How do you store movies in HDD?

[Muz]

How do you store movies collection in your hard disk drive?

[Yoda]

It's not clear what you're asking. Are you asking for file format, organizational tips, or what?

[skizzerflake]

Are you asking for instructions on how to pirate copyrighted material?

[Muz]

Yes.

[skizzerflake]

You're on your own for that.

[Citizen Rules]

Yes.Google. Because we're not allowed to discuss ways of pirating. Now, if you want to know about how to download legal public domain movies, that might be different and we can talk about that (I believe).

[Yoda]

Yeah, I'm not sure "how to store" would be read by anyone as "how to download." Regardless, while I don't really care much what people do on their own "time," because of its illegality I ask that people not discuss how to pirate films in public here. Thanks. :)

[Hey Fredrick]

I don't download or pirate movies but I do back up all the movies I own to a hard drive and it's pretty simple. If that's illegal (which I'm sure it is) oh well, I've been doing stuff like that since the 70's when I would put my 45's on cassette tapes.

[Citizen Rules]

I don't download or pirate movies but I do back up all the movies I own to a hard drive and it's pretty simple. If that's illegal (which I'm sure it is) oh well, I've been doing stuff like that since the 70's when I would put my 45's on cassette tapes.I always think of you as much younger, it must be those youthful avatars:p We must be around the same age.

I back up my 1 tb hardrive onto a Seagate 1.5 tb external storage drive. Trusting just a hardrive with movies (or anything) is just to risky. I should really have Santa bring me another storage drive.

[Hey Fredrick]

I always think of you as much younger, it must be those youthful avatars:p We must be around the same age.

I back up my 1 tb hardrive onto a Seagate 1.5 tb external storage drive. Trusting just a hardrive with movies (or anything) is just to risky. I should really have Santa bring me another storage drive.

I know you do.
I have two 4tb hard drives and one 8 tb hard drive. The 8tb has everything - special features, the movie, everything and is only for storage and I still have plenty of space on it. The only time I hook it up is to add to it. One of the 4tb's has all my movies in compressed form for use on the little tv upstairs the other has the movies only, uncompressed, for big screen viewing downstairs and that one is pretty much full.

[Citizen Rules]

I know you do.
I have two 4tb hard drives and one 8 tb hard drive. The 8tb has everything - special features, the movie, everything and is only for storage and I still have plenty of space on it. The only time I hook it up is to add to it. One of the 4tb's has all my movies in compressed form for use on the little tv upstairs the other has the movies only, uncompressed, for big screen viewing downstairs and that one is pretty much full.How do you compress your movies? I was thinking of doing that to some of my files and tried doing it with Handbrake but that seemed to take a long time.

[Hey Fredrick]

That's what I use and it does take a long time. No way around it as far as I know. It took a long time to get through all my movies. I do keep the quality high which takes longer but I was able to get The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo down from 36 gb to 3 gb and it looks fine on a smaller tv (40 inch).

[Citizen Rules]

That's what I use and it does take a long time. No way around it as far as I know. It took a long time to get through all my movies. I do keep the quality high which takes longer but I was able to get The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo down from 36 gb to 3 gb and it looks fine on a smaller tv (40 inch).36gb OMG, that's huge! No wonder you need all that storage. I grouse about my files when they are over 1.5 gb. I read that FFmpeg can do file compression pretty fast and over all quality remains good. It does have to be done from a command prompt as I don't think there's a GUI for it.

[Hey Fredrick]

36gb OMG, that's huge! No wonder you need all that storage. I grouse about my files when they are over 1.5 gb. I read that FFmpeg can do file compression pretty fast and over all quality remains good. It does have to be done from a command prompt as I don't think there's a GUI for it.

No idea what that means or how to do it :)

Dragon Tattoo is the most extreme example I have. Most Blu Rays seem to be about 15 to 20 gb and compress to about 2 or 3gb. Dvd's get really small. I can't remember if I even compressed them but Zombieland on dvd is sitting in my library at 616mb.

[Kay Burton]

I don't download or pirate movies but I do back up all the movies I own to a hard drive and it's pretty simple. If that's illegal (which I'm sure it is) oh well, I've been doing stuff like that since the 70's when I would put my 45's on cassette tapes.

Well, in essence, you are doing exactly the same thing as those who make and distribute pirated copies. With one small difference - you don't distribute the copied films to other people who, for one reason or another, can't afford to purchase a licensed copy.

[Yoda]

I'd call that a very large difference.

I'm also deeply skeptical that most of the time people pirating are doing it because they can't afford any of the films.

That said, we've had the discussion about the ethics (or lack thereof) of pirating films in a few other threads, which I can direct people to if it's something they'd like to discuss.

[ScarletLion]

Use software called handbrake to rip your Blu Ray discs to .mkv files. But as soon as you compress them you're audio will be comprimised. Therefore a 1 to 1 rip is better although as discussed file size will be huge. If you don't care, then it's a good option to compress, but going from DTS or Dolby atmos to something like AAC 5.1 or 2.0 is a dealbreaker for some. There could be a reduction in picture quality too.

Shove the files on a network drive, then use the amazing Odroid N2+ to play them via beautiful Kodi on a 4K TV.

Job done.

https://i.imgur.com/zAze8n0.png

[Hey Fredrick]

Well, in essence, you are doing exactly the same thing as those who make and distribute pirated copies. With one small difference - you don't distribute the copied films to other people who, for one reason or another, can't afford to purchase a licensed copy.

If I'm doing exactly same thing with one small difference then I'm not doing exactly the same thing.

[John McClane]

I use 1s and 0s.

Forgive me: I couldn’t help myself.

[Citizen Rules]

That's what I use and it does take a long time. No way around it as far as I know. It took a long time to get through all my movies. I do keep the quality high which takes longer but I was able to get The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo down from 36 gb to 3 gb and it looks fine on a smaller tv (40 inch). When you compress a video what settings do you change in Handbrake? There's a lot of different settings, wow! Do you change most or just a few of them? I'm trying to figure out what's the best and quickest method for compressing video files.

[Hey Fredrick]

I don't know anything about how to set up the settings so I just followed this and I'm happy with the results:

https://www.thewebernets.com/2019/01/29/easiest-best-optimal-settings-for-handbrake-1080p-blu-ray-video-conversion-on-mac-windows-and-linux-new-january-2019/

[Citizen Rules]

I don't know anything about how to set up the settings so I just followed this and I'm happy with the results:

https://www.thewebernets.com/2019/01/29/easiest-best-optimal-settings-for-handbrake-1080p-blu-ray-video-conversion-on-mac-windows-and-linux-new-january-2019/Ah, I just bookmarked that, thanks.

[Kay Burton]

I'd call that a very large difference.

I'm also deeply skeptical that most of the time people pirating are doing it because they can't afford any of the films.

That said, we've had the discussion about the ethics (or lack thereof) of pirating films in a few other threads, which I can direct people to if it's something they'd like to discuss.

These questions have always been a double-edged sword. They can be viewed from different angles. On the one hand, there is intellectual property, on the other hand, their millions of royalties will not greatly decrease from a certain percentage of copies. So if you think from a financial point of view. After all, many movie stars are already furious with fat, while other people do not have enough funds for the basic. All get out as they can, let's say.

[Yoda]

On the one hand, there is intellectual property, on the other hand, their millions of royalties will not greatly decrease from a certain percentage of copies.
Sure, but that logic has no stopping point. "I'm only stealing a penny" doesn't seem like a big deal, but it's only a big deal because lots of people don't do it.

After all, many movie stars are already furious with fat, while other people do not have enough funds for the basic.
But what do they use it on? They don't throw it in a giant pool and swim around in it. They don't put it in a giant mattress. If we're judging the ethics of taking things based on their downstream effects (rather than the principle of the thing), then the effects are felt also in the people they do not hire, or the people not hired by the places they buy from, and so on.

And even if you don't care about that, all of this effects studio bottom lines: lower profits change which films get made in the first place, and with which budgets. The net effect of downloading films illegally is to decrease the production of future films.

[Sedai]

Pretty sure you are allowed the make exactly one backup copy of your films for your private use. Distributing these copies is not legal.


I skirt the line, as I make backups of my films and share out my library to a couple of friends and family. They don't receive copies of the file, but watch it remotely. Not sure how that fits in to all this.

[Kay Burton]

Sure, but that logic has no stopping point. "I'm only stealing a penny" doesn't seem like a big deal, but it's only a big deal because lots of people don't do it.


But what do they use it on? They don't throw it in a giant pool and swim around in it. They don't put it in a giant mattress. If we're judging the ethics of taking things based on their downstream effects (rather than the principle of the thing), then the effects are felt also in the people they do not hire, or the people not hired by the places they buy from, and so on.

And even if you don't care about that, all of this effects studio bottom lines: lower profits change which films get made in the first place, and with which budgets. The net effect of downloading films illegally is to decrease the production of future films.

These are two sides of the coin. I watch movies for a fee in online cinemas, because I have nowhere to store discs. But in principle, I can understand with understanding people who, for whatever reason, cannot afford to buy. By the way, when you buy a film for your hard-earned money, then you think what to buy, somehow plan your movie show, and not just download and watch everything in a row that it does not remain in your head.

[skizzerflake]

It seems like hardware purchases, elaborate copying, storage, backup, etc, is becoming somewhat pointless. There are a lot of old movies that are easily available in PD sites, disks, especially box sets from big warehouse "stores" are cheap and easy to get and, even new releases are fairly cheap compared to years ago. So-called "purchases" from streaming sites are also fairly cheap, all to the point that it's hardly worth setting up a copying operation anymore.