Re: [xine-user] xine - "dvd" streaming - samba

[James Courtier-D. <Ja...@su...>]

Joseph Wenninger wrote:
> Hi !
> 
> I've created a few DVDs from home videos. I can play them nicely directly from 
> the dvd or if the image is located on an external USB disc.
> 
> I'd like to play them across network using samba though, but this fails 
> misserably. I get the following error:
> 
> 	libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable.
> 	libdvdread: Can't seek to block 2407073
> 	libdvdread: Invalid IFO for title 2 (VTS_02_0.IFO).
> 
> Is it not possible to stream dvd/udf iso images across a samba share for 
> playing with xine or do I have to configure something in the samba server or 
> the xine media player specifically.
> 
> Currently I'm trying to mount the samba share read only and play the file with 
> xine dvd:/mysmbmountpoint/somefile.iso
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> 
> Kind regards
> Joseph Wenninger

Samba has a 2Gigs per file limitation, so a iso will not play across the
share, but if you mount the iso as a loopback, and then share the
resulting .VOBs and .IFOs, it should work.

James