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<blockquote data-quote="RoChess" data-source="post: 993031" data-attributes="member: 18896">The problem is that a DVD can hold a ton of episodes, 4 or 6 is not uncommon. However MP-TVSeries only has support for a maximum of 2 episodes *PER* file. These are named via &quot;Example - S01E01-02 - Pilot.ext&quot; type of structures.&nbsp;Importing a DVD would mean you refer to a single file that holds 4 or 6 episodes and you would be forced to use the DVD menu to go to the chapter you want without ability to use any of the special features MP-TVSeries supports, especially when linked to the cloud via Follw.it or Trakt.&nbsp;If you are going to store the DVD onto your computer, then your best bet is to simply extract each episode and store them as-is. You can just retain the same MPEG-2 video codec and AC3 audio codec, or whatever is used, because the MKV or MP4 computer container formats have no problem to keep those audio and video codecs that are used by a DVD. The time it needs to copy it like that without re-encoding, is almost as fast as copying the VIDEO_TS folder would take.&nbsp;There are many tools available that will allow you to do that, so you turn that one single DVD with a dozen episodes into individual files for each episode, consuming the exact same amount as if you had copied the ISO and/or VIDEO_TS folders (usually smaller if you skip all the extras/bonus/etc). If you have the time, you can even re-encode with a modern codec such as H.264, then that 5GB ISO file holding 6 episodes can be stored at the same quality and only occupying 2GB (350MB per episode is more then enough for SD quality of a 42min episode).&nbsp;Handbrake is an awesome tool to the latter with.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoChess, post: 993031, member: 18896"] The problem is that a DVD can hold a ton of episodes, 4 or 6 is not uncommon. However MP-TVSeries only has support for a maximum of 2 episodes *PER* file. These are named via "Example - S01E01-02 - Pilot.ext" type of structures. Importing a DVD would mean you refer to a single file that holds 4 or 6 episodes and you would be forced to use the DVD menu to go to the chapter you want without ability to use any of the special features MP-TVSeries supports, especially when linked to the cloud via Follw.it or Trakt. If you are going to store the DVD onto your computer, then your best bet is to simply extract each episode and store them as-is. You can just retain the same MPEG-2 video codec and AC3 audio codec, or whatever is used, because the MKV or MP4 computer container formats have no problem to keep those audio and video codecs that are used by a DVD. The time it needs to copy it like that without re-encoding, is almost as fast as copying the VIDEO_TS folder would take. There are many tools available that will allow you to do that, so you turn that one single DVD with a dozen episodes into individual files for each episode, consuming the exact same amount as if you had copied the ISO and/or VIDEO_TS folders (usually smaller if you skip all the extras/bonus/etc). If you have the time, you can even re-encode with a modern codec such as H.264, then that 5GB ISO file holding 6 episodes can be stored at the same quality and only occupying 2GB (350MB per episode is more then enough for SD quality of a 42min episode). Handbrake is an awesome tool to the latter with. [/QUOTE]

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