Under Unix/Linux, you must have write access to the device corresponding to your DVD drive. For that, you should be in the disk or cdrom group (look at the permissions in /dev). If you're not, add yourself to the group: # adduser your_login disk_or_cdrom and then restart your session. % vlc -vvv --color dvdsimple:///dev/dvd --sout '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=192.168.0.12,port=5004}' --ttl 12 --sout-all where: /dev/dvd is the name of your DVD drive (put D: under Windows if D is the letter of your DVD drive) or the directory where you copied your DVD , 192.168.0.42 is either: the IP address of the machine you want to unicast to; or the DNS name the machine you want to unicast to; or a multicast IP address. 12 is the value of the TTL (Time To Live) of your IP packets (which means that the stream will be able to cross 11 routers). sout-all allows you to stream all soundtracks and subtitles If you want to stream the DVD continuously, add the --loop option.