[olug] DVD Ripping

[Will Langford]

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Brian Roberson <roberson at olug.org> wrote:

> 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!
>
>
Aye, this was the plan with Myth... which I believe can stream from an
ISO.... since I have a small DVD collection :).  Given that he wants to do
tape backups and similar, space probably is a concern... although I've not
priced tape media in some years.

-Will