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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:42:44 AM EST
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Handbrake for ripping
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:42:45 AM EST
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Way back when I was doing that, HandBrake was the go-to
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:46:33 AM EST
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I did that several years ago...now I just stream everything and buy movies on Google TV when needed.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:46:42 AM EST
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Whe I converted all of my DVD's for my NAS, I used HandBrake and if needed MakeMKV (both are free).
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:47:10 AM EST
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I'll go look at that one too. Thanks.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:51:03 AM EST
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I'm currently using Handbrake to rip my Simpsons DVDs, but earlier this year I had to roll it back to a previous version because the current one couldn't crack DVD encryption (even though I had the required
libdvdcss file present). |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:52:17 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I did that several years ago...now I just stream everything and buy movies on Google TV when needed. I have Roku, Netflix, and Paramount+, but they usually don't have what I'm wanting to watch (watch again). I have about 150 DVDs and 20 Blue-Rays, not counting multi-disk sets like TV series or movies with sequels (Star Trek, Fast + Furious, etc.). I stream newer stuff, but it's limited, and if the internet should go down (storm blocking StarLink), I would still have all of this available through my computer. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:52:50 AM EST
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DVD Fab has been my go to for some time.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:54:05 AM EST
[#9]
MakeMKV to rip, Handbrake to compress.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:54:11 AM EST
[#10]
MakeMKV.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:55:48 AM EST
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I reading up on all of these. I appreciate the info.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:56:43 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: MakeMKV to rip, Handbrake to compress. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 11:56:58 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have Roku, Netflix, and Paramount+, but they usually don't have what I'm wanting to watch (watch again). I have about 150 DVDs and 20 Blue-Rays, not counting multi-disk sets like TV series or movies with sequels (Star Trek, Fast + Furious, etc.). I stream newer stuff, but it's limited, and if the internet should go down (storm blocking StarLink), I would still have all of this available through my computer. If you have a Roku with a USB port (such as Roku Ultra or one of their older models), their Media Player app works really well for playing MP4 and MKV files locally from an external hard drive. Even lets you add thumbnails and close caption files. I really like it because I don't need a separate PC running in the background. ETA this also works if your Roku is built into your TV. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 12:05:27 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you have a Roku with a USB port... I have a Roku TV, and prefer to mirror from my PC rather than use my Blue-Ray player hooked to the TV.  |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 12:08:33 PM EST
[#15]
If I am doing any compression, I use Handbrake.
If, however, I am simply ripping and storing as .mkv, which I tend to do then I do MakeMKV. Very simple and quicker than Handbrake. Handbrake is fantastic for doing anything more than ripping the DVD's however. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 12:11:10 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: MakeMKV to rip, Handbrake to compress. I gave this a go a while back, but the quality always was always sub par to bad. I need to give it another shot as my out-of-region media collection keeps growing and the only Blu ray player I have that reads them is connected to my desktop, which I almost never use these days. Is it too much to ask for 1080 playback from ripped blu rays? |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 12:11:53 PM EST
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I'll have to read more about the MKV files. I'm only really familiar with mp4s.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 12:12:50 PM EST
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Been using WinxDVD for longer than I can remember. I bought a new copy last year for a different PC and it still works great.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 12:13:05 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I gave this a go a while back, but the quality always was always sub par to bad. I need to give it another shot as my out-of-region media collection keeps growing and the only Blu ray player I have that reads them is connected to my desktop, which I almost never use these days. Is it too much to ask for 1080 playback from ripped blu rays? Handbrake is all about the settings. There are guides out there to get the best quality you can in the smallest file size. You kind of have to experiment to get the quality level you want. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 12:15:40 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'll have to read more about the MKV files. I'm only really familiar with mp4s. https://cloudinary.com/guides/video-formats/mkv-format-what-is-mkv-how-it-works-and-how-it-compares-to-mp4 |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 12:20:52 PM EST
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AnyDVD? I haven't heard that name since like 2004. Back when I would go to the video store and rent a few DVDs, take them home, and return them all 3 hours later. They knew what was up cause I was returning the movies way faster than you could watch them.
I do have some DVDs I need to get around to ripping. There are some shows that are not on android streaming service. My dad used to watch "The Commish". I bought the DVD box set. Free software like handbrake is able to rip the episodes off. But I need to play with the settings to make the video files come out better. Default settings make them look terrible and play jittery. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 12:26:17 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'll have to read more about the MKV files. I'm only really familiar with mp4s. https://cloudinary.com/guides/video-formats/mkv-format-what-is-mkv-how-it-works-and-how-it-compares-to-mp4  |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 12:27:55 PM EST
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DVDDecrypter was what used to be the goto.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 12:36:24 PM EST
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I like to rip in MKV format, which is fast and lossless (because it does not re-encode the video), but only preserves the parts of the disc you rip that way and does not retain DVD or BluRay menus. That doesn't bug me at all, and I only rip the main movie, or the TV episodes if it's that type of disc. And if that works for you, MakeMKV is the champ.
After they are ripped, ensure the file name is a close match for the movie title and drop it into your plex media folder. Plex then discovers it and loads the meta data for it.  If it guesses wrong, you can manually fix the match. MKV is an open standard format and works fine with Plex and with VLC player, which is freely available for most desktop and mobile operating systems. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 12:37:57 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If I am doing any compression, I use Handbrake. If, however, I am simply ripping and storing as .mkv, which I tend to do then I do MakeMKV. Very simple and quicker than Handbrake. Handbrake is fantastic for doing anything more than ripping the DVD's however. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 12:39:47 PM EST
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IMO, It would be much, much easier and quicker to just download a "torrent" of high quality dvd rips through a vpn then to go through the trouble of actually ripping a dvd. This is what I do and I have about 6TB of movies stored on a samba share on my home server.
It takes about 4 minutes to download a typical high bitrate 4k movie for me. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 12:40:48 PM EST
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Is there a way to turn off the captions when using makemkv so you don't have to run it through handbrake? MKV can preserve multiple audio and caption tracks, but it's up to the player as to whether captions are on or off. When using MakeMKV to rip, however, you can chose to not include some audio and/or caption tracks. I always drop the foreign ones, unless it's a foreign classic, like Das Boot, to reduce size and selection hassle. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 12:48:58 PM EST
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: MKV is an open standard format and works fine with Plex and with VLC player, which is freely available for most desktop and mobile operating systems. I do have VLC, but I don't like it. I much prefer the Windows Media Player. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 12:53:24 PM EST
[#29]
Gotta go for now (company coming), but I'll be looking into all of these options. Thanks for all the info.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 12:53:39 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: DVD Fab has been my go to for some time. This |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 12:54:38 PM EST
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: MKV can preserves multiple audio and caption tracks, but it's up to the player as to whether captions are on or off. When using MakeMKV to rip, however, you can chose to not include some audio and/or caption tracks. I always drop the foreign ones, unless it's a foreign classic, like Das Boot, to reduce size and selection hassle. Even remembered reading that you had to use something like handbrake to strip them out. Thanks |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 1:02:16 PM EST
[#32]
Check out Sonarr/Radarr and Usenet.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 1:03:47 PM EST
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I guess I've never figured out how to do this? Even remembered reading that you had to use something like handbrake to strip them out. Thanks MakeMKV keeps all audio tracks and subtitle tracks by default unless you choose to strip them out before ripping. The check boxes are all in a hierarchy in the left hand column right before you add an item to the queue. 
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Posted: 11/20/2023 1:05:25 PM EST
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MakeMKV - used it to rip 500+ DVDs and Blu-Rays so far. Also did about 900 TV episodes with that program
tinyMediaManager - used to generate movie posters and movie information for my Plex server. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 1:11:04 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: IMO, It would be much, much easier and quicker to just download a "torrent" of high quality dvd rips through a vpn then to go through the trouble of actually ripping a dvd. This is what I do and I have about 6TB of movies stored on a samba share on my home server. It takes about 4 minutes to download a typical high bitrate 4k movie for me. I concur. ...although I would never do such a thing. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 1:18:23 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Handbrake for ripping |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 1:22:26 PM EST
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I do have VLC, but I don't like it. I much prefer the Windows Media Player. In addition to being cross-platform and supporting a large number of formats and encodings, VLC has a number of powerful features you may not have had an opportunity to use yet, like offsetting an audio track to compensate for Bluetooth headphone delay, and being able to snip out portions of videos. It can also be skinned, but I've never tried. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 1:22:48 PM EST
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: MakeMKV keeps all audio tracks and subtitle tracks by default unless you choose to strip them out before ripping. The check boxes are all in a hierarchy in the left hand column right before you add an item to the queue. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/157305/makemkvselect_PNG-3034100.png Thank you sir! |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 1:25:17 PM EST
[#39]
Edit- nevernind, I read the OP wrong.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 1:31:03 PM EST
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Quoted: I want to rip all of my DVDs, and put them on a NAS. Is there a preferred program for decrypting them? So far I see RedFox AnyDVD, and DVDFab Passkey. I'm using Windows 10 Home. Lets pretend im an out of touch old man, was is NAS ? Id love to put all mine on a device but im clueless about it |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 1:32:36 PM EST
[#41]
I use DVDFab to back up the physical discs in their entirety as well as make a REMUX of them.
I use Handbrake to then convert them to different formats/resolutions. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 1:33:26 PM EST
[#42]
MakeMKV is the best. I only use handbrake to resize and change formats. Kodi and Plex will play nicely with the MKV container after you rip.
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Posted: 11/20/2023 1:35:04 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lets pretend im an out of touch old man, was is NAS ? Id love to put all mine on a device but im clueless about it Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I want to rip all of my DVDs, and put them on a NAS. Is there a preferred program for decrypting them? So far I see RedFox AnyDVD, and DVDFab Passkey. I'm using Windows 10 Home. Lets pretend im an out of touch old man, was is NAS ? Id love to put all mine on a device but im clueless about it @uncool NAS = Network Attached Storage It has storage for the videos plus runs a server software like Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby which allows you to watch the videos on all of your devices. Depending on how much storage you need and what kind of devices you have will change which NAS you should purchase. You can also build your own NAS. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 1:38:44 PM EST
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OST
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Posted: 11/20/2023 2:00:57 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lets pretend im an out of touch old man, was is NAS ? Id love to put all mine on a device but im clueless about it A NAS is an appliance. Its purpose is to make a buttload of storage (hard drives) available to things on your network. Essentially it is a computer. You can reuse old desktops and laptops as a NAS. But purpose-built ones are typically much more lopsided in terms of hardware specs. They maxxx out the stats for storage and network throughput, while skimping on CPU, ram, and graphics cards. That allows them to do their more specialized jobs without wasting a bunch of electricity or having to run the fans and make a bunch of noise. Some of the use cases for a NAS include general file storage for photos and video editing, backing up your computers, sharing files between computers at your house, and storing games, movies, music, and TV shows. That is the use case for this thread. Ripping music and DVDs to the NAS, they can be accessed by all the different smart TVs and whatnot in your house. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 2:33:24 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I concur. ...although I would never do such a thing. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: IMO, It would be much, much easier and quicker to just download a "torrent" of high quality dvd rips through a vpn then to go through the trouble of actually ripping a dvd. This is what I do and I have about 6TB of movies stored on a samba share on my home server. It takes about 4 minutes to download a typical high bitrate 4k movie for me. I concur. ...although I would never do such a thing. Always the risk of viruses with this method. And lots of movies are not rips but HDCams recordings. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 2:46:04 PM EST
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Handbrake for ripping |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 3:10:41 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Always the risk of viruses with this method. And lots of movies are not rips but HDCams recordings. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: IMO, It would be much, much easier and quicker to just download a "torrent" of high quality dvd rips through a vpn then to go through the trouble of actually ripping a dvd. This is what I do and I have about 6TB of movies stored on a samba share on my home server. It takes about 4 minutes to download a typical high bitrate 4k movie for me. I concur. ...although I would never do such a thing. Always the risk of viruses with this method. And lots of movies are not rips but HDCams recordings. Don’t get them from sketchy sites |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:49:01 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: NAS = Network Attached Storage It has storage for the videos plus runs a server software like Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby which allows you to watch the videos on all of your devices. Depending on how much storage you need and what kind of devices you have will change which NAS you should purchase. You can also build your own NAS. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I want to rip all of my DVDs, and put them on a NAS. Is there a preferred program for decrypting them? So far I see RedFox AnyDVD, and DVDFab Passkey. I'm using Windows 10 Home. Answer to uncool; I didn't know either. My son set me up with a NAS, that currently has two 4T hard drives in it. I couldn't have answered what NAS stands for; I'm 65, and not a tech guy, but my son helps me as needed to do some things. He set mine up so that I can add more HHDs, without redoing the whole thing. |
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Posted: 11/20/2023 9:50:33 PM EST
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