- Feb 19, 2003
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Hey guys. I have a massive DVD collection. How much space would I need if I needed to rip 200 DVDs? Can anyone recommend a software with a slick interface to manage and view all my movies? Thanks!
200 dvd is not massive. and 1 2TB drive will do it.
200*9=1800 gigs (standard not blu ray)
Mymovies
Now post in the right forum.
Should I compress it? Would there be a noticeable loss in quality?
Should I compress it? Would there be a noticeable loss in quality?
I compress them to h264 so I can also watch them on my phone.
Ymmv
posting while doing 85 with underinflated tires
Should I compress it? Would there be a noticeable loss in quality?
1) What's the reason to compress to H264 if to watch on the phone?
I'm amazed, that most people, especially americans like to watch videos either on very small screen or on giant one, middle sized screen just "don't do it"....
2)Few would cry for you: "posting while doing 85 with underinflated tires", even if you hit a tree...Make sure others around you won't suffer because of your stupidity/retardness....
I compress them to h264 so I can also watch them on my phone.
Ymmv
posting while doing 85 with underinflated tires
Just get a NAS and rip them with Handbreak to MP4.
Just get a NAS and rip them with Handbreak to MP4.
I am 350 or so through my 1000+ DVD collection and it comes in under 750GB and can play on any device. If you get the right settings you won't be able to tell a quality difference in H.264.
Use Metabrowers to get thumbs/meta data and I am set.
I was just gonna say this (minus the NAS part). It'll be about 3x as fast as an .h264 encode and if you keep it around 1800mb/s you won't see the difference. That should put you under 500GB, so just get 2 1TB drives and mirror them.
You mentioned DLNA media streamers, so keep in mind the audio requirements for your system. What are you using for your home network to stream movies?
is that what you do?
Yes.
You can find one with DLNA and built in web servers that allow you to access content via DLNA or web. This gives you the ability to watch the MP4 on ANY device and the vast majority of mainstream devices support it.
Thinking about switching it up once I get to my Blu-Ray collection and I decide I want to get ride of the TiVo.
Can you rephrase please? I'm not quite following. What is NAS btw?
odd
You posted that you had filled up your NAS by ripping them to ISO and were using 3 or 4 computers to do it.
If you must lie, be consistent.