simple dvd server - dvd file types?

[jealouse]

hi guys i'm in the process of building up a simple dvd server that's attached to tv.

i'm ripping dvds to HDD using anydvd. i can rip them either to .iso or to dvd files (VIDEO_TS). which would be a better choice?

while i don't have time to devout much to this project, but in the future, i'd like to build a dvd jukebox-type server complete with cover graphics, etc. also, i might encode some of them to divix for better portablity. in other words, which of those two formats are better suited for various manipulations?

thanks

 

[vshah]

what player are you using?

personally I would encode to x264 for space savings. if you want to remain uncompressed i'd do DVD folders instead of ISOs

 

[Dirigible]

I dunno what's better for you but I have ISO files and use xbmc for playback, which also provides all the fancy cover art and stuff. Super duper simple.