What software to rip DVD/BD for XBMC on Mac Mini

nantucket66

nantucket66

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I incorrectly posted this in the Apple Hardware Forum so here goes again...

I have a 2011 Mac Mini (2.3 with 8 gig) and am toying with the idea of using it as a HTPC with XBMC.

I have plenty of NAS storage so that is not an issue.

Plan to buy and external BD/DVD Writer (any recommendations welcome) and rip away.

What is the best software to use and what is the best format to rip to?

I'm not bothered about saving HDD space or bothered about extras on the discs, I just want the best possible picture/sound of the main feature.

I have my MM connected via HDMI to a 60 inch 1080p Pioneer plasma.

If the model of MM I have isn't up to 1080P/24 without stuttering it would not be the end of the world as I have a silly number of DVD's and would just concentrate on those and play BD's the old fashioned way.

Thanks
 
Plex seems overly complicated, I've downloaded Plex Nine, the interface visually looks great, but.......

When setting it up I pointed it at the appropriate file locations for movies and tv shows (just on the internal drive on the MM until I fully understand it and move over the my NAS drives).

All seemed good initially. However I cannot for the life of me figure out to add another file location once I am actually in Plex itself.

I added a few files via a USB key from my W7 laptop to the TV Show folder but Plex does not see them (they are normal mkv files). I did this with a few movies and this seemed fine. They work fine on XBMC on the same MM

What I am missing (apart from a brain!)?

Cheers
 
I either must be blind or Plex is broken.......I cannot see anything which looks like a ">" anywhere.

I have a folder called SD movies (yet to buy a BD writer).

Plex can see 11 movies, yet there are 14 movies in the folder. I cannot for the life of me see how to get it to rescan this folder.

TV shows is the same, couple of series in the folder, but nothing at all in Plex.

So basically I cannot figure out how to add a new location (be it local or network) and also how to get it to update new content in an existing location.

XBMC is seeing everything....
 
Thanks for that, getting there slowly.

The Media Manager updated the movies perfectly and all seems well there.

The TV shows folder is plain weird.

There are only 2 files in this folder. Sons of Anarchy Season 2 and The Inbetweeners Season 3.

Inbetweeners doesn't show up and only the last 4 Episodes of SoA appears but they are tagged as Season 1, I presume I need to edit my Metadata more accurately?
 
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