Not sure if this been answered anywhere but here is what i want to do and why. hopefulyl osmeone can give me the tips to make it happen.
1. i want to copy all my DVDs to my HDD on my PC and then Stream them to my Theatre room and other TV locations.
2. I want to be able to use my TV to dispaly the list of movies and be able to select from the list the one i want to play.
3. I have an extensive colelction of DVDs (over 1000 movies and TV shows) whicjh is currently stored in cabinet in Theatre room
4. Currently i have my DVD collection listed in MS Access Database.
5. Currently to use a DVD , the kids have to access the database make their decision for movie and then go colect it and choose where to watch it.
6. I am hoping to make it easier.
7. The whole house is WIRED to NETWORK with a PS3 in media room and an XBOX 360 in Childrens lounge area.
Hoep that details what i want to achieve. Movies on PC , streamed to TVs.
I know i can convert the DVDs to AVIs for compression and then stream that, but i dont see a way of keeping all the great 5.1 sound and bonus features of the DVDs like menus and extras.
Storage costs for Gigabite Hard drives is mroe reasonable now than ever so purchasing enough of them is not the issue. But maintaing DVd quality audio and visual is.
Any tips to make this happen
Any equipement i should purchase.
Any software to make it happem
or am i jsut dreaming and need technology to improve more yet.