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What's handbrake? I use Freemake Video Converter (I'm familiar with that) 

I always though ripping DVDs would automatically save them as .avi or .mp4...

 

 

 

Does it really take that long? :x crap. 

Is it for the encoding or just the ripping?

 

yeah I already have 5 optical drives... I might be able to get a second computer, but that might make it (more) complicated

 

I'll have a FX8350 by the time I start doing this, so would I be able to take the HDDs that have the raw files and move them over into my main rig and do the encoding there? If it helps I'll have a CUDA-enabled GPU ( a low-powered one) in the system so I can use that...

Handbrake is a GUI that automates using some of the better encoding tools. It also have many very good tutorials and FAQ's done by experienced users.

How long it takes depends on the resolution and quality that you want the encode and what yo uwant it to play on.

OC that 8350 and it will chew through those videos. This is what that CPU's architecture is really designed for.

Hmm you seem to be confused by the different terms and what-so-ever internet is using lol.. (don't worry I sometime confuse myself also) but here is quick explanation that I found on google that is in my opinion quite accurate and simple

 

 

now that's a differences between "copy" and "ripping"... and you asked "Is it for the encoding or just the ripping?" and well you see it is kinda same thing... the main difference is ripping involves getting it from dvds/cds and then encodes but encode you can just encode your FRAPs movies which might be already in somekind of codec but the size is too big and impractical. Encode basically means you manipulate the data to the different form so that it is in a better format (lossless, have more compatibilities and/or smaller in sizes).

 

Now to the main question: does it really take that long? preeeetty sure... (I might of course be mistaken... I'm as mortal as you are lol but probably nooot~). Will the FX8350 helps? hell yea lol... compared to the system you posted it's gona be like an airplane racing against car.... but it will still take long... I however do not know if the CUDA-enabled GPU will help at all... (forgive me... I lack knowledge on this matter... I do know it helps rendering but encoding? not sure...)

Now that some other ppl has been replying as well that gives you more option (darn... more heads are better than one that's for sure lol). Someone above mention that you can save the dvds in "image" format and then encode them later to an better media format. This will bypass the physical limitation of optical drive that I mentioned earlier but I feel like this is doing an simple thing with overcomplicated methods... You see... if you really do as he says sure you get pass the physical limitation of optical drive but you're still limited by CPU power and somewhat to the optical drive since you still have to copy/save them in image first and then encodes them. Dont get me wrong though.. this method might really be the fastest way since it's a lot faster to encode the file on your drive than on the optical drive... But seen as you have 5 of them... and If you can rip on them simultaneously I doubt you gona gain THAT much of the speed...

 

ps. holyshit the amount of typos... I should go to sleep lol

to copy would be to make a second identical disc

to rip would be to make a image (iso) or folder that is an identical copy minus at least DRM

to encode would be to take a source and make it into a single file

to transcode would be to take an already encoded file and re-encode it to fit the device you want. (its always better to have the source and encode from it.)

you can encoding using nvidia in two different ways and with a Intel CPU but all of them are sub par to software encoding

Reading directly from the disc will slow the entire process down, especially with just 480p. His best bet would be to use his 5 drive to rip all the discs to his HDD then queue up encode for all of them and leave his PC on until it finishes it. Also your better off encoding one thing at a time so each one has access to all the threads then starting the next because its highly multithreaded. Also you do more then just encode from the source they are a bunch of things that have to be done and just accessing a disc directly takes far longer than any even somewhat modern HDD.

Not sure if this is the right thread, but here goes!

I'm intending to rip about a hundred DVDs to save some space in the cupboards, onto a media server.

How would the best way to do that be? Currently I have an extra PC (Core 2 Duo E8400, 2GB of RAM) with 3 optical drives and 2 USB optical drives, so I thought I could just use that to mass-rip DVDs onto a HDD, then take it out and plug it into my NAS to copy it onto the RAID array there. 

Is there a better way to do that? 

 

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I used Handbrake when I did it myself; and it didn't take too long, although it certainly is a tedious process having to constantly swap discs. 

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I used Handbrake when I did it myself; and it didn't take too long, although it certainly is a tedious process having to constantly swap discs.

Rip them to ISO or to your hard drive first and problem solved.

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Not sure if this is the right thread, but here goes!

I'm intending to rip about a hundred DVDs to save some space in the cupboards, onto a media server.

How would the best way to do that be? Currently I have an extra PC (Core 2 Duo E8400, 2GB of RAM) with 3 optical drives and 2 USB optical drives, so I thought I could just use that to mass-rip DVDs onto a HDD, then take it out and plug it into my NAS to copy it onto the RAID array there. 

Is there a better way to do that? 

 

Thanks guys!

Probably not... but just so you know with that system ripping an DVD especially if they are high-qualities and you're ripping them at the best quality possible quality (for example the same quality as a source (that's the theorical best quality... since you can't rip it and make it better than the source.. just doesn't work that way)) it gona take FOREVER

I estimate about 30min - 1h 30min per dvd (this include the time you put the cd and set the program and etc...) so at the best possible scenarios 100 dvds = 30min x 100 = 3000min/60min = 50h/24h = that's a roughly 2 day lol....

I suggest ->

A = keep the goddamn dvds and get a shelf...

B = get a little bit better system to rip them (this will only help little bit due to the physical limitation on optical drives (spin too fast = dvd breaks))

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Get a ton of internal and external DVD drives and use them all at the same time. Just kidding don't do that. It's just going to be very tedious. The above recommendations are good.

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You be fine otaku who's always running. Just use handbrake and take the advice of the members above this post. 

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Agreed. There's no fast way of doing it.

Not fast but you can setup batch scripts to take care of it all once you figure out what you want and how you want to do it.

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You be fine otaku who's always running. Just use handbrake and take the advice of the members above this post.

I mean there is better stuff but I wouldnt dare throw that at some random person on the forum.

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The fastest way isn't software, it's multiple drives.

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I mean there is better stuff but I wouldnt dare throw that at some random person on the forum.

Way to make people curious, Mr. Mysterious. 

 

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More than one of these:

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From the first post... he says he already has 3 internal and 2 usb.... thats more than the system he posted can handle lol.... Putting in more optical drives will just slow down the general speed of ripping... Since the computer still has the encode them into somekind of form... which require a HUGE prosessing power...

PS. CPUs with more cores gona speed this really much...

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More than one of these:

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not really much quicker especially since reading from a optical drive is super slow. Best bet is to actually make images of all the discs you want to do or rip them as a folder to you hard drive and then go. This will speed things up tremendously VS reading directly from the drive when encoding.

Way to make people curious, Mr. Mysterious. 

 

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You know i have more than one or two hobbies. To do better is going to take more man hours as its much less automated than handbrake. The nice thing about handbrake is that much of what is uses underneath is actually what I would suggest using directly, likely via command line.

From the first post... he says he already has 3 internal and 2 usb.... thats more than the system he posted can handle lol.... Putting in more optical drives will just slow down the general speed of ripping... Since the computer still has the encode them into somekind of form... which require a HUGE prosessing power...

PS. CPUs with more cores gona speed this really much...

Encoding like gobs and gobs of theads, up to about 32. That cpu he has is the majoor limiting factor in this I would say, also potentially the ram.

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I used Handbrake when I did it myself; and it didn't take too long, although it certainly is a tedious process having to constantly swap discs. 

 

Handbrake

What's handbrake? I use Freemake Video Converter (I'm familiar with that) 

I always though ripping DVDs would automatically save them as .avi or .mp4...

 

More than one of these:

 

 

 

Probably not... but just so you know with that system ripping an DVD especially if they are high-qualities and you're ripping them at the best quality possible quality (for example the same quality as a source (that's the theorical best quality... since you can't rip it and make it better than the source.. just doesn't work that way)) it gona take FOREVER

I estimate about 30min - 1h 30min per dvd (this include the time you put the cd and set the program and etc...) so at the best possible scenarios 100 dvds = 30min x 100 = 3000min/60min = 50h/24h = that's a roughly 2 day lol....

I suggest ->

A = keep the goddamn dvds and get a shelf...

B = get a little bit better system to rip them (this will only help little bit due to the physical limitation on optical drives (spin too fast = dvd breaks))

Does it really take that long? :x crap. 

Is it for the encoding or just the ripping?

 

The fastest way isn't software, it's multiple drives.

yeah I already have 5 optical drives... I might be able to get a second computer, but that might make it (more) complicated

 

From the first post... he says he already has 3 internal and 2 usb.... thats more than the system he posted can handle lol.... Putting in more optical drives will just slow down the general speed of ripping... Since the computer still has the encode them into somekind of form... which require a HUGE prosessing power...

PS. CPUs with more cores gona speed this really much...

I'll have a FX8350 by the time I start doing this, so would I be able to take the HDDs that have the raw files and move them over into my main rig and do the encoding there? If it helps I'll have a CUDA-enabled GPU ( a low-powered one) in the system so I can use that...

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What's handbrake? I use Freemake Video Converter (I'm familiar with that) 

I always though ripping DVDs would automatically save them as .avi or .mp4...

 

 

 

Does it really take that long? :x crap. 

Is it for the encoding or just the ripping?

 

yeah I already have 5 optical drives... I might be able to get a second computer, but that might make it (more) complicated

 

I'll have a FX8350 by the time I start doing this, so would I be able to take the HDDs that have the raw files and move them over into my main rig and do the encoding there? If it helps I'll have a CUDA-enabled GPU ( a low-powered one) in the system so I can use that...

Hmm you seem to be confused by the different terms and what-so-ever internet is using lol.. (don't worry I sometime confuse myself also) but here is quick explanation that I found on google that is in my opinion quite accurate and simple

 

Copying DVDs

Copying a DVD is exactly what it sounds like. You use DVD copy software to remove the copying restrictions from the data and make an exact copy of the DVD on a new disc.

DVD Ripping

DVD ripping, on the other hand, doesn't mean copying a DVD to a disc. It is the process of saving a file in another format, which allows you to use the data with different media players on smartphones, video iPads and other devices. DVD ripping changes the data and makes it more accessible to you by allowing you to download and play it on multiple devices.

 

now that's a differences between "copy" and "ripping"... and you asked "Is it for the encoding or just the ripping?" and well you see it is kinda same thing... the main difference is ripping involves getting it from dvds/cds and then encodes but encode you can just encode your FRAPs movies which might be already in somekind of codec but the size is too big and impractical. Encode basically means you manipulate the data to the different form so that it is in a better format (lossless, have more compatibilities and/or smaller in sizes).

 

Now to the main question: does it really take that long? preeeetty sure... (I might of course be mistaken... I'm as mortal as you are lol but probably nooot~). Will the FX8350 helps? hell yea lol... compared to the system you posted it's gona be like an airplane racing against car.... but it will still take long... I however do not know if the CUDA-enabled GPU will help at all... (forgive me... I lack knowledge on this matter... I do know it helps rendering but encoding? not sure...)

Now that some other ppl has been replying as well that gives you more option (darn... more heads are better than one that's for sure lol). Someone above mention that you can save the dvds in "image" format and then encode them later to an better media format. This will bypass the physical limitation of optical drive that I mentioned earlier but I feel like this is doing an simple thing with overcomplicated methods... You see... if you really do as he says sure you get pass the physical limitation of optical drive but you're still limited by CPU power and somewhat to the optical drive since you still have to copy/save them in image first and then encodes them. Dont get me wrong though.. this method might really be the fastest way since it's a lot faster to encode the file on your drive than on the optical drive... But seen as you have 5 of them... and If you can rip on them simultaneously I doubt you gona gain THAT much of the speed...

 

ps. holyshit the amount of typos... I should go to sleep lol

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Now that some other ppl has been replying as well that gives you more option (darn... more heads are better than one that's for sure lol). Someone above mention that you can save the dvds in "image" format and then encode them later to an better media format. This will bypass the physical limitation of optical drive that I mentioned earlier but I feel like this is doing an simple thing with overcomplicated methods... You see... if you really do as he says sure you get pass the physical limitation of optical drive but you're still limited by CPU power and somewhat to the optical drive since you still have to copy/save them in image first and then encodes them. Dont get me wrong though.. this method might really be the fastest way since it's a lot faster to encode the file on your drive than on the optical drive... But seen as you have 5 of them... and If you can rip on them simultaneously I doubt you gona gain THAT much of the speed...

I think that's a great idea - I'll probably end up doing that to two separate HDDS, then using my 8350 and the E8400 to rip them overnight - I'm doing the same thing with myself digitizing videos from HDV tape format. Do the labor-intensive recording media from a physical format during the day, then render it at night, when the CPU and GPU are idle. 

 

 

Rip them to ISO or to your hard drive first and problem solved.

How long would ripping an ISO out take?

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What's handbrake? I use Freemake Video Converter (I'm familiar with that) 

I always though ripping DVDs would automatically save them as .avi or .mp4...

 

 

 

Does it really take that long? :x crap. 

Is it for the encoding or just the ripping?

 

yeah I already have 5 optical drives... I might be able to get a second computer, but that might make it (more) complicated

 

I'll have a FX8350 by the time I start doing this, so would I be able to take the HDDs that have the raw files and move them over into my main rig and do the encoding there? If it helps I'll have a CUDA-enabled GPU ( a low-powered one) in the system so I can use that...

Handbrake is a GUI that automates using some of the better encoding tools. It also have many very good tutorials and FAQ's done by experienced users.

How long it takes depends on the resolution and quality that you want the encode and what yo uwant it to play on.

OC that 8350 and it will chew through those videos. This is what that CPU's architecture is really designed for.

Hmm you seem to be confused by the different terms and what-so-ever internet is using lol.. (don't worry I sometime confuse myself also) but here is quick explanation that I found on google that is in my opinion quite accurate and simple

 

 

now that's a differences between "copy" and "ripping"... and you asked "Is it for the encoding or just the ripping?" and well you see it is kinda same thing... the main difference is ripping involves getting it from dvds/cds and then encodes but encode you can just encode your FRAPs movies which might be already in somekind of codec but the size is too big and impractical. Encode basically means you manipulate the data to the different form so that it is in a better format (lossless, have more compatibilities and/or smaller in sizes).

 

Now to the main question: does it really take that long? preeeetty sure... (I might of course be mistaken... I'm as mortal as you are lol but probably nooot~). Will the FX8350 helps? hell yea lol... compared to the system you posted it's gona be like an airplane racing against car.... but it will still take long... I however do not know if the CUDA-enabled GPU will help at all... (forgive me... I lack knowledge on this matter... I do know it helps rendering but encoding? not sure...)

Now that some other ppl has been replying as well that gives you more option (darn... more heads are better than one that's for sure lol). Someone above mention that you can save the dvds in "image" format and then encode them later to an better media format. This will bypass the physical limitation of optical drive that I mentioned earlier but I feel like this is doing an simple thing with overcomplicated methods... You see... if you really do as he says sure you get pass the physical limitation of optical drive but you're still limited by CPU power and somewhat to the optical drive since you still have to copy/save them in image first and then encodes them. Dont get me wrong though.. this method might really be the fastest way since it's a lot faster to encode the file on your drive than on the optical drive... But seen as you have 5 of them... and If you can rip on them simultaneously I doubt you gona gain THAT much of the speed...

 

ps. holyshit the amount of typos... I should go to sleep lol

to copy would be to make a second identical disc

to rip would be to make a image (iso) or folder that is an identical copy minus at least DRM

to encode would be to take a source and make it into a single file

to transcode would be to take an already encoded file and re-encode it to fit the device you want. (its always better to have the source and encode from it.)

you can encoding using nvidia in two different ways and with a Intel CPU but all of them are sub par to software encoding

Reading directly from the disc will slow the entire process down, especially with just 480p. His best bet would be to use his 5 drive to rip all the discs to his HDD then queue up encode for all of them and leave his PC on until it finishes it. Also your better off encoding one thing at a time so each one has access to all the threads then starting the next because its highly multithreaded. Also you do more then just encode from the source they are a bunch of things that have to be done and just accessing a disc directly takes far longer than any even somewhat modern HDD.

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How long would ripping an ISO out take?

Minutes, it all depends what size the discs are and the speed of the drive.

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Minutes, it all depends what size the discs are and the speed of the drive.

That's good. Minutes is better than an hour ^^' by the time I take 4 CDs out of their box, put them into the drive and put the other CDs away, it'll probably be time to take the first CD out again. Looking at the computer, I'll be able to hook up to 7 ODDs to it, so if 5 isn't enough I'll do that. 

Can Handbrake do the ripping but leave the encoding out so i can leave that for later? 

I know Freemake has a utility for converting DVDs to .avi or something, but if it takes hours I would rather leave it out. 

Once I have the .iso files I'll probably queue it up and leave it overnight. I imagine that 1 days worth of ripping would more than fill up one 250GB HDD, so it'll be easy to split between computers anyways.

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Handbrake is a GUI that automates using some of the better encoding tools. It also have many very good tutorials and FAQ's done by experienced users.

How long it takes depends on the resolution and quality that you want the encode and what yo uwant it to play on.

OC that 8350 and it will chew through those videos. This is what that CPU's architecture is really designed for.

to copy would be to make a second identical disc

to rip would be to make a image (iso) or folder that is an identical copy minus at least DRM

to encode would be to take a source and make it into a single file

to transcode would be to take an already encoded file and re-encode it to fit the device you want. (its always better to have the source and encode from it.)

you can encoding using nvidia in two different ways and with a Intel CPU but all of them are sub par to software encoding

Reading directly from the disc will slow the entire process down, especially with just 480p. His best bet would be to use his 5 drive to rip all the discs to his HDD then queue up encode for all of them and leave his PC on until it finishes it. Also your better off encoding one thing at a time so each one has access to all the threads then starting the next because its highly multithreaded. Also you do more then just encode from the source they are a bunch of things that have to be done and just accessing a disc directly takes far longer than any even somewhat modern HDD.

Forgive me for incorrect terminologies but most ripping softwares will transcode automatically... but I did recheck things and you were 100% correct... ripping is accurately defined as to simply copy datas/videos from cd/dvd to computer...

Still think that it doesnt change it will be really time consuming work... transcoding will be time consuming nonetheless... anyhow time to sleep hope I helped more than making things more confusing

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Just putting in my two cents. If you have protected dvds, software like anydvd will either rip to iso, or rip and encode.

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That's good. Minutes is better than an hour ^^' by the time I take 4 CDs out of their box, put them into the drive and put the other CDs away, it'll probably be time to take the first CD out again. Looking at the computer, I'll be able to hook up to 7 ODDs to it, so if 5 isn't enough I'll do that. 

Can Handbrake do the ripping but leave the encoding out so i can leave that for later? 

I know Freemake has a utility for converting DVDs to .avi or something, but if it takes hours I would rather leave it out. 

Once I have the .iso files I'll probably queue it up and leave it overnight. I imagine that 1 days worth of ripping would more than fill up one 250GB HDD, so it'll be easy to split between computers anyways.

If you just want to rip the main movie (with your choice of subtitles and audio tracks), and encode later, then I highly recommend MakeMKV. It places the video in an MKV container file, but doesn't re-encode the video, so it's extremely quick.

 

FYI, when you encode the video via Handbrake (or whatever you choose), make sure to Deinterlace the video!

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