Play/Watch/Stream DVD Movies to Sony Bravia KDL-46HX803 HDTV via DLNA

Play/Watch/Stream DVD Movies to Sony Bravia KDL-46HX803 HDTV via DLNA


Streaming DVD movie to Sony Bravia KDL-46HX803 HDTV is not as easy as streaming MPG videos clips. In the first place, DVD movies are copy-protected, and you have to rip movies off. Besides, although DVD movies are MPEG-2 encoded videos, they are enveloped in .vob format, which is not a native streaming media format. So you have to .vob to .mpg, .avi or other streaming media format. More or less, you suffer some quality loss when decoding DVD videos. Is there any way to convert DVD to streaming media format without quality loss? The following guide shows you how to convert DVD to .mpg video while keeping original video, audio and subtitles so as to stream DVD movies to DLNA compliant Sony Bravia KDL-46HX803 HDTV from a networked PC or DLNA media server.

How to convert a DVD to TS for streaming to Sony Bravia KDL-46HX803 HDTV

I. Convert DVD to MKV without quality loss

Required software- Pavtube ByteCopy (Click here to download a trial)



1. Load DVD to Pavtube ByteCopy.

2. Select the movie (G:\)

3. Set output mode



4. Select “Lossless” from the drop-down list of “Format”

5. Convert DVD to MKV with original video, audio and subtitles.

The above process helps you bypass the DVD copy-protections, extract video, audio, subtitles streams and chapter info from DVD, and package them to MKV container. If you don’t want some subtitles or audio tracks, e.g. French language, simply uncheck them from subtitles or audio languages.

II. Remux MKV to MPG with multiple subtitles

Required software- Pavtube Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate



1. Load MKV to Pavtube Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate

2. Click “Format” to set output format



3. Follow “Remux” and select “MPEG-PS (*.mpg)” format

4. Start remuxing MKV to MPG video with original video, audio and subtitles.

This process helps you remux MKV to MPG video. Remuxing is the process of demuxing a container format and muxing it back together in a different container without changing anything. Remuxing is not losing any quality as it only repackaging the audio and video streams. And it takes less time than encoding as well.

Streaming DVD video to DLNA compliant HDTV

Why DLNA? Cause DLNA make it easy to stream photos, music and videos between TVs, DVD and Blu-ray players, games consoles, digital media players, photo frames, cameras, NAS devices, PCs, mobile handsets, and more. (Learn more about DLNA in Wiki).

If you’re streaming DVD video from PC to Sony Bravia KDL-46HX803 HDTV, Windows Media Player is good enough for video streaming over home media network (learn how to set up WMP for streaming). If you’re sharing videos from NAS device, Twonky is recommended as best DLNA media server software. Make sure your HDTV and PC/NAS are connected to the home network and your HDTV is DLNA compliant before streaming DVD to HDTV.

[MXF to FCP X]edit Canon XF 100 MXF files to Final Cut Pro X

For Mac users, Final Cut Pro is one of the most famous video editing software. With its recent refreshment, Apple completely redesigned the app that made it faster and simpler. The new features of FCP X is much similar to iMovie, it supports importing videos, audios and images as clips in events. You may even full copy iMovie event folder for using in FCP X.

Final Cut Pro X supports importing directly from a large amount of popular camcorders or digital still cameras. But for Canon XF 100 MXF footage, it doesn’t work. You need to convert the recorded video to FCP X supported format to import, such as MOV or MP4 in H.264 codec. I recommend you Pavtube Canon XF 100 to FCP X Converter for Mac.

This program helps you encode your clips with Apple ProRes 422 (FCP 6 or above is recommended), Apple ProRes 4444 (*.mov), Rewrap (*.mov), DV-PAL (*.MOV), Apple InterMedia Codec (*.mov), Avid DNxHD (*.mov), DVCPRO50-PAL/NTSC (*.mov), etc. Then you can import the output files in Final Cut Pro X directly with out rendering, but you should make sure you select the right codec and parameters to encode.

Now please follow the guide to realize converting Canon XF 100 MXF footage to Apple Prores 422:

Step 1. Install and run this MXF to Final Cut Pro X converter, add your video files.

Step 2. Click on “Format”, select “Final Cut Pro” category, then choose “Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)”.



Tips. The video and codecs are all from the FCP X you installed into your Mac, so the output quality is FCP X level.

Step 3. Start converting mxf to FCP X by clicking “convert”.

When the process is finished, import the converted video file to FCP X for editing. Hope this article on How to Import MXF footage to Final Cut Pro X for editing helps.