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RedJeep
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Feb 20, 2015

How to stream multiple DVDs to multiple tablets in motorhome

Hello. I'm going to take four kids (three boys, one girl) ages five to eight on a thousand mile trip in my class A next month. The moms will be driving in a pickup/trailer behind us. The other dad ...
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GordonThree
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Feb 20, 2015
easy way:
get four stand alone lcd screen dvd players from ebay, they're what, $30-40 each? stop at a redbox every few days and refresh the "dvd library". handy thing about redbox, you can return movies to any redbox.

hard way:
rip a bunch of DVD's to an SSD, transcode them to webm (easy under linux).
hook the ssd to your laptop running some sort of web server, point web server at the ssd full of rips.
install VLC player on the tablets.
point tablet browsers at the webserver, kids click and stream.

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