The WDTV is a fantastic Video Streamer

CrA!G wrote:

Hey, I'm on PC, DVDfab, I'll have a look into it thank you. I presume I just install the software, insert the DVD & it should be pretty self explanatory from there? Do you have a movie library on your NAS? Seen some people who stream there's that look like a proper library with covers, blurbs etc & others that have just a file name. Is this due to the type of NAS or type of software? Obviously I'd like it to look as 'pretty' as possible. Thanks for the quick reply! Craig

Yes I seem to recall that DVDFab is quite easy to use. It offers quite a few options too - you can rip individual tracks from the disc, change subtitle and audio options, copy discs, and even split a large format disc into two smaller ones to make it fit etc.

I personally just have a direct copy of the DVD content in each folder on my NAS. The WDTV Live plays the folder, and saves a bookmark in it so that I can resume each disc where I left off (I'm not sure this would be possible with an ISO image, which is one reason I don't use them - but I could be wrong).
I don't bother with artwork etc. because I still have the DVD boxes on my shelf and I can look at them whenever I want. If you want to make it all look nice, I believe there are ways to get the player to read a "poster" file in each folder and display it as a cover, but I've never tried it.