[mythtvnz] dvd playback problem

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 1:47 PM, stuart <stugo at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> Hi Nick and Brett
> Had some issue getting log as the one I sent was bounced because of size. In
> the end deleted all logs started sytem up  from scratch shutdown front end
> and checked it looked ok and the restarted and tried to load dvd . It looks
> to me like it has a issue with loadeding the dvd, but from there I would be
> lost.
> answer to Bretts questions:
> Dvd mounts on desktop and say what the disk is, no other action is asked,
> from there I am able to run it in vlc but only in stereo and not in dts to
> the amp but the signal is being passed by the optical cable.
>  And as my Linux ability is weak to at best how do I check that mythtv has
> access to drive?
> Once again thanks a lot for putting up with my lack of knowledge

Do NOT top post on this list please.

Do you have a file /dev/dvd. To test, do

ls -l /dev/dvd

This will also tell you the ownership and permissions.

The log clearly says that myth cannot access /dev/dvd, so let's see if
it there first, and if the user running mythfrontend has access to it.