[mythtv-users] Shared DVD across network using NFS

[Brad Benson]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 2:09 AM, Per Jørgensen <myth at pbj-design.dk> wrote:

>
> Scenario:
> I have a frontend in the livingroom - to that I want to mount the
> external DVD-drive to the frontend.
> Then inserting a DVD-movie in the drive.
> Then go to the bedroom and choose to se a DVD movie - From the drive
> down in the Livingroom.
>

I have done this in the past using VLC.  I'm no longer doing this as all of
my DVD's are ripped to the videos section of Myth, but if definitely worked
in the past.  I don't recall the exact steps either as it has been awhile,
but you should be able to get it to work with some googling on VLC and
streaming.  The basic idea is that you insert a DVD into one of your
frontends and run VLC from there, telling it to play the DVD and stream the
video.  Then, on the frontend where you want to watch, you run VLC and tell
it to connect to and play the stream from the frontend that is playing the
DVD.  You could add a menu item on each frontend to start vlc and connect to
any available stream from your frontend with the DVD drive.

Sorry for the lack of detail here, but it's been so long since I've done
this that I don't really remember the specifics - just that it did, indeed,
work.  Figured I'd at least give you another option to look in to.

Hope that helps,
Brad
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