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James, |
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It sounds like you want a complete solution for your multimedia, might I |
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suggest something like xbmc or boxee? They're both solid platforms, |
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unfortunately I cannot suggest a script for automating the disk |
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ripping/conversion process. |
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-Fernando |
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On Mar 8, 2011 11:04 AM, "James" <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I have a large DVD(movie) collection, that I want |
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> copied to hard drive(s) and a database set up |
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> about the movies. Since disc is cheap |
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> ($75/2TB) I'm not even going to fool around |
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> with conversion or compression, i.e. MPEG-2 |
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> is fine for now, unless the process can |
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> be automated (see schema below). Naturally |
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> being able to store video in different formats |
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> would be a big plus. |
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> I'm very flexible on the DB so any software |
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> package that already exists in a (gui) tool |
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> form, so that I can set it up with simple |
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> instructions for an adolescent to: |
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> load the dvd |
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> execute the script or simple procedure |
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> wait until dvd movie is stored on disk |
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> then swap out for another DVD... |
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> <rinse and repeat 500+ times> |
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> What software exists, or what software |
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> would be easy to script up such an endeavor? |
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> Tagging movies by rating, genre, year, etc |
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> would be a bonus. |
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> Hopefully, playing movies after this will |
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> be a gui experience; so I can turn the kids |
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> and less astute friends loose in a |
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> multimedia room where the computer is hooked |
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> to a large screen LED device. Later on |
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> audio (music) tracks will be added to the menu |
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> or system, which hopefully supports a wide |
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> range of audio files. |
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> Lots of pieces exist in software, but, I'm |
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> looking for recommendations on a complete |
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> system, that is rather straight forward to |
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> install new movies (and audio) and then play them |
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> via an easy to use interface, seemlessly. |
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> Any comments or suggestions are most welcome. |
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> James |
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