Hi All.
I am new to the Plex Media Server scene and building my Movie/TV library. I have a bit over 400 movie titles and 800 TV episodes. While my library isn’t as large as some, I still ran into a problem during the ripping process and did not like how much time (anywhere from 2 to 7 minutes) between swapping discs it took for me to start another rip. Has anyone else ran into the same issue? How did you solve it?
I’m also a programmer and thought this might be a cool way to learn/grow my skills, so I made a little piece of software that works with MakeMKV(My ripping software of choice) for Windows that does a few things.
- It monitors the DVD/Blu-Ray(Optical) drives installed on a machine and automatically passes pre-determined flags to and starts the MakeMKV ripping process (The flags include the drive the disc is inserted to and minimum title length for ripping)
- Creates the destination folder based on user selected top folder and either the DVD’s volume name or custom title from user
- Names the files according to the name used in number 2
- Can be set as a TV series DVD/Blu-Ray and assigned a season and starting episode number, which then names and moves the titles to follow Plex’s naming conventions
- Notifies your mobile device (Android only right now) when a rip is done, so you know when you can start another while you’re off doing something else
I’ve attached a few screenshots showing the results of a rip. Everything is very much a prototype to test my ideas and refine how they work in the real world. Would this be worth sharing, or are others doing it better?
