What ripping program.

[demonmaestro]

Okay So I have quite a few blue-ray and DVDs i want to put on my hefty 48TB NAS i just built and I am trying to figure out what would be the best software for converting my movies to put them onto my computer.
So I can watch them over my network.

Note. I do know that the blue-ray movies are quite large in size but my network will handle the data no problem. Yea for fiber/gigabit ethernet.

[Vod]

Okay So I have quite a few blue-ray and DVDs i want to put on my hefty 48TB NAS i just built and I am trying to figure out what would be the best software for converting my movies to put them onto my computer.
So I can watch them over my network.

Note. I do know that the blue-ray movies are quite large in size but my network will handle the data no problem. Yea for fiber/gigabit ethernet.

First thing you need to do is figure out what format you want to store them in.  Do you want a DVD type menu or do you just want a video file?

[Singlebyte]

I use to use all the normal rippers/encoders (dvdclone,dvddecryter, DVD shrink, handbrake, Ect) but found it was easier just to download the torrent files.  (Especially for blueray DVDs.)

I then have plex server setup on my PC.  I can stream any movie to my Ipad, Roku/tv, or android phone.  


This setup above works great unless you are trying to preserve the menu structure of the DVD.  Then I use western digital live box and copy the ripped DVD in its entirety.


Btw, I have about a 1000 movies (quite a few "movie only" blueray rips) and I am only using up about 1.5 TB.  48TB is a lot of space!

[demonmaestro]

Okay So I have quite a few blue-ray and DVDs i want to put on my hefty 48TB NAS i just built and I am trying to figure out what would be the best software for converting my movies to put them onto my computer.
So I can watch them over my network.

Note. I do know that the blue-ray movies are quite large in size but my network will handle the data no problem. Yea for fiber/gigabit ethernet.

First thing you need to do is figure out what format you want to store them in.  Do you want a DVD type menu or do you just want a video file?

Well if I could do both that would be cool as well.. But ultimately the movie.
I can't say much about format because I have VideoLan as my main media player but it wont work on my smart TV. So i guess i need  a way to make it where was can be watched on there as well....

[Singlebyte]

Well if I could do both that would be cool as well.. But ultimately the movie.
I can't say much about format because I have VideoLan as my main media player but it wont work on my smart TV. So i guess i need  a way to make it where was can be watched on there as well....

PLEX and a $50 roku box works perfect.

[demonmaestro]

Would a "smart TV" not work with plex?

It is a LG smart tv

[Singlebyte]

Would a "smart TV" not work with plex?

It is a LG smart tv

It would depend on the make/model.  Looks like it can however.

http://plex.h3consulting.net/

[demonmaestro]

Now just comes in the issue of ripping them. Like I said I would like to do both of what VOD said.

[Singlebyte]

Now just comes in the issue of ripping them. Like I said I would like to do both of what VOD said.

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If you want to go through the time and effort...

DVD:  DVD decrypter (to crack the encryption) and Handbrake (to Encode) No need to encode with handbrake if you just want the entire DVD menu structure left as it is.

BluRay: http://lifehacker.com/5559007/the-hassle-free-guide-to-ripping-your-blu-ray-collection


Handbrake allows you to encode the ripped video with whatever settings/resolution you want.