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@mushii I'm just ripping 1:1 using MakeMKV, I do compress some movies using x264/x265, but only stuff that's not exactly cinematographic and it makes little to no difference to the output.
To rip 4K UHD discs you need to be very careful what drive you buy as many won't work. I don't have a UHD drive, but my drive is UHD friendly an Asus BW16.
I'm using an older i7 laptop. I don't think it makes much difference for ripping what your rig is as long as it's not a low spec POS as all the work is really done by the DVD/Bluray/UHD drive, the PC is just copying the data the drive reads.
Compressing takes a lot of processing and takes hours/days with x265 but I don't do it much, more with the likes of comedies or drama.
I'm ripping from my laptop straight to a folder on my NAS that I mark as ID, then when I'm happy with the copy and naming I scrape it with media companion and transfer it to the relevant folder on my NAS.
@grahamricho I use Kodi as my media player, as Mister_Tad says Plex sorts out your media library, so does Kodi, they're basically both the best media playing apps out there but they go about it a very different way. Both give you a nice configurable GUI on your TV with posters, moviesheets, synopsis etc.
I choose to scrape the movies myself using Media Companion as it gives you more control over what posters etc are chosen but Kodi and Plex will scrape for you. |
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