Re: DVD Ripping - suggestions

[Wayne Harrison <Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tim,

My workflow for this goes something along the lines of ...


MakeMKV (if it starts on a blu-ray) (http://www.makemkv.com/) --> .MKV

Either DVD or .MKV -> Handbrake (http://handbrake.fr/) --> .MP4

.MP4 --> MetaX  (to add Meta Data)

.MP4 --> iTunes to play

oh - and if you need a Blu-Ray player - these work well!  - Plextor
External Top Loader - (http://bit.ly/rxDxjo) (shameless plug!)



Admittedly - there is an Mac bias as the end goal will be an apple tv2 but
VLC will play back MP4's without a problem as well. (in fact - you actually
need VLC installed for Handbrake to use its libraries!)

Hope this helps!

Wayne.



On 20 Nov 2011, at 12:20, Tim wrote:


> I might try housing my DVDs on my Drobo - what do people use to rip
the DVDs - I dont see that they need to be rips of the entire disk - from
what I can see a 1-1.5GB rip retains enough of the original quality to be
OK to watch and is more useful for watching on other devices. Is there a
"best in class" ripper.
>
> Anyone got any comments?
>
> TIA
> Tim.
>
>
>



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