[mythtv-users] mythbuntu 9.10 and playing iso videos

[Robert McNamara]

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Peter Lord <peter at plord.co.uk> wrote:
> I've installed mythbuntu 9.10 beta and have copied over some old iso's.
>
> Firstly I really like the new media browsing :-)  Just seems to work.
>
> But, I can't actually plan any of these iso's.  I have installed libdvdcss in
> addition to the stock mythbuntu.
>
> If I set the mythvideo iso association to "mplayer -fs -zoom %s" I see :-
>
> ---------
> 2009-10-07 16:14:14.981 MythVideo::ScanVideoDirectory Scanning Group
> (myth://Videos@myth/var/lib/mythtv/videos/)
> 2009-10-07 16:14:21.002 Loading window theme from
> /usr/share/mythtv/themes/Mythbuntu-9.10/video-ui.xml
> MPlayer UNKNOWN-4.4.1 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
> Terminal type `unknown' is not defined.
>
> Playing myth://Videos@127.0.0.1:6543/MONTY_PYTHON_THE_HOLY_GRAIL.iso.
>
>
> Exiting... (End of file)
> ---------
>
> and no video played.
>
> If I use the Internal player I see :-
>
> ---------
> 2009-10-07 16:18:03.227 TV: Attempting to change from None to Watching DVD
> libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version svnR1169
> libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD
> 2009-10-07 16:18:03.283 Failed to open DVD device at /dev/dvd
> ---------
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pete
>

Please read the MythVideo .22 Transition Guide on the wiki.  You have
Video Storage Groups set up.  They will not presently work with ISO
files or with external players.

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythVideo_.22_Transition_Guide

Robert