Can the Boxee Media Manager play DVD rips from external hard drive? Boxee says NO in its Support board; currently ISO and RAR archives are not supported. However, if you try ripping a DVD to Boxee/external hard drive supported format – it does support a lot of formats – like AVI, MP4, WMV, MKV, you […]
Play music DVDs on BeoVision Avant 4K TV via LenovoEMC NAS
Question: “I have a B&O (Bang Olufsen) Avant TV, via a LenovoEMC NAS. We usually watch TV channels on it but recently would like to try playing music DVDs there. Any 101 steps?” What is the Bang & Olufsen BeoVision Avant? The original B&O Avant was a CRT TV that’s now considered by some to […]
Convert ISO files to MKV with AAC audio for streaming to TV
Moving your video collection of DVD or Blu-ray ISO image files to “on demand” digital formats is easier than you may think. As the years have gone by your collection of commercial DVD discs has likely grown large. In recent years you may also have purchased blu-ray discs because of their superior High Definition resolution […]
Watch MKV, AVI, FLV, M2TS(Blu-ray), Video_TS to Apple TV 3 via iTunes
I have a Windows 8.1 Media server running Plex and iTunes as a service, all media is stored on two Direct Attached Storage Drobo’s. All media is for personal use. Have you ever had the same irritating issues about Apple TV 3 can’t play common videos like MP4, MKV, AVI, FLV, M2TS(Blu-ray) and Video_TS only […]
Looking for a Software to Backup My 150+ DVDs on DROBO 5N
I was looking for S/W to convert my 150+ DVD discs to MP4 so I could create clips. MP4 is the format I mostly use. And I want to store these DVDs on a DROBO Array for playback on my phone and PC. You know backup is so important nowadays. Would you advice? Thanks! As the […]
How to rip DVD collection to VOB with high quality for TV?
For movie fans, damage or lost on DVD collection especially special editions would break their hearts. Plus, it would be expensive to get another DVD copy. Have you thought about backing up your DVDs before that happens? And compressing DVD to format like VOB would be convenient for viewing on Smart TV in the living room. How to enable […]
Rip/Convert DVD VOB to share on YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook
YouTube has become the go-to site for video on the web and one hour of video is uploaded and share on YouTube every second. If you want to upload VOB files from DVD to share on YouTube or other social networking sites like Vimeo, Facebook, etc, you will wonder what file formats video sharing sites like […]
Copy DVD Collections to Plex for Xbox One playback
Q: Has anyone ripped their DVD collection for streaming via Plex and playing on Xbox One? “I have about 250 DVDs and it seems like it’d be very time consuming and tedious. There’s all kinds of DVD Ripping software out there (some free, some not) with a variety of different options. It seems a bit […]
Rip DVD Furious 7 to Android Tablet or Smartphone with Ease
Android gadgets are rocking into the mainstream for stunning on-the-go video watching. As an Android user, whether it’s a phone or a tablet, you’d like to be able to copy your movies or videos as well so that you can watch them while traveling, commuting, or during a work break, … when you want it […]
Can WD TV Live Plus/Hub Play DVD?
I have a lot of DVDs(paid owner) and will like to rip them into digital format and save to a network drive or to Hub’s drive. Has anyone done this? What are the formats we should rip into? Some threads mention that Hub can not play VOB files and another thread suggests to save it […]