# Manage real BD library

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**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [June 13, 2024, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/manage-real-bd-library/879973 "2024-06-13T07:41:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ouadimir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ouadimir](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Ouadimir)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/manage-real-bd-library/879973/1 "2024-06-13T07:41:36Z")

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Hi,

Is it possible to manage a real library in Plex Server?  
I’ve got about 120 BD and I would like to manage them with Plex.  
I use EMDB software but I might be really interested in only having one software.

Thx.

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/manage-real-bd-library/879973/2 "2024-06-13T07:51:23Z")

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> [@Ouadimir](#):
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> I would like to manage them

What exactly do you do, when you “manage” them?  
Is it just a list of what is in your collection?  
Or are there other things, like e.g. where they are stored, or whether you have lent them to someone?

If you just want a list, you can do it like this: [Add DVD or BR movies without ripping the files - Dumb library entry - #4 by OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-dvd-or-br-movies-without-ripping-the-files-dumb-library-entry/709740/4)  
But this will not tell you which audio or subtitle languages are available, nor about any bonus content which may be contained on the disc.

Naturally, as a Plex fan, I think it is best to simply rip the discs and store their content as streamable videos. If done carefully, this will preserve and include all audio and subtitle languages which are on the disc.  
Apart from some crude “games” and a certain type of still picture shows, you can also add all the bonus videos as “local extras” into Plex.

It’s all a matter of storage space (and some time). If I assume that you rip all the videos (including extras) without applying additional compression, I arrive at a required hard drive capacity of about 5.4 TB for 120 blurays (I calculated an average storage capacity of 45 GB per BD). Nowadays this can fit conveniently on one single hard drive.

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**Author:** ![Ouadimir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ouadimir](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Ouadimir)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/manage-real-bd-library/879973/3 "2024-06-16T01:01:31Z")

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Hi Ottokerner,

Thx for your reply.  
In fact, I found an other topic about my request :

> [@Add DVD or BR movies without ripping the files - Dumb library entry](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-dvd-or-br-movies-without-ripping-the-files-dumb-library-entry/709740):
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> Server Version#: Version 4.53.0 has anyone made a movie entry in the movies library that is not linked to a file but linked to a DVD/BR disk that is sitting on your shelf. A kind of dumb entry that provides all the metadata and information about the movie but requires one to play the physical disk if one wants to view it.?? Ideas? cheers

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/manage-real-bd-library/879973/4 "2024-09-14T01:02:18Z")

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