52TB unRAID Server - Page 32

Originally Posted by Murlocke 

- Rip as a full ISO using AnyDVD (You technically don't even need to do this, DVDFab will do it, but I trust AnyDVD more with encryption)
- Load ISO in PowerDVD, and see whats going on with the audio/subtitle tracks. Look for "extended editions", etc.
- Use DVDFab's Blu-ray Copy to rip out main movie then automatically create a new ISO with only the main movie. This is not always an easy process, as there is sometimes many different types of the movie (especially on Disney movies).
Sadly, forced subtitles are the biggest headache in the world. There are 3 kinds:
1) Forced subtitles built into normal subtitles. 99.9% of the time they are track 1. If you keep all english subtitles, it *SHOULD* in 99% of cases, find these forced subs and automatically play them even after running it through DVDFab. I still randomly come across movies I need to re-rip and fix because of these though, maybe 1 in 100 movies.
2) A completely separate subtitle track that is enabled by default when you play the movie. You must manually check for these and if it exists, you must tell DVDFab to enable the subtitle track by default. Mild annoyance, hard to mess up as long as you check the full ISO.
3) Hardcoded into the movie. These are easy and can be ignored.
I use PowerDVD to launch the full ISO to see what's going on before I tell DVDFab what I want to leave, and what I want to remove. For some movies, it takes 30 seconds to figure out. For others, it can take 5+ minutes to figure it all out. It's still a heck of a lot simpler than converting them to MKV though. I'm OCD, so I remove all but 1 english subtitle track and that's what usually takes the longest to verify. I leave 2 subtitle tracks on there if forced subtitles are totally separate, like in example 2. However, by removing english subtitles tracks, there is a chance you will remove a track that has built-in forced subtitles, like in example 1.
The only way to be 100% sure is just to watch the movie after you remove all the extras. The easiest way, is to just not remove any english subtitle tracks, and only check the full ISO for example 2 subtitles. That should work for 100% of movies. Some movies have like 10 subtitle tracks though, and it can be pretty annoying when you actually want to enable the real subtitles.

Originally Posted by Murlocke 

I paid about twice that from Norco Direct.
Nice server you have there, about 50TB? Seems lots are starting to build them. The norco cases make it so easy, such a good value for how much they cost.