iMac as storage unit

[Sturgeon boy]

is it possible to copy my existing blu rays and dvds onto my late 2013 imac so i can watch them on my tv down stairs through apple tv ?
i quite fancy getting rid of big piles of films up into the loft but still having them available to watch through my mac then the apple tv like a sort of digital library

 

[old-wiz]

you can, but it is a painful and slow process.

 

[CH12671]

Not difficult at all. A couple of programs you will need:
1) Handbrake to rip the DVD
2) VLC to decrypt the DVD
3) (optional) metaZ to add metadata to the digital file (i.e. the clipart, actors, ratings, release date, etc.)

One other step for blue rays
1) Make mkv..you will rip the blue ray into an MKV file with this program, then use handbrake to convert this MKV file into an m4v file for itunes

Once you have the m4v file, simply drop it into the "automatically add to itunes" folder and it will be added to your library, and filed appropriately.