[olug] DVD Ripping

[Brian Roberson]

Well... If space is not a problem, I would highly suggest simply ripping 
it raw, e.g. as an iso. This gives you the most flexibility, and if you 
are using the latest media players like XBMC, VLC, mplayer, xine or even 
boxee for that matter, it can read them directly. That's what I do, The 
quality is, well, um... top notch :)

You'd only need ~1.7Tb for the average size 400 DVD collection

encode, shmencode.... keep it OG!



T. J. Brumfield wrote:
> Thanks for the info.  I'm not too worried about time per disc, though
> with so many perhaps I should be.  I'd rather find something that
> works well, and saves me from ripping multiple times, even if it takes
> longer per rip.
>
> I thought the big advantage of xvid was the small file size.  Xvid
> rips are often under 1 gig.  But some of them aren't very good quality
> that I can tell.
>
> Depending on how small I get the movies, and how many HDDs I can
> afford determines if I end up going RAID 1 or RAID 5.  I'm using over
> 500 gigs on my gaming rig right now, without a movie collection.
>
> -- T. J.
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> On Thu, Oct 16, 200
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