And burning cd/dvd’s is getting more popular due to disappearing content on streaming services. Some shows got removed and are no longer available to watch elsewhere legally. Such a shame.
Also making a comeback because of things like Elsagate and YouTube Kids’ weird algorithms. Parents need to have reliable kid-friendly media that they can put on, without constantly needing to monitor it… And a DVD box set of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood won’t end up showing your kid softcore fetish content disguised as children’s videos, as soon as you walk away from the screen to make dinner.
I run a small Plex/Jellyfin server, and have a library specifically for kids’ shows. And my users can lock their kids’ accounts down so they can only access that library. So my various friends and relatives can put something on via Plex, and trust that it will stay safe for their kids.
Not at all. One of my kids only likes to watch the same thing over and over and over. I think it must be comforting in the same way that we like to listen to the same music over and over; we recognize what comes next and there is a comfort in having that power.
Whatever i can get for cheap that’s not utter garbage. Usually that’s WD, I dont trust Seagate (yes, I had that 3TB drive. 5 of them to be specific).
And my enclosure of choice is whatever case will fit the shenanigans I want to put in, nothing specific. Well other than being rack mount or a case that fits neatly in my rack.
You should know, depending on the type and quality of the media, that CD/DVDs degrade over time spanning from 5-20 years (very high quality presses/burns can last upward of 50, but you are likely not doing that at home). Probably doesn’t matter for most use-cases, but just so people don’t get the idea that it’s good for long term storage past those rough estimates.
Got annoyed when things started coming and going as early as 2018 and started a Blu-Ray collection. About 80% of it is secondhand. I’ll admit I still have a couple streaming services, but all the stuff I know I like is readily and consistently available now.
And burning cd/dvd’s is getting more popular due to disappearing content on streaming services. Some shows got removed and are no longer available to watch elsewhere legally. Such a shame.
I took a class on DVD creation back in the day, how to write the menus and link tracks and whatnot.
Time to shake off the ‘ol bootleg machine.
That class sounds fun.
it was cool, it wasn’t JUST on that but we spent a lot of time on that. It was an introductory digital video editing class.
I did one on how to design teletext pages. On a separate and unrelated issue, my joints hurt.
At our age you might wanna switch to edibles over smoking if it’s hurting you ;)
What do you use for burning blu-rays? I’ve recently been getting into it as a hobby.
DVD Studio Pro was legit.
I did the full Final Cut —> Compressor + Motion for menu animations —> DVD Studio Pro then burned a stack of discs and applied labels
Completely unnecessary, but fun
Way easier to write a couple h264 rips in mkv onto one 4.7 GB dvd.
Also making a comeback because of things like Elsagate and YouTube Kids’ weird algorithms. Parents need to have reliable kid-friendly media that they can put on, without constantly needing to monitor it… And a DVD box set of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood won’t end up showing your kid softcore fetish content disguised as children’s videos, as soon as you walk away from the screen to make dinner.
I run a small Plex/Jellyfin server, and have a library specifically for kids’ shows. And my users can lock their kids’ accounts down so they can only access that library. So my various friends and relatives can put something on via Plex, and trust that it will stay safe for their kids.
Watching media more than once? This kills the child!
Not at all. One of my kids only likes to watch the same thing over and over and over. I think it must be comforting in the same way that we like to listen to the same music over and over; we recognize what comes next and there is a comfort in having that power.
I know. :) <3
What do you use for storage?
Personally I use NAS for a similar setup. Over 100TBs of storage, but kids movies (2.1TB) and TV (6.6TB) is just a small chunk of that.
What’s your drive of choice? And what enclosure do you like?
Whatever i can get for cheap that’s not utter garbage. Usually that’s WD, I dont trust Seagate (yes, I had that 3TB drive. 5 of them to be specific).
And my enclosure of choice is whatever case will fit the shenanigans I want to put in, nothing specific. Well other than being rack mount or a case that fits neatly in my rack.
F
I only rip them for jellyfin
Does this mean the case of 5.25" DVD burners I have will be worth something again?
especially when you have 2 of those; duplex burning!!!
… I could fill all 5.25* bay I have with DVD burners (some with lightscribe). I own five full tower cases.
MASS DUPLICATION
geez… my panties are wet now :O
You should know, depending on the type and quality of the media, that CD/DVDs degrade over time spanning from 5-20 years (very high quality presses/burns can last upward of 50, but you are likely not doing that at home). Probably doesn’t matter for most use-cases, but just so people don’t get the idea that it’s good for long term storage past those rough estimates.
this is how I ended up finding out there are now much better rips available for many of the shows I burned to DVD in the mid 2000s
Ssd’s and thumb drives are soooo much easier though Get jellyfin to serve it to your tv
I also use jellyfin. Most of my movies are digital copies.
If it hasn’t happened already, Netflix is dropping the new She-Ra show from their service, and they’ve never released a physical form.
Therefore, it is illegal to watch She-Ra.
Got annoyed when things started coming and going as early as 2018 and started a Blu-Ray collection. About 80% of it is secondhand. I’ll admit I still have a couple streaming services, but all the stuff I know I like is readily and consistently available now.
I believe a hard drive is cheaper now.
And fails earlier. That’s why I’m thinking of backing up some stuff onto dvds again.