Can I stream my dvd over ethernet?

I have a shitty (amd k6-2, 450mhz) computer that i'm using as my router, and I'm borrowing a newer computer from a friend for running XP, etc on. I have a dvd  rom on the k6 computer -which is running debian sarge- and I'm wondering if there's a way to play dvds on the shit computer and watch them on the good one.

/opt/bin/opera isn't helping; do you guys have any suggestions for programs I can use and what I can do? Thanks!

Linux.

(i.e. not Debain, use Gentoo for VROOM VROOM enough to stream video)

IIRC, DVD's require between 6-24Mbit/s, depending on degree of encoding compression. 100Mb ethernet can easily handle that.

Running a DVD over the network with something like VLC should be possible. One possibility is mounting the DVD with samba, but I've noticed that SMB throughput tends to be pretty low, so some form of network streaming might be necessary...

VLC is built for just that purpose.

samba works fine assholes

if you cannot stream a compressed video file over a 10 megabit connection you're doing it wrong

no linux necessary (but you do need www.opera.com)

i'd just sshfs into that old computer and play it just as if it's a local file.

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VLC streaming FTW

if you cannot stream a compressed video file over a 10 megabit connection you're doing it wrong

If the MPEG2 stream is over 10Mbps, which is the norm, how exactly do you plan to do that?

MPEG2 fails; there's MPEG4 already.

>>10
Have the receiving end guess the rest.

>>10
Even DVDs don't go that high. They max out at 9.8Mbps, though are more typically 4-6Mbps.

>>10
fail for talking out your ass

>>10
DUMB NIGGER ALERT

>>10
Lol fail