serving up a dvd collection 'on demand' (w/o the discs)

[Douglas J Hunley]

Net Llama! stated:
> if your only question/problem is getting the DVD's ripped, that's easy
> enough to do with 'dvdrip':
> http://www.linux-sxs.org/multimedia/dvdrip.html
>
> however, if you want to make the ripped DVD into something that is
> playable with all the menus, etc, then dvdrip is not the way to go, as
> that's only going to encode the DVD into some other format without the
> menus. ?In that case, all you need to do is use dd to rip the DVD (I've
> found that you need to first play the DVD to crack CSS before you can use
> dd on it), then mount the image over loopback, and copy off all the files.
> you can then point xine (or mplayer) at the files/directory like this:
> xine dvd:///path/to/dvdfiles
> and it will play with all its menus. ?how you plug this into mythTV is
> left as an exercise for the reader (as i've never setup mythTV).

I don't need the menus or anything, and I'm not planning on using mythtv .. it 
was the only thing i could think of to help convey what i'm trying to do...

I want to build a tiny little PC that can sit in the entertainment center. 
This pc will be connected to the TV, and to my network. I want to be able to 
sit on the couch, and browse my entire DVD collection on the tv using this 
box. I'm thinking little images of the DVDs. Once I've decided on a movie, I 
'click' the cover and the pc starts streaming up the movie from the big-ass 
(disk wise) server in the basement. Full DVD quality picture, 5.1 sound . no 
need to go get the DVD itself, no chance for scratching the disc, or anything 
like that.

I think you've provided some of the info I need...
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