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Best method to archive my DVD-Video collection to Harddrive/NAS (without using XBMC)? - Plecebo - 2009-06-27
I have my XBMC hardware in the mail on its way to me and I am trying to do some planning for when it arrives.
I was wondering what the best way to archive my DVD library to ensure it is easy to play in XBMC.
I have heard dd works well to rip the DVD to an .iso file and play directly from there.
My Media will be stored in a headless ubuntu 9.04 NAS and accessed from my XBMC machine. The XBMC machine will not have any disks (pxe booting, no CD/DVD drive) so ripping from there is not going to work.
I deally I would be able to pop the DVD into my NAS and have it ripped and eject the DVD when I'm done. Is something like that possible?
I would like a similar process for ripping my Music CD's to FLAC format.
I don't mind some light scripting, just need someone to point me in a direction.
Thanks in advance for any info you can provide.
- blittan - 2009-06-27
just make a isofile with any tool of your like, shouldn't really matter.
- Plecebo - 2009-06-29
Thanks for the response, I have started ripping the disks using dd on my desktop, i suppose once I have my library DD'd it is not something I would be doing all that frequently.
I did need to expand my storage a bit to accommodate however.
Anyway thanks again for the reply.
- mason - 2009-06-29
check out http://www.makemkv.com/
it let you transcode the dvd to a single mkv ... its slick easy to manage and hasslefree. (in case you can live without any menues, or extras!)
- linuxluemmel - 2009-06-29
I have heard dd works well to rip the DVD to an .iso file and play directly from there.
Yeah : I heard that too ;-)
If you have linux as os it is very easy .
Make a permanent connection to your nas with nfs or smb
and place a proper line inside your /etc/fstab
Go to my website : Luemmels-dvd-ripper and donload the
red-pill version
For my script it is equal where to store the rip local / smb / nfs
Install the needed software (transcode ...)
The script makes perfect iso copys ....
BTW it the Python script calls only a shell script witch can also
be executed by hand.
If you would like to transform ... use the transcode command ...
on the ripped iso...
Greeting hans