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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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