Ok I am finally starting to organize myself with all my media and ATV1 and AT2 as well as using my Mini as a Media Player.
I have several questions as I would prefer to import all my DVD's into a Digital version however it is filling up my external 2tb drive.
I use Mac the Ripper to RIP them from DVD to my Mini and external HDD, then I use Handbrake to Encode them to watch. Here is the issue when I had the Mini and only ATV1 is was easy to Encode but now I have ATV2 and they are not the same formats so movies that were Encoding for ATV2 do not work on ATV1.
What is the best way to RIP a DVD, then Encode it, most DVD's are Ripping using 8GB of Drive space and the problem with this is I am using a lot of HDD space.
I also bought some movies off iTunes and I am wondering how Apple gets them so perfect, I mean the ones I encode with Handbrake are clean, but not the same quality as Apple uses, does anyone know if there are two better programs out there, I do not care if I even have to buy them.
I am also open to any suggestions if there is a better way of doing this all, because I am trying to get rid of my DVD's and CD's they take up too much space, also looking for another Storage Device, thought of a Drobo but I would rather buy 2-3 External Seagate 3TB external HDD's as they are only $139.00.
I have several questions as I would prefer to import all my DVD's into a Digital version however it is filling up my external 2tb drive.
I use Mac the Ripper to RIP them from DVD to my Mini and external HDD, then I use Handbrake to Encode them to watch. Here is the issue when I had the Mini and only ATV1 is was easy to Encode but now I have ATV2 and they are not the same formats so movies that were Encoding for ATV2 do not work on ATV1.
What is the best way to RIP a DVD, then Encode it, most DVD's are Ripping using 8GB of Drive space and the problem with this is I am using a lot of HDD space.
I also bought some movies off iTunes and I am wondering how Apple gets them so perfect, I mean the ones I encode with Handbrake are clean, but not the same quality as Apple uses, does anyone know if there are two better programs out there, I do not care if I even have to buy them.
I am also open to any suggestions if there is a better way of doing this all, because I am trying to get rid of my DVD's and CD's they take up too much space, also looking for another Storage Device, thought of a Drobo but I would rather buy 2-3 External Seagate 3TB external HDD's as they are only $139.00.
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