Streaming Entire DVD from Cloud: Menu, Main Video, Extras

[morgandawn]

Playable DVDs have menus, the main movie/video with chapter markers and sometimes extras that you can access from the menu. If you copy the entire DVD and store the Video TS folder on your computer, you can access the menu via DVD playing software like VLC and from there play the movie, the extras, chapters whatever.  (FYI these are the home videos of us when we were little that are now on DVD).

But I want to load the entire DVD to the cloud for my relatives so they too can enjoy the experience of grainy 8mm home movies.  Would I have to build a web menu and then load the DVD files separately (the main move and the extras)? Or is there some way to upload the whole DVD and play it "as is" from the net.

Assume for this question that we do not want to convert the DVD files - leave them as MPEG2.

edited: I think what we' re looking for is some form of Media Center-like software that supports Internet streaming. I found info from 2007 here but need more updated info.


 

Comments

[swizzlespoon]

I'm a huge fan of Plex. I have it running on a Mac Mini that's attached to my TV and it's possible to stream content to my iPad, my laptop, a Roku, a Google TV, any number of devices. This is doable on our local network, but Plex is capable of streaming over the internet to other people if your router is set up right.

There are clients for Android, iOS, Windows, Mac, Linux, and everything under the sun. And the server software can also run on Windows, Mac, or Linux. Most of the software is free, some functionality and client apps cost money now (PlexPass) but the prices are very reasonable.

Can handle pretty much every file type I've thrown at it. Is good for serving movies, music, pictures, most things you'd want to serve. I primarily use it for MP4, AVI, MKV. I've got massive movie, TV, and fanvid libraries on my media server, but it's very flexible. Poke around their website for more info, feel free to pester me if you can't find answers to a question you have.

Plex might be overkill. I know it doesn't really handle Video TS folders so well, but it easy enough to put together collections of videos on it that would have lovely nice menus, etc.