc when prompted. > > One of these days, I'll make a patch for MythVideo that does this > right. Until then, this works.
Interesting! I'll file this one away for that rainy day... Josh _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
