Overusing my MacBook?

[spriter]

I'm doing it because I prefer to have access to all my movies at the click of a Front Row remote. Much easier than finding a DVD and changing it around. It also means I can store all my DVDs away in a box, out of the way - keeping them safe and not taking up space except in the loft.

Much the same way that I, and a few others )) have all CDs ripped to iTunes or an iPod, available at the click of a button and stored safely out of the way. I've no desire to rip and make backups of every DVD I have. I just want easier access.

As Chundles mentions I am using Handbrake and why MP4 H.264/AVC? Because it gives the best quality for the settings I'm using - to my eyes at least.

 

[gnasher729]

Yes

I would like to know this same exact question...

How...?

Googe for "Handbrake". And the advantage of H.264 is the much smaller size. Like a two hour DVD compressed to one GB in decent quality.

 

[superted666]

not strictly true....

starting up and shutting down is more stress on a computer.
More Specifically hard disks - typical failure occours at this time as the tempreture change of the disk when switched off and then on can have detremental effects.