[olug] DVD Ripping

[T. J. Brumfield]

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!
>
>

I thought about this.  I have an old hacked XBox with XBMC which might
do the trick, except it has only 64 megs of memory.  .iso format would
also preserve special features, etc, however I would need to build a
dedicated myth or XBMC box for it.

-- T. J.