i have been doing this for over 5 years now with my KISS/Linksys
networked DVD player (it is an ancient DP500). it plays VOB just fine,
which allows you to simply rip the DVD as is to your NAS. the VOB
file simply shows up in the file menu and i press play.
however, i have decided to compress
I still think it is shortsighted of the SB people not to consider
putting together an SB that can handle video as well. I would also be
happy with SqueezeCenter streaming video and audio to say a Popcorn
Hour. What I am trying to avoid (because it is giving me lots of
problems) is having to run
Maybe just encode each DVD to a single xvid or divx file. It's not
lossless, but then neither is the original DVD. Quality is good and
you'll save a ton of space. They are easy to stream over a network and
can be played on any modern DVD player or computer.
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Pale Blue Ego
Gibbo;346379 Wrote:
Ok, so basically your looking for a network media tank, check 'this
forum'
(http://www.avforums.com/forums/streamers-network-media-players/) out.
the top nmt at the moment seem to be the popcorn hour as mentioned A100
has just upgraded to the A110, the eg-m31B which
DVDFab no longer supports CSS copy protected DVDs.
Does the PS3 support MPEG-2? if so, there are loads of tools out there
to strip the unused audio and subtitle tracks from the VOB leaving you
with a regular MPEG-2 PS video and audio stream./
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funkstar
Ok, so basically your looking for a network media tank, check 'this
forum'
(http://www.avforums.com/forums/streamers-network-media-players/) out.
the top nmt at the moment seem to be the popcorn hour as mentioned A100
has just upgraded to the A110, the eg-m31B which I'm thinking of
getting, and
DVDs are different from CDS.
What you want to do it just rip them without any additional encoding or
compression. I have all my DVDs ripped whole to a large NAS box.
The two main ways of doing it is to either rip to a ISO disk image or
in IFO file mode where the files on the hard drive are the
Its a good question, and something that I have not been able to find a
simple solution to for a couple of years.
However, in the interim I have been ripping my DVDs to full size ISO
images. This ripping process gets rid of the encryption and removes
macrovision and region restrictions and other
If you want lossless video then look about for the HUFYUV codec.
Converting MPEG-2 video into HUFYUV is pointless though, even more of a
wast than converting and MP3 to FLAC. You gain nothing and it just uses
a lot more space.
Ripping to ISO or ifo is the best solution. You don't loose any
Ok if I rip to ISO or IFO, can it stream to the PS3? What programs are
you using to do this? As previously stated, I own my DVDs and want to
keep them permanently in a closet next to my CDs.
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FreeLunch1
FreeLunch1's
DVDDecryptor is what I use. Like I said, you will be best to visit
forums dedicated to this kind of thing, you will get a -lot- more
useful information that way.
I have no idea if VOB files can be streamed to a PS3 easily, I don't
own one and have never used one. Have a look for PS3 user forums,
The problem with things like VOB is that many players (including the PS3
and Xbox360 AFAIK) don't play them. The only real choice for those
devices it to transcode to something like mp4.
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radish
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On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:03 AM, FreeLunch1
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Ok if I rip to ISO or IFO, can it stream to the PS3? What programs are
you using to do this? As previously stated, I own my DVDs and want to
keep them permanently in a closet next to my CDs.
PS3 will play VOB's just
If you take FLAC as a container for lossless data then the nearest
equivalent for Video is Matroska (MKV files).
These are an extentible container for the audio/video codec (I
think!!), including hd content. The nearest equivalent to the
Squeezebox for video is the Popcornhour, which just
Browny;346016 Wrote:
The nearest equivalent to the Squeezebox for video is the Popcornhour,
which just happens to play these files streamed across your
network...sound familiarQUOTE]
I will have to research this more along with the other ideas. The
problem with going to PS3
I believe a netgear EVA8000 does a pretty good job of a lot of formats.
It is not too good at hi bitrate hidef content though.
TheRegister has a review at
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/15/review_netgear_eva8000/
I'm currently using a hacked XBOX1 with Xbox Media Centre, that plays
ISO's
http://www.dvdfab.com/free.htm
Download this free program, you can preview before you rip your DVD and
select the audio track to rip. Its quick and the files play on a ps3.
Also see Tversity for streaming..
BTW Vob files are huge but I've not found a decent compression format
to encode that
I love my squeezebox and have ripped all my CD's to FLAC formatusing
EAC, etc.. It took a long time, but was worth it since I only have to
do it once and I get very high quality audio.
I want to copy my DVDs and store them on my NAS too. Basically, do the
same thing for my video library as I
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