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BeerCheeze · Rated XXX

I had an idea that came to me today and wanted to see what experiences people have that can either say "do this" or at least point me in the right direction.

Here's the problem I have. KIDS. Do I need to say more? Laughing

OK OK. So my kids keep finger f Censored

ing all of our DVD's and getting them smudged and scratched. ACK! My plan was to start making backup copies of them all and have them use that while the original sits tucked away safe.

However... this is a pain in the a$$. So what I'm thinking of doing is building a HTPC system, "ripping" all the DVD's to a server and the through hopefully some sort of menu system play the DVD's over the network that way (I can run either wireless, 100, or 1GB connections to the system so bandwidth won't be an issue).

Any suggestions of software? Was probably leaning towards some sort of WinMCE integration, but this isn't a hard requirement.

Thanks!