Rip DVD to Roku Ultra via Plex

The Roku Ultra is really a great combination of on-demand media and easy access to your own extensive media library that made Roku's case, not to mention an attractive price tag. Mostly you may use the Rokuas a top-up box for your Plex media center. Officially, the Roku only supports H.264 MKV and MP4/M4V video, meaning that's the only media recognized over USB and Plex' Direct Play. The point here, DVD format is not supported and you may find it a painful experience to stream DVD to Roku Ultra via Plex. Luckily, there is an easy workaround to fix the issue. If you're interested in doing likewise, we have a great tutorial for you, guaranteed to stream DVD movies on Roku thru Plex.



An easy and quick solution is to encode/re-encode the incompatible DVD files to Plex compatible media video file formats (H.264 encoded MP4 file is highly recommended). Along with some help from a third-party program like Dimo Video Converter Ultimate, you can effortlessly achieve your goal smoothly.

It's easy to use for conversion and makes great quality copies of your DVDs. With it, you can convert your DVD movies to a Plex friendly format (H.264 MP4) for streaming to Roku 3 with fast encoding speed and high quality. In addition, the program has outputs with optimized settings for your portable device like iPad Air, iPhone 7/7 Plus, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Galaxy Note 5Galaxy s8, etc. You just need to select the device as the output format and you can rip DVD to fit your device without further settings.For Mac guys, turn to Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac

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How to convert DVD to plex for playing

Step 1. Add DVD files

Drag and drop DVD files to the app. Or you can click "Add DVD" button to locate the DVD files you want to add. The app supports batch conversion, so you can add more than one file at a time.



Step 2. Select output format

As you know, both Plex and Roku Ultra supports H.264 MP4 video files perfectly. To stream DVD over Plex to Roku Ultra.To convert DVD for Plex, just choose "format>mp4" as the output format.



Tip: It can rip Blu-ray to MP4, and convert DVD to MKV, FLV, WMV, iPhone, iPad, Android devices, etc.

Step 3. Start DVD to Plex Conversion

Finally, hit the "Start" button at the bottom of the main interface to start the conversion. It will automatically convert DVD to Roku Ultra Media Server compatible video files

After the conversion, click "Open" to quickly find the converted DVD. Then, Plex will recognize, catalog, play and stream these DVD files to Roku Ultra at ease.

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The price of Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Windows is divided into 1 Year Subscription, Lifetime/Family/Business License: $43.95/Year; $45.95/lifetime license; $95.95/family license(2-4 PCs); $189.95/business pack(5-8 PCs). Get your needed one at purchase page.

Related Software:

BDmate (Win/Mac)

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DVDmate (Win/Mac)

A professional DVD ripping and editing tool with strong ability to reDVDe DVD protection, transcode DVD to any video and audio format, and edit DVD to create personal DVDie.

Videomate (Win/Mac)

An all-around video converter software program that enables you to convert various video and audio files to formats that are supported by most multimedia devices.

8K Player (Win/Mac)

A mixture of free HD/4K video player, music player, Blu-ray/DVD player, video recorder and gif maker. 

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