When we’re entertaining guests, gathering everyone in my theater for a demo is always a crowd-pleaser. But before I built my home theater PC, I would have to dig out a DVD, load it into the player, then get it cued up to the right chapter. Not only was this tedious, but it tended to bore everyone.
One of the primary reasons I built my HTPC was for watching movies. I wanted to have my movie library available online, with a nice interface for exploring my collection, without the need to shuffle through shelves of DVD cases trying to find a movie to watch. That’s how I found My Movies. The interface is great, and it has all the features I wanted, and then some.
Once I ripped my DVD collection to disk, my next step was to set up a quick and easy way to show off my home theater by playing specific movie scenes using My Movies. What I ended up with worked great, and has been a huge success, so I’m outlining the steps here for anyone who may be looking for a similar solution.
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