Hello, I have a large DVD(movie) collection, that I want copied to hard drive(s) and a database set up about the movies. Since disc is cheap ($75/2TB) I'm not even going to fool around with conversion or compression, i.e. MPEG-2 is fine for now, unless the process can be automated (see schema below). Naturally being able to store video in different formats would be a big plus.
I'm very flexible on the DB so any software package that already exists in a (gui) tool form, so that I can set it up with simple instructions for an adolescent to: load the dvd execute the script or simple procedure wait until dvd movie is stored on disk then swap out for another DVD... <rinse and repeat 500+ times> What software exists, or what software would be easy to script up such an endeavor? Tagging movies by rating, genre, year, etc would be a bonus. Hopefully, playing movies after this will be a gui experience; so I can turn the kids and less astute friends loose in a multimedia room where the computer is hooked to a large screen LED device. Later on audio (music) tracks will be added to the menu or system, which hopefully supports a wide range of audio files. Lots of pieces exist in software, but, I'm looking for recommendations on a complete system, that is rather straight forward to install new movies (and audio) and then play them via an easy to use interface, seemlessly. Any comments or suggestions are most welcome. James
