Hi, I recently bought a 750GB miniStack (firewire HDD) and was thinkin' bout loading my DVD collection on there.. but I have a problem; obviously just ripping them all as-is would be a colossal waste of space (at 4-8 GB per disc, I'm already running out of room!) plus I'm not sure if VIDEO_TS directories can be shared/played back via UPnP, should I ever choose to go that route. On the other hand, if I just convert them all to .avis with HandBrake, then I've got a bunch of chapterless, menuless, subtitleless files; where's the sense in that?
I've read on some websites that there are alternative container formats that may support at least some DVD features, but I can't decide what to use. I've never seen an AVI with chapters or subs but wikipedia says it supports them (with no evidence to back that up); I've heard Matroska is supposed to support menus, but is is that really a viable format that would be worth putting the effort into? And MP4, OGG, MOV -- where do they fit in?
What do most folks with movie libraries on their computers use? Which format would be better, why, and what programs can be used to encode/play it?
Maybe I just haven't found the right guide yet, but as of now, I'm lost, and my VIDEO_TS directory collection is starting to make short work of that Seagate. Any advice would be appreciated...
I've read on some websites that there are alternative container formats that may support at least some DVD features, but I can't decide what to use. I've never seen an AVI with chapters or subs but wikipedia says it supports them (with no evidence to back that up); I've heard Matroska is supposed to support menus, but is is that really a viable format that would be worth putting the effort into? And MP4, OGG, MOV -- where do they fit in?
What do most folks with movie libraries on their computers use? Which format would be better, why, and what programs can be used to encode/play it?
Maybe I just haven't found the right guide yet, but as of now, I'm lost, and my VIDEO_TS directory collection is starting to make short work of that Seagate. Any advice would be appreciated...