[mythtv-users] Does MythTV Obviate a DVD Player?

[DanM]

On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, DanM wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, John Smith wrote:
>
> > If you have a MythTV box, is there any reason to
> > get/have a stand-alone DVD player? I need to get a DVD
> > player - the ones I was looking at had the Faroudja
> > chip and were around $500. Does MythTV have all the
> > functionality of these DVD players?
>
> There are times I wish I hadn't given away my DVD player.  I can't play
> more than about 1/3 of one of the Lord of the Rings dvd's on my mythbox
> before one of the libraries used by ogle craps out.  I think it's one of
> the libraries because when I try to rip the dvd, it dies at about the same
> spot.
>
To update my previous message, I'm using xine not ogle.

-dan