[mythtvnz] Frontend access of backend DVD drive?

[yuri]

2009/12/30  criggie wrote:
> Ross and Jemima Knudsen wrote:
>> Does anyone know if you can configure it so that a separate frontend can
>> access a DVD drive from a remote backend machine over the network?  So
>> you could get away with not having a drive on the frontend?
>
> You could do an NFS or SMB/cifs mount of a directory, and use some kind
> of automounter on both machines.
>
> Personally I rip all our DVDs to a file then store the media.

This seems the technically right thing to do, but what if it's a
rented DVD? Who but a saint would have the strength of character to
delete the ripped copy when the DVD is returned? I know I wouldn't.

Yuri