[mythtv-users] dvd jukebox

[Jared Greenwald]

David,

Excellent info.  How do you setup myth to be able to play the various iso
images you've ripped?  Have you run into problems with transcoding the DVDs
and have thus switched to isos?  I don't particularly care about the extras
and stuff other than the actual movie, then again, having an actual iso
backup means that you should be able to re-constitute the DVD should
something dire happen to the original...

Also, since the mythweb plugin is the only backend plugin, how does one
actually initiate ripping of a dvd onto a backend machine?  (Same question
for the iso image.)  I suppose I assume you're using this all on one box?

Thanks,
Jared

On 2/18/07, David Campbell <dave at cpfc.org> wrote:
>
> Jared Greenwald wrote:
> > Anyone have some recommendations on how much storage is really needed
> > for keeping movies around and possibly TV shows?  Also, should RAID be
> > employed in order to not lose the copies?
>
> The amount of storage will depend on how you backup the DVD.  Myth
> allows you to rip to perfect quality, which iirc makes about a 4.5Gb iso
> per DVD.  I prefer to avoid any transcoding and just use dvd backup to
> pull the DVD to disk then mkisofs to create a nice iso for Myth to play.
>   This creates a file identical in size to the original DVD, usually
> about 9Gb
>
> So either 9Gb or 4.5Gb per DVD.  Another option is toi use MPEG4 (xvid)
> which means DVD's can be ripped to about 700mb - but this is a lossy
> conversion.
>
> As for RAID - personally I don't for DVD rips - why double the cost of
> the storage when all the data can be recreated easily?
>
> --
> David Campbell :: www.cpfc.org
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