RE: Using MCE as a DVD server

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I use AnyDVD and CloneDVD to copy any movies to my server. I strip out
any
subtitles, any foreign language audio tracks, any extras and any trailers
etc leaving just the main feature and English language audio tracks at full
DVD bitrate.

Average movie size is about 4.7Gb on average which means some still don't
fit on a single layer DVD-R but as I copy them for my own use - not for
distribution or playing "on the road" - then that doesn't matter.
If I need
to copy them to DVD-R for any reason (for Edwards portable DVD player for
example) then I just point CloneDVD at the server and tell it to create a
DVD-R of whatever movie I want.

The main reason I use CloneDVD and AnyDVD over the "freebie"
versions is
that firstly they are very easy to use and secondly they are spectacularly
well supported ... Several new releases of AnyDVD each month as new discs
come out with new protection schemes (probably only around one update of
CloneDVD a month as things don't really change that drastically in the DVD
structure - only protection) and always free upgrades. Add in that AnyDVD
and CloneDVD will (if you want) check for new upgrades and tell you if they
are available (you still have the option whether to download or not) and
it's just hassle-free IMO.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Mal Lansell
> Sent: 15 May 2006 23:17
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Using MCE as a DVD server
>
> I always extract just the main feature.  I'm not interested
> in all the other guff that gets included with DVDs, and I
> especially can't be arsed with being forced to watch
> trailers, anti-piracy warnings, copyright messages and
> pointless menus.  When I click play, I get to see the movie
> and nothing else - just as it should be (aside: I get
> especially p'd off with retail DVDs that force you to watch
> the mood-killing anti-piracy trailer.  Talk about preaching
> to the converted!).
>
> With DVD2One, it's just a couple of mouse clicks and about 10
> minute processing to compress the DVD to the 4.5Gb that will
> fit on a DVD-R.
> To extract just the movie is a simple case of ticking a box.
> For anything more sophisticated, DVDShrink has all the
> options.  With both programs you can also remove unnecessary
> soundtracks and subtitles.
>
> A movie reduced from the original ~6Gb to 4.5Gb looks just
> the same to my eye, and means less HDs to buy for the server :-)
>
> Mal
>
>
> Paul Gordon wrote:
>
> >I also use DVDDecrypter, but currently, I don't do any post
> processing to reduce the size - haven't really needed to so
> far, with a 1.6TB RAID volume to store them on... - however,
> at the rate I'm going, that volume is going to be full around
> October, so perhaps I should look at doing some shrinking!
> >
> >How easy is it to do, and how much time & effort does it take?
- I
> >presume it's a fairly manual process, - every DVD being slightly
> >different & so on... - I can't afford to spend a lot of time
> doing it
> >at the moment,  so something I could just point at the
> VIDEO_TS folder
> >and click "go" would be great.. - Plus I get fairly lost
> with some of
> >the myriad options that seem to be available... (I don't know what
> >"stream processing" is!!)
> >
> >I also don't want to do any (further) compression of the
> main movie part, I want to retain the original quality. I'd
> be happy enough to strip out alternate language soundtracks,
> FBI warnings, and perhaps some of the extra's and so on.
> >
> >What tools would the group recommend ?
> >
> >Paul G.
> >
> >
>
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