How can I stream DVD's from a PC's DVD-ROM?

[God-Send]

can i set up xbmc to stream files from the dvd drive on my pc to play in xbmc? i added the whole shortcut to the e drive on my pc and it wont recognize it as a dvd nor will it play it. any suggestions?

[lutkebab]

why not play dvd on xbox directly?

[pike]

what happens when you try to play one of the vobs from that share?

[God-Send]

it doesnt play any of the vobs from the share. my pc is in a main room and the xbox will be in a different room altogether, i have multiple drives on the pc and i will be loading discs into different drives. the pc will be like a media server for the tvs and xbox's in the house. so i need to figue out how to make this work.

or if you have any easy ways to rip a dvd into a format that xbmc can read??? ive been trying this but it seems really confusing i havent found a program that will just make it and be done with it....

[senergy]

you cant play a dvd over the network. if you rip the vob files and put them on your network hdd you can play them but that is because the macrovision has already been decoded.

[God-Send]

whats the best format to convert to and whats the easiest converter to use to do that? im still having troubles finding an easy converter.

[misfit138]

hi there,

first off i would like to congratulate the xbmc team for such a great product. the possibilities seem endless for this tool! what i would like to know is whether i can execute a program located on my windows hd on xbmc over my lan setup. i can watch movies and stream audio but it would be cool to use my 160gb hd to store xbox files as well. sorry if this is a stupid question but it has been nagging me for a while now! i just cant find anything about the topic anywhere else!

thank you!

[Luigidon]

can i set up xbmc to stream files from the dvd drive on my pc to play in xbmc? i added the whole shortcut to the e drive on my pc and it wont recognize it as a dvd nor will it play it. any suggestions?
yes, you can, i have set up by cd and dvd drive in my pc and am able to stream dvds from those drives to the xbmc.

just treat the drives in your pc as any other samba share and set it up in your config file. where have you added the shortcut in your config file. mine looks similar to this:

<bookmark>
<name>pc-cd-rw</name>
<path>smb://mshome;lawrence spriggs:password@192.168.0.1/cd-rw/</path>
</bookmark>
<bookmark>
<name>pc-dvd-rw</name>
<path>smb://mshome;lawrence spriggs:password@192.168.0.1/dvd-rw/</path>
</bookmark>
<bookmark>
<name>windows server</name>
<path>smb://mshome;lawrence spriggs:password@192.168.0.1/shareddocs/videos/</path>
</bookmark>
<bookmark>


note: some (only some) don't play (think it is something to do with xbmc not handling dvd menus yet) also, i am not yet sure about build version 6-6-04 as all my dvds that i was previously able to stream no long work.. see my other post.

[senergy]

no you cant run xbox games stored on your computer desktop. the games must be on the xbox themselves.

as for dvd streaming.. are the movies that worked store bought? or are they dvd's with movies you have burnt onto them?
to the best of my knowledge you cant play a encrypted dvd over a network.

[misfit138]

thank you senergy. keep up the good work.

[trieu_tulong]

try vlc client, picture quality is acceptable and it's cross-platform (*nix, os x, window$).

[God-Send]

actually all i found out how to rip movies to my hard drive, i am currently working on lotr two towers a total of a 6.5 hour process.

luigidon thanks for those examples i will try em and see how it works. thanks all you may now close this post or do whatever with it.