METAX HD TAG GREYED OUT MOVIE
Although it takes hours to rip a movie on this system, that’s one less movie I have to do on the other 3.Ī couple of things… I too have been ripping my DVD collection via Handbrake. Might as well use it until I find a buyer. I’m thinking of firing up a 4th Mac (iMac G5) that’s just sitting there for sale. Intel Macs like my Mac Pro do it very fast. Depending on the speed of the computer it could take anywhere from 35-50 minutes to 5-7 hours to rip one DVD. The ripping continues! At this rate I should be done in July or August. Last weekend we watched all three of the original Terminator movies to get in the mood for the upcoming Terminator Salvation. It’s just as gratifying as being able to listen to any song I own without having to dig out a CD. Being able to pull up and watch any movie I own on any one of my HDTV/Apple TV’s is really cool. I have rediscovered some movies that I bought and never watched. It’s a slow process! Even though I’m only a quarter of the way through this project, it has already paid off. I did however, test the quality of the “Universal” preset and I was happy with it on the big screen. I figure I could do this on an as needed basis. I didn’t go back and re-rip the ones that I had already done with the Apple TV preset.
METAX HD TAG GREYED OUT MP4
It does include the 5.1 surround sound track and it will make an MP4 file that work on iPods, iPhones, Apple TVs and computers. I discovered that the “Universal” preset is the one I really want to use for the best of both worlds. So that led me to take another look at the HandBrake presets. Then one day it dawned upon me that when you buy a movie from the iTunes store it includes the 5.1 surround track AND it’s compatible with iPods and iPhones too. This means that If I wanted to take a movie with me on an iPod or iPhone I’d have to rip a second version. However, the downside to this preset is that MP4’s created this way will only play on a computer or an Apple TV. At first I was using the Apple TV setting so that I could retain the Dolby Digital 5.1 surround track (a must!). I learned a lesson about the Handbrake presets midway through the process. I’ve been using HandBrake to rip these DVDs into. So I’ve been using 3 Macs in my house to convert these DVDs at my leisure.
The idea is to basically create my own video on demand system so that any movie I have could be watched on any of my TV’s via an Apple TV. About a month ago I started the process to rip (convert) all of my movie DVDs to my iTunes server (an intel iMac with a Drobo attached running iTunes).