[PROBLEM] USB 2.0 DVDRW can't read DVD

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(31st Jul, 2013 11:49 PM)f1vefour Wrote:  XBMC is generally running at %50 CPU usage during playback, I would think recoding AAC -> AC3 would be plausible but wouldn't you have to remux also?

Exactly this is what I think as well. I was never looking more into this topic, but I suppose we have just to demux the signal, with passthrough it goes away separately.

And the demux is actually taking place anyhow as the RPI is already mixing down the channels from 5.1 to 2 (but if I remember right, part of this is going through the GPU<>HDMI part already). There are even going rumors around, that the GPU is able to hw decode DTS-HD and license agreement with license holders should be possible, but...

I somehow skipped the DVD ages, iTunes licensing allowed me to transfer all my CD into electronic versions via iTunes Match and the few DVDs I had I simply recoded to iso files, which XBMC plays nicely, even with chapters, menu entries etc. And currently everything is coming as data streams / files for movies as well from iTunes for few bucks. But purely AAC . So i'm still keeping my ATV2s nearby.

But being too much off topic, what we want to try? Accessing cd/dvd reader from within XBMC on RPI?