> Be able to burn my DVD collection to a streaming media server. > Have a HTPC at my TV. > Have On Screen menus for selecting DVDs > Have the ability to schedule "broadcasting" or a playlist of shows. > Retain the 5.1 or greater sound capabilities. >
I'd look into using dvd::rip to get the films into a good format, then MythVideo for cataloging and playing them. It's a wrapper for transcode, and offers a lot of flexibility with output. I generally use it with xvid to shrink the video down, but it works with lots of codecs, or as raw DVD mpeg-2. It also allows ac3 pass-through for keeping 5.1 sound. Mythvideo is really useful as a browser and catalog database. You can set the default player command in the Settings -> Mythvideo settings menu, and you can assign a specific command for each video file through the Video Manager. There was a discussion here not too long ago on loading dvd isos into the database as well. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
