OK.
So I have a ton of DVD movies that I would like to banish to the goodwill or _________?
But before I do, I would like to put them on a hard disk drive, external.
Something like this.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21mUSPrL7cL.jpg%5Dhttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21mUSPrL7cL.jpg)
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Studio-FireWire-External/dp/B004QGXOP2/ref=pd_sim_pc_6 (http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Studio-FireWire-External/dp/B004QGXOP2/ref=pd_sim_pc_6)
I would then like to share this on my home network so I can view it on any device, including home TV.
Has anyone done this?
What software do you recommend for movie transfer to HDD?
What external drive?
I use mac at home, 2 mac pros, ipad, Sony Bravia with wifi that's tethered to network for faster response.
handbrake or mac the ripper for ripping/transcoding.
iirc, your ipad is going to be limited to quicktime-supported codecs and your tv will probably have some codec limitations, as well. find the ones that are supported on both.
fwiw, i personally wouldn't trust my entire media collection to a single drive.
Mac the ripper looks good.
Will purchase that.
Going to order the hard drive and then start ripping.
Checked into the video tv file format for playback. I think you're right, couldn't find an option on the settings menu to read/play files from a pc.
Any thoughts on Apple TV?
That seems to be a solution to the problem of playback.
Quote from: Pedro-bot on November 23, 2012, 06:57:36 PM
Any thoughts on Apple TV?
That seems to be a solution to the problem of playback.
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/apple-tv/apple-tv-faq/apple-tv-how-to-rip-dvds-supported-audio-and-video-formats-syncing-streaming.html (http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/apple-tv/apple-tv-faq/apple-tv-how-to-rip-dvds-supported-audio-and-video-formats-syncing-streaming.html)
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3955102?start=0&tstart=0 (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3955102?start=0&tstart=0)
Thanks for the links kopfjäger.
Interesting read. [thumbsup]
Quote from: derby on November 23, 2012, 11:57:56 AM
handbrake or mac the ripper for ripping/transcoding.
iirc, your ipad is going to be limited to quicktime-supported codecs and your tv will probably have some codec limitations, as well. find the ones that are supported on both.
fwiw, i personally wouldn't trust my entire media collection to a single drive.
Downloaded mac the ripper pro over the weekend. It works great! Thanks for the suggestion Derby.
I may try the time capsule and Apple TV to make this work. I'll post up my results and review when I get all devices up and going.