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hexeta

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Post Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:48 pm

Streaming content from DVD Drive of a Vista PC

Is it possible to "Point" Serviio at my DVD drive so that when it is playing a movie, Serviio could stream that to my Sony TV? :idea:
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atc98092

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Post Fri Aug 15, 2014 3:04 am

Re: Streaming content from DVD Drive of a Vista PC

I don't think so. I believe the copy protection function of the disc will only feed the video to the local system. I tried streaming once just as a shared drive and mapped it to another computer. I remember it didn't work, but can't remember if it was the video or audio (or both) that wouldn't play.

Now if you had ripped the disc to remove its copy protection, then it might. However, if you do that you may as well just store the ripped file on the computer and stream the file. That's all I've done, rip my DVD and Blu-ray movies to my server and let Serviio stream. All you need is hard drive space! :lol:
Dan

LG NANO85 4K TV, Samsung JU7100 4K TV, Sony BDP-S3500, Sharp 4K Roku TV, Insignia Roku TV, Roku Ultra, Premiere and Stick, Nvidia Shield, Yamaha RX-V583 AVR.
Primary server: AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT, 32 gig ram, Windows 11 Pro, 22 TB hard drive space | Test server: Intel i5-6400, 16 gig ram, Windows 10 Pro

HOWTO: Enable debug logging HOWTO: Identify media file contents
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hexeta

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Post Fri Aug 15, 2014 11:58 am

Re: Streaming content from DVD Drive of a Vista PC

Thanks for that.
I've tried in my own clumsy way to point Serviio at my "G:" drive, in the hope that whilst a DVD is playing, Serviio would be able to stream it to my TV.
Needless to say, I wasn't surprised when this venture crashed and burned! :lol:

Edit:
Just a thank you to atc98092 for recommending "MakeMKV", even a newbie like me can use it "Magic"!
I'll try to master Filebot another day...my brain hurts! :mrgreen:
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atc98092

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Post Sat Aug 16, 2014 12:46 am

Re: Streaming content from DVD Drive of a Vista PC

Ah, FileBot is easy :lol: . As long as the basic file name is somewhere close to correct name, it will either find the correct name or provide a list of titles for you to choose from.

FileBot does a whole lot more, but I haven't even figured out how to use much of it! :D
Dan

LG NANO85 4K TV, Samsung JU7100 4K TV, Sony BDP-S3500, Sharp 4K Roku TV, Insignia Roku TV, Roku Ultra, Premiere and Stick, Nvidia Shield, Yamaha RX-V583 AVR.
Primary server: AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT, 32 gig ram, Windows 11 Pro, 22 TB hard drive space | Test server: Intel i5-6400, 16 gig ram, Windows 10 Pro

HOWTO: Enable debug logging HOWTO: Identify media file contents
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hexeta

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Post Sat Aug 16, 2014 12:58 am

Re: Streaming content from DVD Drive of a Vista PC

atc98092 wrote:Ah, FileBot is easy :lol: .but I haven't even figured out how to use much of it! :D

I'd better give up hope then! :lol:

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