[mythtv-users] Dynamically mount ISO image of DVD

[Franco]

> I wanted to see if I was the only nutcase that has a lot (more than 10) images that I =
> need to be able to access dynamically

I'm really interested in this, too. 

> Have you tried Xine or Ogle? They can both play UNmounted .iso/.img DVD
> files, I use that feature all the time. Just assign the .iso and/or .img
> extention to "ogle %s" or "xine dvd:%s". Then you can open them through the
> video browser, without the need to mount them in advance.

There is stil something wrong.
Following the suggestions received in previous messages,
I've learned how to backup the DVDs on the hard disk
using  vobcopy -m  or dbdbackup -M (the results are identical).

Then I can play the resulting directory with:
xine dvd://absolute/path/to/backup/dir/

The problem is that mythvideo can only point to files,
while DVD backups are directories, so the previous command 
can't be used with myth.

I've also tried to do: mkisofs -dvd-video -o DVDNAME.img DVDNAME
but then   xine dvd:DVDNAME.img  won't play the file
(nor xine dvd://absolute/path/to/DVDNAME.img,
nor dvd:/absolute/path/to/DVDNAME.img)

What am I doing wrong?

Franco