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I read the wiki on how to stream dvd but when ever I try using the bat file VLC give me an error that it cannot playback, though the dvd is fine. Anyway I am probably doing something wrong...can anyone give me some step by step instructions for streaming DVDs to TV? I have a sharp tv and the profile has been entered correctly.

First, a DVD is not 1080p native format, so it will be up to either your display or media player to up-convert the video.

Next, in what format is your video file? What is your media player (Blu Ray player, network media player or TV)?

Are you trying to stream a DVD disc that is in the computer optical drive? I don't think that will work. The DVD must first be ripped to a file to remove encryption.

I was trying to convert the DVD using VLC and stream the VLC output to the TV. I have not been able to get this to work.

Also if I wanted to play a DVD on my computers optical drive and send/stream it to my TV. How do I get this to work or is it simply not possible?

I don't believe there is any way to stream straight from the DVD itself, including through VLC. It has to do with the copy protection of the disc and the decryption process on the computer.

Well, I just reviewed the VLC https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Streaming_HowTo/VLM/ site, and it seems it will support streaming straight from a DVD. However, it seems to be an awful lot of work, and you can only stream one video per drive. If you want to watch another movie, you have to go back to the computer and start the process again. Ripping your videos onto the hard drive and using Serviio would be much simpler.

I use a free software program called MakeMKV to rip all my DVD and Blu-Ray discs. It saves them as MKV files, which (in my humble opinion) is the best container for video because it can contain multiple audio tracks and captions. However, for best performance you need a media player that will play MKV videos without requiring transcoding. Some devices can play MKV files from a USB drive, but not over a stream. The best player I have is the Sony BDP-S3100, which will do all that, plus play Blu-Rays. Anyone in my home can figure out how to play a movie, including my 4 year old grand-daughter. Streaming from VLC, not likely!