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RE: Streaming DVDs - questions




> 1)       What will the quality be like - would really like this to be
> lossless?

DVD isn't lossless anyway ... What kind of "lossless" do you
mean?

> 2)       Will this work over 802.11B WLAN?  Do I need 802.11g
> or is even
> this not enough?

802.11g is enough to handle *1* (one) DVD bitrate bitstream ... Any more
and you'll have bandwidth problems.

> 3)       How much disk space would I need for around 300 DVDs?

1.6Tb here...

> 4)       Kind of related to 3 above - which is the best format to use,
> VOB, DIVX, Windows Media

I use bit for bit extracts of the source DVDs ... (minus region coding
and RCE)

> 5)       Which is the best device to play the streams?

Pass - still working on that.

> 6)       Any good interfaces to contol the whole thing?  I
> have a touch
> screen PC in the lounge, so looking for something that'd work
> well with it.

See (5) above.

Phil




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