I have no idea what airport 2 is. But each DVD will take up less than a GB, about 8, to 900MB, that's with main movie only. No extras and special features. If you want those, it will be a little more. HTH
Sent from my MobileOffice > On Dec 27, 2014, at 3:07 PM, The Believer <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Kliph. > Thanks, and the price of the ripper sounds perfect. How much does on DVD > take up? This will help me figure out which storage option is best for me. > > I have been thinking about Airport too and I was reading somewhere, I see > that Apple TV can work with Airport. A lot to work out, but the storage part > will come first. > > From The Believer. . . > . . . what if it were true? > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > >> On 12/27/2014 8:44 AM, Kliph wrote: >> Hello, yes you would be able to stream your DVD play back to the appleTV. >> But ripping them, and importing them to your iTunes library is what I would >> suggest. I use a 16TB NAS to store my iTunes library, others use USB >> external drives, and some still house there iTunes library on there mac's or >> PC's internal drive. What ever works best for you. I store it on the nas >> for a few reasons, not to take up all my space on my internal hard drive, to >> be ready to go if I do a clean install, or get a new computer, and just to >> have a reserved copy just in case my other backups faile. For ripping dvd's >> I recommend MacDVDRiperPro. It's about 20 bucks USD, and is 100 percent >> accessible. You can even have the file go directly to iTunes when it is >> done, so you don't have to worry about doing it yourself. HTH >> >> >> Sent from my MobileOffice >> >>> On Dec 27, 2014, at 11:01 AM, The Believer <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I am thinking about this as an option for next year. I have a pile of >>> DVDs. >>> >>> Would this be something I could do? Rip the DVDs (rather than play each >>> individually in the DVD drive) and then stream to the Apple TV? Would the >>> Macbook have to be in the same room? TV is downstairs, the Mac is upstairs. >>> Can the iPad or iPhone be used to act as a remote? I know Apple has a >>> Remote app. >>> >>> What ripping application is suggested? I am guessing that well over 100 >>> DVDs would take up lots of space, so can they be stored and played on an >>> external drive? >>> >>> From The Believer. . . >>> . . . what if it were true? >>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
