There are many methods for getting content from optical discs into Media Center. Some are more complicated than others, some are more reliable. There’s even been previous posts on this site about this same topic. This is a story about my attempts, and what I found worked and didn’t work. I’m going to write it in a way that I hope will make it easy to follow.
Couple things to lead off with: First, this is not the only method, just the one that worked for me. Second, it’s not perfect, …

If you listen to Entertainment 2.0 or read The DMZ regularly, you know that our own Josh Pollard recently posted a how-to on ripping DVDs to a hard drive.  There are a number of ways to achieve this and Josh has provided a good step-by-step to get you streaming your movies around your home.
Media Center MVP Pete Stagman, who runs the NEDMUG site, has just provided the same service for Blu-rays.  The process is a bit more involved than DVDs but Pete takes you through the whole process from …