How to Rip Stream DVD Movies to Amazon Fire TV on PC/Mac

New products are always on the forefront of every tech aficionado's mind. Amazon Fire TV, a brand new TV box after Apple TV and Roku, was unveiled and available for purchase since April, 2014. It takes only one year to gain a foothold in the TV box field and Fire TV has been out of stock in Amazon's own store since August, 2015.

Of course you can stream online audio/video content to your local HDTV, eg. Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus, YouTube, and HBO GO to Amazon Fire TV connected HDTV for instant viewing, playing games/music and more are also easy for you, while playing DVD on Amazon Fire TV is still out of the question. You will see countless DVD won't play on TV error due to bad connection, disc drive, or so.

Part 1. Digitize DVDs to Amazon Fire TV for Streaming

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How to Rip and Digitize DVDs to Amazon Fire TV Supported Formats

Preparation Tools and Work

Install the DVD to Amazon Fire TV ripper on your disk: Download ripper on your computer (Windows or Mac one), double click the setup file following the Wizard, select a language as you like and finish the setup.

Insert movie DVD disk into the DVD drive. Check this workaround if your DVD drive fails to read your DVD disc.

Step 1: Load the Movie DVD to DVD Ripper

Launch ripper, click "DVD Disc" button on the top toolbar to select and load the source movie DVD disc. It can also transfer your ISO Image file or DVD (VIDEO_TS) folder to a Fire TV video.

Step 2: Select the Amazon Fire TV Playable Output Format

Fire TV supported video/audio includes H.263, H.264, MPEG4-SP, VC1 & AAC, AC-3, E-AC-3, HE-A/, PCM, MP3. Therefore, we can select the output video format according to the above official specs. Above all, ripping DVDs to MP4 (H.264 + AAC codec) is recommended to you for better compatibility with more devices, and choose it at "General Profile" category.

What's more: WinX Ripper has preloaded options for other Amazon products, like Amazon Fire Phone, Kindle Fire (HD/HDX) Pad, and more Apple Android Sony Microsoft gadgets.

Step 3: Define the Saving Folder for Movie Video

You just need to click the "Browse" button at the bottom to "select folder" for saving the movie video in where you choose. Generally, folder in Disk C is not recommended to place the file. Since Fire TV supports expendable USB storage, you can also plug in the USB flash drive and select it as the destination folder, which helps to saving time of copying & pasting if necessary. Editing DVD video, choosing/adding movie subtitle, adjusting video/audio parameters.

Step 4: Play DVD on Amazon Fire TV

Although Amazon Fire TV supporting adding external USB storage, Fire TV can not play movie/music videos in USB flash drive like Roku. So you can only depend on the airplay or stream services.

• Stream digital movie video from Kindle Fire HDX or some other devices like HTC M8, Nexus 7 and more Android devices to Amazon Fire TV fast and easily with streaming app, Plex media server etc. Check how to store DVD movies to Plex media server >>

• Install and upload movie DVD video to Amazon cloud drive and then play DVD movie on Amazon Fire TV by taping: Home -> Photos -> Select.

Disclaimer: Digiarty Software does not advocate ripping copy-protected DVDs for any commercial purpose and suggests referring to the DVD copyright laws in your countries before doing so.

Part 2. Other Ways to Stream and Watch DVDs on Your Fire TV

Fire TV devices aren't designed to directly play physical DVDs. They're primarily streaming devices, optimized for online content. However, there are a couple of workarounds you can try to enjoy your DVD collection on your Fire TV

Step 1: Physical connection. Use an HDMI cable to connect your DVD player directly to one of the HDMI ports on your TV.

Step 2: Switch input source. Use your TV's remote control to switch the input source to the HDMI port where your DVD player is connected.

Step 3: Play your DVD. Insert the DVD into your player and start playback. Your TV will display the video and audio output from the DVD player.

This method bypasses the Fire TV and directly connects your DVD player to your TV. While it's a simple solution, it doesn't offer the full integration and features of a dedicated media player.

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