Linux-based appliance to play DVD VOBs

[blu at vl.com (Tom Metro)]

While looking over some old BLU messages on RAID, I ran across...

Rich Braun wrote:
> *rant on*
> I want to put about 500 DVDs onto a hard drive jukebox, and start
> collecting high-def video, but the copyright issue has prevented
> reasonable software from becoming available.
> 
> Try as I might, I can't find anyone who has built a Linux-based or
> Xbox-based server to play back DVD VOBs using the same type of remote control
> that the rest of the family's accustomed to.) 
> *rant off*

FYI, the Hauppauge MediaMVP[1] set-top-box that I'm using as a front-end 
for MythTV can supposedly do this, though I haven't tried yet. It's 
mentioned in the documentation for the third party firmware I'm using, 
mvpmc[2]. To play back VOBs may or may not also require a MythTV 
back-end. The mvpmc software can operate with various back-end servers, 
including simple NFS exports.

1. http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_mediamvp.html
2. http://www.mvpmc.org/

  -Tom

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