This is a very interesting development, a hack has been released that enables the DVD Library in VMC on the extenders. There was talk of just such a solution on the Green Button awhile ago now, I guess this is the result of those discussions.This is a hack and your extender will still not natively play DVD vob's. This is a method that tricks the extender in to thinking a .vob is a .mpg file, with the use of symbolic links.
Also you will only get the main movie on the extender no menu's or extras.
DVD Library on Extenders - How To Guide
Here's the new discussion about it on TGB
I like what these guy's have done and it's a step in the right direction, but for me personally having already converted my DVD's to DVR-MS format as well, I think I'll stick with the My Movies add-in for use on the extenders.
Hi Stuart. What did you use to convert your DVDs to dvr-ms format? I'm thinking this would provide the best extender experience for my DVD movies, but I'm not having much luck figuring out how to convert. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI rip the main movie only from the DVD using Magic DVD ripper. I then use VideoRedo to convert to DVR-MS.
ReplyDeleteThe convertion is quick only take 5-10 minutes as it's only changing the container from VOB to DVR-MS