[mythtv-users] MythTV as a DVD player

[Craig Courtney]

I'm have WAF issues with using MythDVD as a primary DVD player.  It will get
stuck rewinding or fastwording the movie and force you to exit the DVD
player and start over.  Just an FYI.  I have not upgraded to the official
0.20.1 release but I do have a fairly recent fixes branch build from ATRPMS.

Craig

On 5/14/07, Patrick Doyle <wpdster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My old DVD player died.  Instead of spending $50 to replace it with a
> standalone unit, I'm thinking of spending $500 to $1000 to replace it
> with a MythTV.  (Yes, I'm a certified, registered, geek.  So sue me.)
>
> I would like to know of people's experience using MythTV as a DVD
> player (in addition to using it's many other features).  I'm asking
> because I have a friend with a MythTV box who tried playing DVD's
> through it and was unhappy with the results.  Since he already has a
> perfectly good (actually, a fairly nice) DVD player, he saw no reason
> to pursue the matter any further than, "I tried it, I wasn't happy
> with it, it didn't really matter to me."
>
> In my case, I need to have a DVD player that my family can use the way
> they're used to using a DVD player -- press a button on the remote to
> watch DVDs, stick a DVD in, wait for all of the FBI warnings to go by,
> (well, if we could skip that part, I'm sure we'd all agree it was a
> plus), see the menu, hit play, and watch the DVD on our existing
> (analog) television.  Yes I know MythTV offers much more than this,
> but I need to have something that mimics the existing technology
> before I start selling the new technology.
>
> --wpd
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