![]() See answer for 3 for more context as to why.Ģ) Adding metadata means adding additional info to the video file so that Jellyfin or any other media players display correct title info, which allows for more logical file naming (Star Wars: A New Hope vs 04-Star_Wars_A_New_Hope.M4V, also the Fast and Furious franchise is TERRIBLE to sort without metadata, named by actual movie name) on the filesystem.ģ) Ripping TV shows a disc at a time, since a season will have ~4-6 discs on average, is the most sane way I've found to manage this workflow. This way I can do something else for the ~30 minutes or so that a rip takes. I do the same that way I can verify correct tiles are selected, I can trim otherwise non-essential chapters off the beginning and end of titles, etc. I'm a year late to the game, but for anyone browsing the blog in the future, here are some possible answers to the above:Ġ) FYI, Asustor which is owned by Asus is the brand name of their NAS division.ġ) Likely he batches rips discs in batches and then encodes them in batches once complete. I'm the equivalent of a 1st grader in program/UI/tech-speak (can figure stuff out but that doesn't mean I understand what was done haha). PLEASE forgive the stupidity of my questions. Could you explain the purpose of ripping each individual episode & if the disc menu is still accessible when that's done?Ĥ) Could you expand on the purpose of Jellyfin? (Looks beautiful but am just confused on why its necessary after putting MP4 on storage device) We have multiple platforms (iOs, Windows, Android, TV's, PS4, etc) so I went with a 4TB HD plugged into router, but want to switch to a full-time ASUS NAS system.ġ) Is it no longer possible to join Handbrake + MPVMake together in order to rip/transcode blu-rays at the same time?Ģ) Why the need to edit file Metadata (what does that mean and do)?ģ) Having ripped TV show by disc (not episode) & sorting them into files by season. Have been converting our massive collection very SLOWLY over the last couple of years using using Handbrake + VLC. Then run the following command to copy the libdvdcss libraries into the path Homebrew expects: sudo cp /opt/homebrew/lib/libdvdcss.* /usr/local/lib/ Note: If you want to rip DVD content directly using Handbrake, you can install libdvdcss manually or with Homebrew: brew install libdvdcss. I'll keep ripping video content off physical disks until the day I die, I guess. You'd think Hollywood would've learned from the music industry that if you just let people legally pay for non-DRM media, and make the process easy and convenient (certainly more convenient than sailing the seven seas or ripping discs), people will pay.īut whatever. In the end, I'm mystified it's still so hard to buy older movies so I can watch them on my networked devices. TV shows are a different beast-you have to rip in each episode, transcode them in a batch, edit the metadata in a batch, then ideally stick the episodes into a folder for each season so Jellyfin picks them up correctly. Copy the file to my NAS's Media directory.Īfter that last step, Jellyfin automatically scans the new movie and adds it to my library.mp4 using Handbrake's 1080p or 4K presets. (I bought a license years ago, since I use it so darn much, but it's also shareware that can be used for free.) Rip the physical disc's main title (usually the longest) to an MKV file using MakeMKV.akin to how YouTube and other online platforms set up their files! Heck, some people who are deeper into the r/datahoarder rabbit hole even have dedicated transcoding servers so they can generate optimal archival copies in 4K, 1080p, etc. Thus, I'm writing a fresh guide to how I rip DVDs and Blu-Ray discs into my Mac, then transcode them with Handbrake. And in many cases, older movies can only be found as used and/or pirated DVDs on eBay! ![]() In a surprising twist of fate, we went from a somewhat more centralized online media situation back then (basically, Netflix) to a hellscape of dozens of streaming services today. Heck, back then I didn't write everything as a 'blog post'-that was labeled as an 'article' :P ![]() It's been more than a decade since I wrote Ripping Movies from Blu-Ray, HD-DVD and DVD, Getting them onto Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, etc.
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