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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / October 2006Front Row for ripped DVD's?
Dear Mac Experts: I have a server that contains many of my DVDs. (yes, they are all legally purchased!) I am trying to find a nice viewing interface for these directories on the web (well, after I figure out why my airport 802.11g stream is too slow). /shared/dvds/movie/movie/VIDEO_TS/... I would like to associate directories containing VIDEO_TS directories (not file extensions!) with a viewer application. Is this possible? I guess I could write a perl script to do this, but I was hoping that a viewer app already was this smart. More importantly, is there something like Front Row, controllable via the mini remote, that presents a list of such directories, and lets me choose to view a ripped DVD from this list? sincerely, /iaw > I have a server that contains many of my DVDs. (yes, they are all > legally purchased!) I am trying to find a nice viewing interface for > these directories on the web (well, after I figure out why my airport > 802.11g stream is too slow). I do something similar. I have my whole (legally purchased) DVD collection on a server and use my mini in the living room (or other *wired* computers through the house) to watch the movies so the original disks don't get lost or damaged. Well, there's the whole convenience thing too, but I've found that just to protect the disks with a 3 year old in the house, this works well. Completely ignoring the theoretical limits of 802.11g, I'd be surprised if you can reliably get through a DVD wirelessly without problems. I know I can't. If I'm sitting near my access point, I can watch a movie wirelessly, but then I'm close enough to plug in to the router anyway. I have a rough interface that I've cobbled together. I can peruse my collection and select a movie to watch via a web browser. A short Applescript, PHP, and MySQL makes it all happen. I don't have the Apple remote. I'm using a Keyspan remote. If you can get the buttons on the Apple remote to send key presses, you can do the same with it. The greatest disadvantage to my current setup is that I have different interfaces to all of the different media I might play. I have my own movie interface, EyeTV for recorded TV, iTunes for music and purchased/downloaded TV. MediaCentral looks like it can almost do what I want. It has a similar capabilities to Front Row and can play ripped DVDs, although I'd rather have it use an interface to my database than search the filesystem, since it's rather slow when scanning my remote disks. But it doesn't seem to be able to play EyeTV stuff. Some of the things I've foudn ont eh web say it can. Other things say it can't. I haven't found a way to control the EyeTV with it. If I could, I think it would be the best solution.  SignatureLarry Moss, http://www.airigami.com PO Box 23523, Rochester, NY 14692, (585) 359-8695 Airigami: The art of folding air in specially prepared latex containers. > > I have a server that contains many of my DVDs. (yes, they are all > > legally purchased!) I am trying to find a nice viewing interface for [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > say it can. Other things say it can't. I haven't found a way to control > the EyeTV with it. If I could, I think it would be the best solution. I have an EyeHome. You have to rip your DVDs to Divx using Handbrake, but it works great for movies. (Not so much for music -- the UI is a little too fiddly for browsing. Fortunately, the EyeHome UI is just a Web server; someone's working on replacing it.) SignatureJerry Kindall, Seattle, WA <http://www.jerrykindall.com/> Send only plain text messages under 32K to the Reply-To address. This mailbox is filtered aggressively to thwart spam and viruses. > I have an EyeHome. You have to rip your DVDs to Divx using Handbrake, > but it works great for movies. (Not so much for music -- the UI is a > little too fiddly for browsing. Fortunately, the EyeHome UI is just a > Web server; someone's working on replacing it.) I looked at the EyeHome. Not being able to use VIDEO_TS folders was the deal breaker for me. I like having access to all the DVD features. I still appreciate the suggestion. Maybe it would serve the needs of the original poster. SignatureLarry Moss, http://www.airigami.com PO Box 23523, Rochester, NY 14692, (585) 359-8695 Airigami: The art of folding air in specially prepared latex containers. > > I have an EyeHome. You have to rip your DVDs to Divx using Handbrake, > > but it works great for movies. (Not so much for music -- the UI is a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > -- won't work for me, either. much of my library is just DVD files... regards, /iaw |
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