The Unicorn has landed! Rainbows! Starshine! Skittle poo! It’s like Christmas in…um…December! So why this exuberance and excitement? My Apple TV is right now, this very second, even as we speak, playing back a DVD of Finding Nemo. It’s seriously awesome. Why watch a DVD on a laptop when you can easily stream it to your Apple TV?
And it’s not even all that hard to do if you’re a bit of a do-it-yourself-hacker. Although, seriously, if the command line frightens and intimidates you, it’s time to move on to the next TUAW post.
Mac aficionado Erick van Rijk figured out how to use VLC to transcode a DVD in real time so that my AirFlick application could play it across to an Apple TV. The instructions, which you are heartily encouraged to follow only at your own risk, follow after the jump.
Okay? Deep breaths. Here we go.
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DVDs are playing back on my Apple TV using AirFlick and AirPlay! originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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