'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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I've been using Handbrake to rip my DVDs for use on the media server connected to a couple of Apple TVs. It's been working like a champ for me. For Blu Ray, I use Make MKV and then run the resulting files through Handbrake.
How does it not rip DVDs for you?
When I open the DVD, it just shows me chunks of movies, not a "disc" than I can rip into one file. What am I looking at wrong? It seems to be file oriented, not movie oriented.
The titles on the DVD each turn up as a section. In the case of a DVD with episodic TV there should be a title for each episode. You can set up a queue to rip each title. I think run those resulting files through iDentify which looks up and embeds the Meta Data.
In the case of a movie DVD there should be one Title that is the main feature, if there are lots of extra features then those should turn up as additional titles. I typically just rip the main feature, as that is all I really want from the DVD. There are also settings for how it will rip different audio tracks and if you want subtitles, and how you want those embedded into the image.
Clearly the answer is that Handbrake will do this but I might have still made the sidetilt dog expression at the explanation.
I am however giving it a try right now. Sadly on a Netflix disk but I am totally happy to trash the file once I watch the movie. And after my having the disk for about two months, they'll likely be happy too. Me and disks are unmixy, it seems.
Possibly why I quite like library checkouts through Kindle. I either read it and return it or the file magically goes poof. No guilt-ridden envelope and disk on my coffee table for months.
Yes, it is true that the interface for Handbrake can be complex, but once you get it all worked out it works like a charm. I set mine up to rip for Apple TV2 in the presets since that and my iPad are the main devices I watch things on.
That's why I love kindle library books too! I used to love just a couple blocks away so it was no problem but now I live a mile away and walking there seems like such trouble.
I set mine up to rip for Apple TV2 in the presets since that and my iPad are the main devices I watch things on.
I might end up with a couple of questions for you because that is really clearly what I use to watch as well. Except that my trial run seems to be totally fine. Thanks!
That's why I love kindle library books too!
Between that and my ability to read the same book in a ton of locations and have it synch? It's really nice. I can read multiple books in multiple places.
Forget rocket cars, this is one of the futures I wanted growing up.
If there was a transporter, I'd be happy.
I'm giving up. Google Sites hates me. I can't get it to recognize an html file, and I'm tired of creating folders and uploading, then moving.
I'm doing limited amounts of screencapping again. Does anyone know of any good free hosting that doesn't suck?
I am finding SlideIt incredibly counterintuitive. I don't know what rules Swype follows in order to decide when a space is warranted, but the current SlideIt settings keep putting them in URLs. I'm also going to have to look up how to not capitalise the first letter of a sentence or a field on an ad hoc basis, as well as how to capitalise the second as well as the first.
Never mind the algorithm for decoding my trace coming up dry from time to time. What's that about? Swype almost never doesn't get my word, even if it's the tenth suggestion. It has never offered me nothing.
Grrrr.