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Not really a HTPC but it was a project to get it working. I only hope this is some kind of payback for the hours of use I have got from media portal.
This solution will work for pc users. This suggestion is only for backing up your own personal collection.
Buy, borrow bid, acquire, misappropriate a Powerfile changer. Sony (no longer available except on eBay) and Niveus (Called the Ice Vault) both make a rebranded version.
I use a PC with a PCI fire wire card running XP Professional and a Niveus Ice Vault.
Download Mammouth INC Power Explorer Pro , Any DVD and DVD Decryptor. Google can help you find these 3 no problem.
You will have to contact Mammoth Inc for a key.
Mammoth has some suggestions for your Decryptor setup. The gist of it being uncheck all of the warnings. DVD Decryptor/ tools / Settings/ general tab/ other section.
Load AnyDVDs settings page (sly soft / any DVD /any DVD/ video DVD) and check mark Jump to Title Menu.
Load your discs into your Powerfile. I as well usually only load a manageable amount. Between 40 and 80. Only load clean relatively scratch free discs. Cleaner the discs the less babysitting you will have to do. Save the scratched ones for your single disc drive.
At this point I usually kill all programs in my tool bar except for AnyDVD. I also kill my virus software un plug your internet if you are worried/paranoid.
Then load Power Explorer It usually will require a power cycle of your changer
Highlight all of your discs. At this point you could use the (right click) identify feature which is helpful in finding matching disc. If you have 2 discs with matching names they will both be dumped into the same folder causing errors latter on. I usually eject one of the 2 matches and either do it in the next batch, do it on a single drive or put it further down the line so I have time to relabel the first disc folder after it rips . It adds extra time to your rip time but it can save you some grief in the long run
You can also with your highlighted discs (right click) just run the power rip plug-in with out identifying the discs. However you do it run Power Rip. When Power Rip asks for your one line exe use this "C:\Program Files\DVD Decrypter\DVDDecrypter.exe /mode file /src $1 /START /CLOSE /OVERWRITE YES” It’s not the prettiest piece of code but it will label the movie folder after the disc name (enjoy how lazy the DVD mastering techs are) and then dump into your emptiest drive. I am sure someone could right a much better one line exe that you could actually aim Decryptor and only take the movie with. I however, am always dumping to an empty 1tb drive so this exe works just fine for me.
Hit finish and stand back.
As with anything that involves a Powerfile based product I would not say it is problem free you might want to check on it every now and again. There are just some discs that will freeze up the system. I have ripped 100 with no problems and then I have ripped 20 and have had it hang up on every other disc. If the system does freeze just restart you computer (don’t bother trying to save it) then reload power explorer. Click on the power explorer tab and click run power tools it will remember where you left off.
This solution will work for pc users. This suggestion is only for backing up your own personal collection.
Buy, borrow bid, acquire, misappropriate a Powerfile changer. Sony (no longer available except on eBay) and Niveus (Called the Ice Vault) both make a rebranded version.
I use a PC with a PCI fire wire card running XP Professional and a Niveus Ice Vault.
Download Mammouth INC Power Explorer Pro , Any DVD and DVD Decryptor. Google can help you find these 3 no problem.
You will have to contact Mammoth Inc for a key.
Mammoth has some suggestions for your Decryptor setup. The gist of it being uncheck all of the warnings. DVD Decryptor/ tools / Settings/ general tab/ other section.
Load AnyDVDs settings page (sly soft / any DVD /any DVD/ video DVD) and check mark Jump to Title Menu.
Load your discs into your Powerfile. I as well usually only load a manageable amount. Between 40 and 80. Only load clean relatively scratch free discs. Cleaner the discs the less babysitting you will have to do. Save the scratched ones for your single disc drive.
At this point I usually kill all programs in my tool bar except for AnyDVD. I also kill my virus software un plug your internet if you are worried/paranoid.
Then load Power Explorer It usually will require a power cycle of your changer
Highlight all of your discs. At this point you could use the (right click) identify feature which is helpful in finding matching disc. If you have 2 discs with matching names they will both be dumped into the same folder causing errors latter on. I usually eject one of the 2 matches and either do it in the next batch, do it on a single drive or put it further down the line so I have time to relabel the first disc folder after it rips . It adds extra time to your rip time but it can save you some grief in the long run
You can also with your highlighted discs (right click) just run the power rip plug-in with out identifying the discs. However you do it run Power Rip. When Power Rip asks for your one line exe use this "C:\Program Files\DVD Decrypter\DVDDecrypter.exe /mode file /src $1 /START /CLOSE /OVERWRITE YES” It’s not the prettiest piece of code but it will label the movie folder after the disc name (enjoy how lazy the DVD mastering techs are) and then dump into your emptiest drive. I am sure someone could right a much better one line exe that you could actually aim Decryptor and only take the movie with. I however, am always dumping to an empty 1tb drive so this exe works just fine for me.
Hit finish and stand back.
As with anything that involves a Powerfile based product I would not say it is problem free you might want to check on it every now and again. There are just some discs that will freeze up the system. I have ripped 100 with no problems and then I have ripped 20 and have had it hang up on every other disc. If the system does freeze just restart you computer (don’t bother trying to save it) then reload power explorer. Click on the power explorer tab and click run power tools it will remember where you left off.
