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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net]On Behalf Of John Rives
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:18 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: [mythtv-users] MythVideo Feature Request - Offline Files
>
>
> Please forgive me if this has already been covered, in my searching I did
> not find a solution.
>
> Would it be possible / could someone point me in the right direction to
> enable MythVideo to work with offline content? I have many videos archived
> to CD that I would like to include in MythVideo database (browse through
> them), but when selected be prompted to insert the appropriate CD to begin
> watching the video. In addition to this, spanning would be nice - if a
> specific video has two CD's, for it to prompt for CD 1, launch the player,
> then prompt for CD 2, launch the player, the exit back into MythVideo. It
> would be incredible to keep 50-60 files available in mythvideo
> for on-demand
> (live on hard drive), and have others available upon request by entering
> appropriate CD (have it know the filename).

Well, I can't help you with spanning or *quite* the feature list you request
(short of saying 'submit a patch'), but you could create a symlink to your
CD/DVD mount point in your mythvideo storage directory. It wouldn't prompt
you if the right CD wasn't mounted, but at least you'd be able to maintain
your movies in the mythvideo DB, and if the CD was mounted, play the ones on
that CD.

-JAC

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I had thought about doing that at first. Although, is it possible to have
MythVideo launch a shell script instead of trying to launch mplayer? If so,
I could create a script that opened the appropriate file, launched mplayer,
requested CD 2, and so on... the file that mythvideo would see would just be
the script. The symlink would be something link this, correct?

ln -s /dev/cdrom1/part1.avi /var/lib/mythvideo/part1.avi

So, when mythvideo goes through and adds videos to the db it sees this and
treats it as a video file, even if the cd is not inserted. When the CD is
in, if you launch that video it plays from the CD.

This may be OT, but how do you automount cdrom drivers in RH9?
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From: "Joseph A. Caputo" <jcaputo1@comcast.net>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users@snowman.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 4:07 PM
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] MythVideo Feature Request - Offline Files


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net]On Behalf Of John Rives
> > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:18 PM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] MythVideo Feature Request - Offline Files
> >
> >
> > Please forgive me if this has already been covered, in my searching I
did
> > not find a solution.
> >
> > Would it be possible / could someone point me in the right direction to
> > enable MythVideo to work with offline content? I have many videos
archived
> > to CD that I would like to include in MythVideo database (browse through
> > them), but when selected be prompted to insert the appropriate CD to
begin
> > watching the video. In addition to this, spanning would be nice - if a
> > specific video has two CD's, for it to prompt for CD 1, launch the
player,
> > then prompt for CD 2, launch the player, the exit back into MythVideo.
It
> > would be incredible to keep 50-60 files available in mythvideo
> > for on-demand
> > (live on hard drive), and have others available upon request by entering
> > appropriate CD (have it know the filename).
>
> Well, I can't help you with spanning or *quite* the feature list you
request
> (short of saying 'submit a patch'), but you could create a symlink to your
> CD/DVD mount point in your mythvideo storage directory. It wouldn't
prompt
> you if the right CD wasn't mounted, but at least you'd be able to maintain
> your movies in the mythvideo DB, and if the CD was mounted, play the ones
on
> that CD.
>
> -JAC
>
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The mythvideo "mplayer" command is defined in the mythconverg database
in the settings table, so you can set it to anything you want to...

-Mark


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From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net] On Behalf Of John Rives
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 5:32 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythVideo Feature Request - Offline Files

I had thought about doing that at first. Although, is it possible to
have
MythVideo launch a shell script instead of trying to launch mplayer? If
so,
I could create a script that opened the appropriate file, launched
mplayer,
requested CD 2, and so on... the file that mythvideo would see would
just be
the script. The symlink would be something link this, correct?

ln -s /dev/cdrom1/part1.avi /var/lib/mythvideo/part1.avi

So, when mythvideo goes through and adds videos to the db it sees this
and
treats it as a video file, even if the cd is not inserted. When the CD
is
in, if you launch that video it plays from the CD.

This may be OT, but how do you automount cdrom drivers in RH9?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph A. Caputo" <jcaputo1@comcast.net>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users@snowman.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 4:07 PM
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] MythVideo Feature Request - Offline Files


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net]On Behalf Of John Rives
> > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:18 PM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] MythVideo Feature Request - Offline Files
> >
> >
> > Please forgive me if this has already been covered, in my searching
I
did
> > not find a solution.
> >
> > Would it be possible / could someone point me in the right direction
to
> > enable MythVideo to work with offline content? I have many videos
archived
> > to CD that I would like to include in MythVideo database (browse
through
> > them), but when selected be prompted to insert the appropriate CD to
begin
> > watching the video. In addition to this, spanning would be nice - if
a
> > specific video has two CD's, for it to prompt for CD 1, launch the
player,
> > then prompt for CD 2, launch the player, the exit back into
MythVideo.
It
> > would be incredible to keep 50-60 files available in mythvideo
> > for on-demand
> > (live on hard drive), and have others available upon request by
entering
> > appropriate CD (have it know the filename).
>
> Well, I can't help you with spanning or *quite* the feature list you
request
> (short of saying 'submit a patch'), but you could create a symlink to
your
> CD/DVD mount point in your mythvideo storage directory. It wouldn't
prompt
> you if the right CD wasn't mounted, but at least you'd be able to
maintain
> your movies in the mythvideo DB, and if the CD was mounted, play the
ones
on
> that CD.
>
> -JAC
>
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You could also have the player program be a script that:

detects a file extension specific to (s)vcd
opens the drive door
waits for a close-drive-door event (I have absolutely NO idea how to do
that!)
starts a player
ejects the disc after playing
waits for a close-drive-door event
plays the next disc

Note that the ejecting is only done if there is more than one disc in a
movie, which can be done by either having several dummy filenames or
having a number in the contents of the dummy file. Of course, prompting
would be non-trivial (mostly because I don't know squat about Qt), thus
the drive ejecting!

-I
On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 14:07, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> Well, I can't help you with spanning or *quite* the feature list you request
> (short of saying 'submit a patch'), but you could create a symlink to your
> CD/DVD mount point in your mythvideo storage directory. It wouldn't prompt
> you if the right CD wasn't mounted, but at least you'd be able to maintain
> your movies in the mythvideo DB, and if the CD was mounted, play the ones on
> that CD.
>
> -JAC
>
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Actually, either instead or in addition to the below, I think it would be a
great convenience to be able to pop in a CD containing a movie file or files
and to be able to select its filename from a list or sublist in mythvideo,
without having to do any prep of having added symlinks for the particular
movies to the directory.

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net] On Behalf Of John Rives
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:32 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythVideo Feature Request - Offline Files


I had thought about doing that at first. Although, is it possible to have
MythVideo launch a shell script instead of trying to launch mplayer? If so,
I could create a script that opened the appropriate file, launched mplayer,
requested CD 2, and so on... the file that mythvideo would see would just be
the script. The symlink would be something link this, correct?

ln -s /dev/cdrom1/part1.avi /var/lib/mythvideo/part1.avi

So, when mythvideo goes through and adds videos to the db it sees this and
treats it as a video file, even if the cd is not inserted. When the CD is
in, if you launch that video it plays from the CD.

This may be OT, but how do you automount cdrom drivers in RH9?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph A. Caputo" <jcaputo1@comcast.net>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users@snowman.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 4:07 PM
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] MythVideo Feature Request - Offline Files


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net]On Behalf Of John Rives
> > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:18 PM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] MythVideo Feature Request - Offline Files
> >
> >
> > Please forgive me if this has already been covered, in my searching
> > I
did
> > not find a solution.
> >
> > Would it be possible / could someone point me in the right direction
> > to enable MythVideo to work with offline content? I have many videos
archived
> > to CD that I would like to include in MythVideo database (browse
> > through them), but when selected be prompted to insert the
> > appropriate CD to
begin
> > watching the video. In addition to this, spanning would be nice - if
> > a specific video has two CD's, for it to prompt for CD 1, launch the
player,
> > then prompt for CD 2, launch the player, the exit back into
> > MythVideo.
It
> > would be incredible to keep 50-60 files available in mythvideo for
> > on-demand (live on hard drive), and have others available upon
> > request by entering appropriate CD (have it know the filename).
>
> Well, I can't help you with spanning or *quite* the feature list you
request
> (short of saying 'submit a patch'), but you could create a symlink to
> your CD/DVD mount point in your mythvideo storage directory. It
> wouldn't
prompt
> you if the right CD wasn't mounted, but at least you'd be able to
> maintain your movies in the mythvideo DB, and if the CD was mounted,
> play the ones
on
> that CD.
>
> -JAC
>
> _______________________________________________
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> mythtv-users@snowman.net
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That would be just as good or better for my purposes! Having an autoload of
some sort as part of Mythvideo would be incredible. Something to bridge the
gap between local disk centric design and DVD/Divx/Xvid player design.

> Actually, either instead or in addition to the below, I think it would be
a
> great convenience to be able to pop in a CD containing a movie file or
files
> and to be able to select its filename from a list or sublist in mythvideo,
> without having to do any prep of having added symlinks for the particular
> movies to the directory.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net] On Behalf Of John Rives
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:32 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythVideo Feature Request - Offline Files
>
>
> I had thought about doing that at first. Although, is it possible to have
> MythVideo launch a shell script instead of trying to launch mplayer? If
so,
> I could create a script that opened the appropriate file, launched
mplayer,
> requested CD 2, and so on... the file that mythvideo would see would just
be
> the script. The symlink would be something link this, correct?
>
> ln -s /dev/cdrom1/part1.avi /var/lib/mythvideo/part1.avi
>
> So, when mythvideo goes through and adds videos to the db it sees this and
> treats it as a video file, even if the cd is not inserted. When the CD is
> in, if you launch that video it plays from the CD.
>
> This may be OT, but how do you automount cdrom drivers in RH9?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph A. Caputo" <jcaputo1@comcast.net>
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users@snowman.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 4:07 PM
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] MythVideo Feature Request - Offline Files
>
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
> > > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net]On Behalf Of John Rives
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:18 PM
> > > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > > Subject: [mythtv-users] MythVideo Feature Request - Offline Files
> > >
> > >
> > > Please forgive me if this has already been covered, in my searching
> > > I
> did
> > > not find a solution.
> > >
> > > Would it be possible / could someone point me in the right direction
> > > to enable MythVideo to work with offline content? I have many videos
> archived
> > > to CD that I would like to include in MythVideo database (browse
> > > through them), but when selected be prompted to insert the
> > > appropriate CD to
> begin
> > > watching the video. In addition to this, spanning would be nice - if
> > > a specific video has two CD's, for it to prompt for CD 1, launch the
> player,
> > > then prompt for CD 2, launch the player, the exit back into
> > > MythVideo.
> It
> > > would be incredible to keep 50-60 files available in mythvideo for
> > > on-demand (live on hard drive), and have others available upon
> > > request by entering appropriate CD (have it know the filename).
> >
> > Well, I can't help you with spanning or *quite* the feature list you
> request
> > (short of saying 'submit a patch'), but you could create a symlink to
> > your CD/DVD mount point in your mythvideo storage directory. It
> > wouldn't
> prompt
> > you if the right CD wasn't mounted, but at least you'd be able to
> > maintain your movies in the mythvideo DB, and if the CD was mounted,
> > play the ones
> on
> > that CD.
> >
> > -JAC
> >
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Autoload would be luxury, to be true. But I'd still be happy just to be able
to select the disk and then a file from it in MythVideo's interface.

DAM

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From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net] On Behalf Of John Rives
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 4:58 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythVideo Feature Request - Offline Files


That would be just as good or better for my purposes! Having an autoload of
some sort as part of Mythvideo would be incredible. Something to bridge the
gap between local disk centric design and DVD/Divx/Xvid player design.

> Actually, either instead or in addition to the below, I think it would
> be
a
> great convenience to be able to pop in a CD containing a movie file or
files
> and to be able to select its filename from a list or sublist in
> mythvideo, without having to do any prep of having added symlinks for
> the particular movies to the directory.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net] On Behalf Of John Rives
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:32 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythVideo Feature Request - Offline Files
>
>
> I had thought about doing that at first. Although, is it possible to
> have MythVideo launch a shell script instead of trying to launch
> mplayer? If
so,
> I could create a script that opened the appropriate file, launched
mplayer,
> requested CD 2, and so on... the file that mythvideo would see would
> just
be
> the script. The symlink would be something link this, correct?
>
> ln -s /dev/cdrom1/part1.avi /var/lib/mythvideo/part1.avi
>
> So, when mythvideo goes through and adds videos to the db it sees this
> and treats it as a video file, even if the cd is not inserted. When
> the CD is in, if you launch that video it plays from the CD.
>
> This may be OT, but how do you automount cdrom drivers in RH9?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph A. Caputo" <jcaputo1@comcast.net>
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users@snowman.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 4:07 PM
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] MythVideo Feature Request - Offline Files
>
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
> > > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net]On Behalf Of John Rives
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:18 PM
> > > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > > Subject: [mythtv-users] MythVideo Feature Request - Offline Files
> > >
> > >
> > > Please forgive me if this has already been covered, in my
> > > searching I
> did
> > > not find a solution.
> > >
> > > Would it be possible / could someone point me in the right
> > > direction to enable MythVideo to work with offline content? I have
> > > many videos
> archived
> > > to CD that I would like to include in MythVideo database (browse
> > > through them), but when selected be prompted to insert the
> > > appropriate CD to
> begin
> > > watching the video. In addition to this, spanning would be nice -
> > > if a specific video has two CD's, for it to prompt for CD 1,
> > > launch the
> player,
> > > then prompt for CD 2, launch the player, the exit back into
> > > MythVideo.
> It
> > > would be incredible to keep 50-60 files available in mythvideo for
> > > on-demand (live on hard drive), and have others available upon
> > > request by entering appropriate CD (have it know the filename).
> >
> > Well, I can't help you with spanning or *quite* the feature list you
> request
> > (short of saying 'submit a patch'), but you could create a symlink
> > to your CD/DVD mount point in your mythvideo storage directory. It
> > wouldn't
> prompt
> > you if the right CD wasn't mounted, but at least you'd be able to
> > maintain your movies in the mythvideo DB, and if the CD was mounted,
> > play the ones
> on
> > that CD.
> >
> > -JAC
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net]On Behalf Of John Rives
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 5:32 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythVideo Feature Request - Offline Files
>
>
> I had thought about doing that at first. Although, is it possible to have
> MythVideo launch a shell script instead of trying to launch
> mplayer?

Yes, the command that mythvideo runs is defined in the database and
configured in mythvideo setup. The old version of mythvideo actually
contained a configuration file that allowed for different commands to be run
depending on the file extension, which would be nice to have back...

> If so,
> I could create a script that opened the appropriate file,
> launched mplayer,
> requested CD 2, and so on... the file that mythvideo would see
> would just be
> the script. The symlink would be something link this, correct?
>
> ln -s /dev/cdrom1/part1.avi /var/lib/mythvideo/part1.avi

No, it'd be more like
ln -s /mnt/cdrom1/part1.avi /var/lib/mythvideo (don't need the filename for
the link unless it's different)

/dev/cdrom1 is a device file; /mnt/cdrom1 is (supposedly) the mount point
for your cdrom. If you're not sure what your mount point is, look in
/etc/fstab.

> So, when mythvideo goes through and adds videos to the db it sees this and
> treats it as a video file, even if the cd is not inserted. When the CD is
> in, if you launch that video it plays from the CD.

Yep, you could do it that way.


-JAC

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