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HELP! Ripping DVDs to RN104 then stream to Amazon Fire TV?
I would like to copy my 300 or so DVDs to my RN104 then be able to watch them on my Amazon Fire TV, both are connected via 100Mbps Ethernet. I have a 104" screen and a Hi-Fi based 5 channel surrou...
The RN104 is not capable of transcoding.
Specifications for Fire TV are here: https://developer.amazon.com/public/sol ... ifications. To some degree you are stuck in the common ground between what the player supports and what plex supports. Based on your posted goals, TS would be the best format for the player. It carries all the common surround sound audio (DTS, etc). But Plex doesn't support TS. I might possibly support m2ts (which is related) - the info I see on the plex forum is a bit inconclusive on whether that needs transcoding or not.
ReadyDLNA does support TS, so you could try that. If you still have the one of the MKVs, you can try remuxing it to TS using tsmuxer (found here: http://www.videohelp.com/tools/tsMuxeR). tsmuxer won't transcode the media again, it will only migrate the media into a ts container.
I suggesting converting just one file, and give the TS output a different name just for testing. Then add it to a plex library and see if it works. ReadyDLNA is the other package you can try.
MP4 will also play (and works with plex), though perhaps you need to get the library rescanned for plex to find the files. However, you will lose DTS audio for sure. Not sure if dolby digital (AC3) will play or not - you might be limited to stereo audio.
Your other option is to get a player that supports more formats. Dune, WDTV Live and PCH are popular choices (there are others). Many can access your media directly using SMB/CIFS and NFS - so there is no need for plex or ReadyDLNA at all.
Specifications for Fire TV are here: https://developer.amazon.com/public/sol ... ifications. To some degree you are stuck in the common ground between what the player supports and what plex supports. Based on your posted goals, TS would be the best format for the player. It carries all the common surround sound audio (DTS, etc). But Plex doesn't support TS. I might possibly support m2ts (which is related) - the info I see on the plex forum is a bit inconclusive on whether that needs transcoding or not.
ReadyDLNA does support TS, so you could try that. If you still have the one of the MKVs, you can try remuxing it to TS using tsmuxer (found here: http://www.videohelp.com/tools/tsMuxeR). tsmuxer won't transcode the media again, it will only migrate the media into a ts container.
I suggesting converting just one file, and give the TS output a different name just for testing. Then add it to a plex library and see if it works. ReadyDLNA is the other package you can try.
MP4 will also play (and works with plex), though perhaps you need to get the library rescanned for plex to find the files. However, you will lose DTS audio for sure. Not sure if dolby digital (AC3) will play or not - you might be limited to stereo audio.
Your other option is to get a player that supports more formats. Dune, WDTV Live and PCH are popular choices (there are others). Many can access your media directly using SMB/CIFS and NFS - so there is no need for plex or ReadyDLNA at all.
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