Long ago, when the iPod came onto the scene, everybody started ripping their CDs and reducing their music collection down to files and getting rid of the ugly wall of jewel cases. Sometimes they are ripped multiple times (low bitrate MP3, high bitrate MP3, lossless) as disc space and players improve. Great! We've waited for this for a long time.
Now I'm at the same point with my huge DVD collection. One way to do this is a lossy rip to DiVX/AVI/MKV, but that's an amateur solution, the "MP3" of video ripping -- because of generational loss and loss of extras. The proper "lossless" way of ripping is to copy the entire DVD to a hard drive using a tool like AnyDVD.
So, for the 2nd or third time, I've set off to do this. The last time I tried, a few years ago, I quickly realized I'd run out of disk space very early on in the process. Now, we can get 2TB drives for under $100, but this is offset by the creep of Blu-Rays into my collection.
This process will take weeks/months, so I'll update you on how it goes.
UPDATE: Roughly 1/3 - 1/2 through, I might just make it. The Blu-Rays are huge though.
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