Streaming to multiple device HELP

[Brewder]

Hello.. I'm fairly "new" to DLNA streaming. I have a Twonky media server (also experimenting with Plex) that serves up all my media.. that works fine.

I recently "ripped to hard drive" my entire 200+ DVD collection using AnyDVD. So Now I have a well organized folder structure of Video_TS folders with all of the individual VOB's for each and every movie.

I want to use Twonky to serve up the movies to various devices on my network: Sony SMP-N100 renderer, XBOX 360, a future Roku, and a PS3.

I cannot for the life of me figure out what format I can use to 1) enable playback on all devices with 2) lossless quality. Disk space is of no concern... I also don't really care about all of the DVD extras.. I just want the movie itself to be streamed. If that makes it easier, great, if serving up the entire DVD with extras is easier, that's fine too (don't care about disk space).

Can someone help recommend the proper tools/settings to get me on the right path? I'm several weeks into testing various configurations and the more testing I do, the more confused with options I become... So I'm here.. looking for expert advice!

//Brew

[Wolfen]

Have a look at this XBMC it's very popular now

[jagabo]

I bet they can all play MPG files. If so, just remux from VOB to MPG with something like VOB2MPG.

[Brewder]

Have a look at this XBMC it's very popular now

Not sure how that helps me... The "player/renderer" software is built into the devices (xbox/ps2/network media device)... so I can't install XBMC on those.

[Brewder]

I bet they can all play MPG files. If so, just remux from VOB to MPG with something like VOB2MPG.

Ok this sounds promising... I'll check it out! Thank you!

[theewizard]

use dvdshrink or Dfab
chose main movie
with shrink set custom and use 100%
with Dfab chose disc destination size as 9.5/dl

rip your HD files to main movie files NO loss No shrinkage, NO extras

if you wish you can also then use vobtompeg or similar tool to create (1) file per movie

[Brewder]

I must still be missing something.. I used VOB2MPG (Pro) and converted a bunch of test DVD's to MPG format. The VOB2MPG tool works great...

I CAN now play the MPG's on my TV using the Sony SMP-N100 renderer... BUT, the XBOX 360 doesn't see any movies.. What the heck am I missing??

I also have a Samsung Galaxy S3 phone.. and using the Media House app I see my media server, and the test movies.. and can play them on my phone..

Why can't I get the XBOX to see them? Is Microsoft only supporting Windows Media format and NOT Mpeg or something??

I haven't tried my son's PS3 yet... but since it's similar to the Sony SMP-N100, I will assume it will work...

?? thoughts/suggestions for me?

[jagabo]

It looks like I was wrong about the Xbox 360 playing MPG files natively. You'll probably still have to use a DLNA server.

The PS3 should be fine: http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/video/filetypes.html

[Brewder]

[QUOTE=jagabo;2220840]It looks like I was wrong about the Xbox 360 playing MPG files natively. You'll probably still have to use a DLNA server.

The PS3 should be fine: http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/video/filetypes.html[/QUOTE]

I actually am using a DLNA server... Twonky... But it appears that Twonky doesn't do on-the-fly video transcoding.. I may need to switch to Tversity. It seems that Tversity does transcoding on the fly automatically and can stream just about any content to any renderer. Sounds exactly what I need...

Back to testing..........