use make mkv and handbrake to rip.

Apr 19, 2015
10:00:32am

quikandskinny

In fact if you're lazy, install those and them install autorip which runs both for you.

As far as size goes, it totally depends on the quality of your rips.

I have all my movies and videos ripped and streaming through plex.

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Has anyone ripped their DVD/Blu-Ray collection and used Plex to stream them?

coolcats

4/19/15 9:57am

I do, you should compress them much more than that

CSoul

4/19/15 9:59am

i've been working on it for about a month now...

ds7

4/19/15 9:59am

use make mkv and handbrake to rip.

quikandskinny

4/19/15 10:00am

What settings do you use on handbrake

PolarisPrime

4/19/15 11:27am

On the subtitles page, do a foreign audio search and have the subs burned in

BYUCoug11

4/19/15 11:30am

Thanks. I will try that tonight.

PolarisPrime

4/19/15 11:32am

I wish the foreign audio scan didn't add so much time.

brj8

4/19/15 12:17pm

Wow. 2-year olds

TNT

4/19/15 10:02am

About 1.5 GB per DVD, about 6 GB per Blue Ray. I'd get a 1 TB drive so you have

BYUCoug11

4/19/15 10:13am

I have mine down to 600MB per DVD and 2.5 GB per Bluray.

KingDave

4/19/15 10:29am

I used to do that, but I like the high quality

thebruce

4/19/15 11:38am

I wouldn't get less than a 2 TB if it were me.

jdub

4/19/15 10:54am

Any old hard drive will work fine. No need for NAS unless you're not hooking it

BYUCoug11

4/19/15 11:28am

If you're using it with Plex, with the intent of sharing, not just any ol' HD

jdub

4/19/15 12:17pm

Haven't had any complaints from my Plex friends on my plain ol' WD drive

BYUCoug11

4/19/15 12:38pm

You won't either--until your hard drive crashes

jdub

4/19/15 5:27pm

NAS has nothing to do with quality or reliability of the drive

BYUCoug11

4/19/15 5:33pm

Yes, do it with all my DVD's

Bobby Dooley

4/19/15 10:28am

Lots of us do. Don't hesitate to ask for tips along the way

KingDave

4/19/15 10:30am

question: what do you do to rip the DVD of a TV series?

ds7

4/19/15 11:15am

I still use MakeMKV for the TV series.

thebruce

4/19/15 11:43am

What do you use to play MKV files? My tv wont so I have to convert them to

Ebolarama

4/19/15 11:52am

The only thing I know of that does MKVs natively is the WD TV Live

GregOstertag

4/19/15 12:28pm

As a quick followup, Roku 3 says that it can do native MKVs, but the truth is

GregOstertag

4/19/15 12:32pm

I just download on a thumb drive and plug it into my tv. I'm ghetto like that.

Ebolarama

4/19/15 12:33pm

I see. The WD TV Live has a USB port, so you could plug it into your TV and do

GregOstertag

4/19/15 12:41pm

I wish. Stuck here in Utah for the time being.

Ebolarama

4/19/15 12:43pm

Roku directplays mkvs

thebruce

4/19/15 1:15pm

Roku 3 and it works flawlessly.

thebruce

4/19/15 1:15pm

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Cougazul

4/19/15 11:20am

I have seen Blurays around 17 GB

thebruce

4/19/15 11:37am

Why? My compressed blu rays at 1080 p look fantastic.

brj8

4/19/15 12:09pm

Compressed Blurays really don't look as good

thebruce

4/19/15 1:14pm

I rip stuff like it's my religion.

thebruce

4/19/15 11:35am

MKV won't work if you want to put the movie files on any devices though

BYUCoug11

4/19/15 11:55am

It will still work, you just have to down the quality.

thebruce

4/19/15 1:16pm

Most devices don't natively play MKV files. It's a format issue, not quality

BYUCoug11

4/19/15 1:53pm

most will through Plex. if not using Plex vlc works on devices too.

thebruce

4/19/15 2:10pm

BTW I didn't say they would natively.

thebruce

4/19/15 2:11pm

Plex will transcode a lot of different filetypes. What if you're not going to

BYUCoug11

4/19/15 5:57pm

I still recommend using mkvs.

thebruce

4/19/15 6:07pm

1-2 GB for a DVD. 4-6 for a blu ray.

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