[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #4718: DVD playback: don't assume that device name starts with /

[Simon Kenyon]

MythTV wrote:
> #4718: DVD playback: don't assume that device name starts with /
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>  Reporter:  andrei at tanas.ca  |        Owner:  ijr    
>      Type:  patch            |       Status:  new    
>  Priority:  minor            |    Milestone:  unknown
> Component:  mythtv           |      Version:  head   
>  Severity:  medium           |   Resolution:         
>   Mlocked:  0                |  
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> Comment(by nigel):
>
>  The default in mythvideo/mythvideo/globalsettings.cpp is OK, but removing
>  the extra slash in mythvideo/mythvideo/main.cpp is not needed. At the
>  moment, Linux/Mac pass in dvd://dev/blah, which although there is no
>  approved URI scheme that refers to a DVD, it looks more like a proper URI
>  than dvd:/dev/blah.
>  [BR]
>  Of course, dvd:/D: is just ugly, but MinGW also does /d, so dvd://d is a
>  tidier option?
>
>   
the xine docs say that the syntax is:

dvd:/[<device_name>][/<title>.<part>]
dvd:/<DVD_image_file_or_directory>[/<title>.<part>]

which suggests to me that dvd://dev/blah is correct
--
simon