using vlc to create a web-based vod library v07.18.11.txt
There are many reasons why you would want to create Video-on-Demand library with a web interface.. training videos, past security recordings, news clips, etc..
My reason was different this weekend.. it is starting to become difficult to weed through all of the DVDs with children's show for my daughter. While she has no problems sorting through the DVDs and picking out a show to watch if we label it correctly, it still is time consuming and over time the discs become worn and damaged. I needed a way to create a video on demand library and have it easy to use for her. Since she can navigate around on the web just fine, I wanted to make it as simple as YouTube for point and click access to her shows.
Enter VideoLAN VLC Player/Server
Now we can do the following:
TV -> DVR -> DVD -> VLC -> RTSP -> PC = Happy Child
The quick and dirty approach for serving DVDs over wired/wireless for VOD via the web:
Download and install VLC 0.8.6c here.
Copy the entire VIDEO_TS folder fr…
My reason was different this weekend.. it is starting to become difficult to weed through all of the DVDs with children's show for my daughter. While she has no problems sorting through the DVDs and picking out a show to watch if we label it correctly, it still is time consuming and over time the discs become worn and damaged. I needed a way to create a video on demand library and have it easy to use for her. Since she can navigate around on the web just fine, I wanted to make it as simple as YouTube for point and click access to her shows.
Enter VideoLAN VLC Player/Server
Now we can do the following:
TV -> DVR -> DVD -> VLC -> RTSP -> PC = Happy Child
The quick and dirty approach for serving DVDs over wired/wireless for VOD via the web:
Download and install VLC 0.8.6c here.
Copy the entire VIDEO_TS folder fr…
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