PC BluRay to TV via wireless router?

[sirslex]

Basically, I would like to watch movies that I have from other regions on my tv. I can already watch them on my pc, but what will I need to do to be able to "stream" them to my tv? Ripping them from disc to a hard drive (or thumb drive) was one possibility I had thought of, but I don't know what my options are here(and I've only ever ripped music cds before)... any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[jsmithepa]

If these movies come in the form of optical discs, then a universal disc player attached to TV, done.

In order to be able to stream to your TV, it must be DLNA capable, is it? Then you set up your PC as a DLNA server.

 

[sirslex]

The tv sees my pc as a dlna server, but not the dvd drive. I suppose my only option then is to learn how to rip the discs to a hard drive on my pc.

 

[jsmithepa]

I suppose my only option then is to learn how to rip the discs to a hard drive on my pc.

Tons of info on the web about the subject. Takes some work, yeah. Good news is, it's once-off. I suggest just do a couple see how you like it.

Telling you right now I HATE DLNA. The interface is typically horrendous. It's lazy-man streaming. You got a half dozen discs to play fine, but once you start having a real catalog, does your DLNA have a cataloging feature? title search feature? you gotta scroll pages after after to get to your stuff? then a better solution is HTPC, and unfortunately it even takes MORE time to set up.

 

[Math Geek]

the chromecast is basically what you want. it simply turns your tv into a wireless monitor. whatever is on your screen gets sent to the chromecast and thus your tv for viewing.

you can also use any of the roku/apple tv/firestick type devices and use the plex program to do the same thing. this has a monthly fee but allows for mirroring your pc to your tv.

plenty of options but i also second what jsmith says. if it is on a disk, why not simply get a player for the tv and watch the disks that way? would be the cheapest and easiest option.

 

[sirslex]

1: unfortunately it's NOT that cheap. The cheap ones I've looked at seem to have about a 1year life expectancy, and the "good" ones are up in the $300 or more price range.
2: with multiple game systems and stereo and bluray player, there's not much room for an additional dvd player at our tv.

 

[sirslex]

I suppose my only option then is to learn how to rip the discs to a hard drive on my pc.

Tons of info on the web about the subject. Takes some work, yeah. Good news is, it's once-off. I suggest just do a couple see how you like it.

Telling you right now I HATE DLNA. The interface is typically horrendous. It's lazy-man streaming. You got a half dozen discs to play fine, but once you start having a real catalog, does your DLNA have a cataloging feature? title search feature? you gotta scroll pages after after to get to your stuff? then a better solution is HTPC, and unfortunately it even takes MORE time to set up.

I was able to set up DLNA and find the ripped videos, but I'm at a loss as to viewing all the episodes... Using WinX DVD ripper, I was only able to get part of one episode and a bunch of blooper reels. I suppose there's a better way to do this but I'm fairly clueless.

Sounds like my next attempt will be chromecast. Wish me luck...

 

[Math Geek]

back in the day i used a simple program called dvd-to-divx which was pretty much one click conversion. there is bound to be similar updated programs out there. you still run into the problem of copyrighted store bought disks which will have to be decrypted to rip. oddly it actually is legal to do this for personal use (kind of like ripping cd to mp3 is legal for personal use) but the software to do it is hard to get a quality one that works well. "any dvd" is what i used in the old days to break the encryption so i could rip my dvd's to my media server. i have no idea if this is still around or if it is still any good since it has been a good 6 years or so since i have used it.