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Considering converting collection to mp4 and putting on Hard drive, any thoughts? |
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| Registered: June 12, 2007 | | Posts: 1 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have about 1,000 movies on dvd and blueray. I have burned my whole Cd collection and have it on file, almost 3TB. Looking to do this to my movie collection and keeping on 8TB HD. Quite the Slog. Any thoughts, I do this with JRiver for audio, this website is great for organization does not look to tie into playback, but I want software not requiring internet connection and works as sever as well. Any thought, such a thing? |
| | Registered: March 18, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,501 |
| | Posted: | | | | DVDFab has a range of solutions. I have no affiliation. | | | Thanks for your support.
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| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,340 |
| | Posted: | | | | Use Plex to manage and view/watch | | | | -JoN |
| | Registered: August 7, 2007 | | Posts: 110 |
| | Posted: | | | | I once entertained the thought of doing that, but ended up never doing it. How would you rip 4K Blu-rays and retain the HDR colors? That would be difficult, if not impossible. Would you be willing to rip all the special features too? If you have thousands of discs, there must be many that have special features, and some may have a lot. That would add to the sheer volume of what would need to be ripped, making the job even more daunting. So I ended up just settling on two things: (1) Back up discs that are valuable and OOP into ISO files. These serve as backups only, and are rarely used for playback. ISO files contain the exact copies with menus, special features, and everything. (2) Acquire digital copies via legal means: (a) buy discs that come with digital codes, (b) buy digital movies, and (c) use Fandango's disc-to-digital service to acquire digital copies. Some of these digital titles even come with the same special features you get on disc. Plex servers and the likes were fine 10+ years ago. Nowadays, instead of having another PC run Plex (and incurring additional cost like power consumption, maintenance, etc.), it is cheaper and more convenient to just plug your portable USB hard drive or thumb drive into your smart TV or streaming device, which can then play the video files, music, photos, etc., directly from your drive. | | | | Last edited: by movie_madness |
| | Registered: March 20, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,868 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting movie_madness: Quote:
Plex servers and the likes were fine 10+ years ago. Nowadays, instead of having another PC run Plex (and incurring additional cost like power consumption, maintenance, etc.), it is cheaper and more convenient to just plug your portable USB hard drive or thumb drive into your smart TV or streaming device If all we're talking about is cost and convenience then there would be no USB hard drive, or thumb drive, or TV, or movies. --------------- |
| | Registered: August 7, 2007 | | Posts: 110 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting scotthm: Quote:
Quoting movie_madness:
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Plex servers and the likes were fine 10+ years ago. Nowadays, instead of having another PC run Plex (and incurring additional cost like power consumption, maintenance, etc.), it is cheaper and more convenient to just plug your portable USB hard drive or thumb drive into your smart TV or streaming device
If all we're talking about is cost and convenience then there would be no USB hard drive, or thumb drive, or TV, or movies.
--------------- The ongoing and recurring cost is the key here. A USB drive has almost zero cost in that regard, while maintaining a PC running Plex can become a second job. |
| | Registered: March 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,868 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting movie_madness: Quote:
The ongoing and recurring cost is the key here. A USB drive has almost zero cost in that regard, while maintaining a PC running Plex can become a second job. I've been running Plex Server since 2016 and other than adding media it takes very little maintenance. You do know that it will run on a variety of NAS devices don't you? --------------- |
| | Registered: August 7, 2007 | | Posts: 110 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting scotthm: Quote:
Quoting movie_madness:
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The ongoing and recurring cost is the key here. A USB drive has almost zero cost in that regard, while maintaining a PC running Plex can become a second job.
I've been running Plex Server since 2016 and other than adding media it takes very little maintenance. You do know that it will run on a variety of NAS devices don't you?
--------------- Managing an NAS is just like managing a PC, with software & hardware maintenance, security, backup, etc. I would only use an NAS if I ran a business. That's what NAS was originally for. It was never meant for home use -- unless you want to run your business at home. And movie-watching shouldn't feel like a "business." It needs to be as simple as possible, for yourself and your family. That's why Windows Media Center is gone. That's why the entire industry of PC movie-watching (PowerDVD, WinDVD, SageTV, PC tuner card, etc.) is basically gone. Sooner or later Plex will be gone too. | | | | Last edited: by movie_madness |
| | Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,501 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting movie_madness: Quote:
Managing an NAS is just like managing a PC, with software & hardware maintenance, security, backup, etc. I would only use an NAS if I ran a business. That's what NAS was originally for. It was never meant for home use -- unless you want to run your business at home. And movie-watching shouldn't feel like a "business." It needs to be as simple as possible, for yourself and your family. That's why Windows Media Center is gone. That's why the entire industry of PC movie-watching (PowerDVD, WinDVD, SageTV, PC tuner card, etc.) is basically gone. Sooner or later Plex will be gone too. I agree. Cheap alternative if you are already using DVD Profiler and organizing movies that way. Add the LoadDVD or LoadDVD Pro plugin and you have a "Plex Lite" using DVD Profiler collections to launch media from anywhere in your network. | | | Thanks for your support.
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| | Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,919 |
| | Posted: | | | | I've put my entire collection on my NAS as I archived the discs to six huge binders. MakeMKV & Handbrake were the tools I used. MakeMKV will give you a loss-less version that's just like the disc. You can convert to H265 with Handbrake but I've had mixed results with audio tracks & players when including 7.1 soundtracks.
I have all the way up to 4K HDR HFR videos in mine with no issues as long as your viewing hardware can support HDR.
I think the best of both worlds would be to re-encode just the video in the MKV to H.265 and replace the video track only. |
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