[vlc] Play a DVD over LAN via shared drive?

[Jean-Paul Saman]

Scott Matthews wrote:
> Sorry, I failed to say that it's a Windows network.
> 
> Does anybody know how to put a DVD into a drive on one PC, and play that DVD
> from another PC over the LAN? (I can share the drive and mount it from the
> 2nd PC, but the DVD playback doesn't work)

As you just found out yourself that doesn't work and can never work in 
that way. For DVD access the player needs access to the hardware, which 
is  not possible if using the drive shared over the Network.

Gtz
Jean-Paul Saman.