Project "DVD Storage"

Tommer · 1 Feb 2006 at 15:27

Hi there, i'm thinking of starting a project soon to basically store all the dvds i have ( about 450) onto hard disks to play via media centre

Anyone else done this?

the plan is to use an old computer, buy some large 400gb hard drives (worked out its about 5 gb x 450 disks = 2.5tb) and put them in a raid5 configuration so that if once i've spent all that time ripping the dvds to the hard drives i'lve got a bit peace of mind in case anything goes wrong.

I was thinking after connecting all this up, i was gonna put the raid5 box in the attic and use gigabit ethernet with a gigabit swtich to attach it to the media centre pc in the lounge as i think gigabit would be needed to stream dvds.

good plan? something you've thought about? ideas? thoughts?

Thanks

Eliot · 1 Feb 2006 at 16:06

copy protection? (when u rip the dvds)

Tommer · 1 Feb 2006 at 16:08

before people start going on about copy protection etc these are dvds i already own and its legal to make a backup i.e put onto a hard drive

Eliot · 1 Feb 2006 at 16:13

i know that. but when i tried to rip anchorman it was going crazy about copy protection, same for family guy movies

Davey_Pitch · 1 Feb 2006 at 16:18

Tommer said:
before people start going on about copy protection etc these are dvds i already own and its legal to make a backup i.e put onto a hard drive

Incorrect, it's completely illegal to do so. Even if you own them completely (which I don't doubt), you can't make a copy of them in any way, shape or form, which includes copying them to your pc, as per the European Union Copyright Directive 2003.