.ISO DVD Library Questions

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#1

Hey guys, I have a couple of questions about the best way to go about a project I’m looking into. I figured this would be the best bet for some advice.

So, thanks in advance. :bow:

I will be moving out of the US for about 9 months and would like to have my dvd library with me without the hassle of carrying the discs along. my intention is to put a 120-150 dvd library on an external HD. i plan to rip the .ISO file from the discs and mount them to a virtual drive for playback.

my first question is this: what program is recommended for mounting the .ISO images for playback? (daemon tools, alcohol120%, etc.)

secondly, is there a user friendly GUI/front end that can be used to attach a custom icon to the .ISO? (cover art)

Thanks, everyone for any recommendations or suggestions on this.

Cheers!

#2

Play them in VLC and you won’t have to mount them. As to the cover art, I’d use Ant Movie Catalog (free) and write a small script to launch the movie in VLC. Ant has scripts that will get all sorts of info about a movie from the title.

#3

thx, olyteddy. i will definetly look into VLC. any suggestions on an app to rip the dvd quickly?

additionally and admittedly; i am not a developer. so i may not be able to write a script for the Ant MC program. if its not a ridiculously huge PITA, could you elaborate on that process a bit?

primarily, the process of applying a custom icon to the ISO. does this require another app. like jpg2icon or something like that?

i think, i’d be able to set it up so all the .iso files launch through VLC.

thanks again

#4

The reason I use Ant is it holds a lot of info like plot, actors, release date, etc. Pretty much anything you’d like to know about a movie. I don’t have a HD full of movies so I never looked into the scripting (except the pre written ones to gather info, print reports, etc) but the ‘language’ seems pretty simple. Ant also has a forum where people write and or trade scripts. There probably is one to launch VLC already.