Can anyone help or lead me in the right direction. I was looking to wire up and build a home video server to hold my dvd collection and watch it in different rooms. Any info or direction would be great.
I like MythTV ... it has a MythVideo module which lets you browse a video collection. a few downsides to myth are a) the tv guide portion goes away in about a month b) you need a fairly powerful computer in each room you want to access the system
just go to walmart and grab a bunch of $40 dvd players, it'll be loads cheaper than a client-server setup, a lot easier to operate and take a lot less electricity.