And I thought putting my music on my computer was a long process….

I have started the process of ripping my DVD collection onto my mac for viewing either on the move (it’s much less battery draining to play a movie off the hard disk than a DVD), or for playing on the TV. Our DVD player can be a little temperamental at times and ideally I’d like to get rid of it (and the video player and digibox).

Down the line I’m thinking that one of the new core-duo mac minis combined with an eyetv receiver (or maybe this one), would be a perfect replacement for all that gear.

Anyway, back to the matter at hand. Ripping the DVDs - using Mac The Ripper and Handbrake. Its very easy and gives good results. Here are my settings:

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And that’s all there is to, apart from the waiting roughly 8 hours for it to do it’s thing (on a Powerbook 1.5Ghz).