NAS Newbie--moving movies to hard drive

matthewpartrick · « **on:** 26 Nov 2016, 03:13 pm »

Haven't bought the NAS yet, leaning towards Synology. I have a bunch of 1TB usb drives lying around; can I use a program to load my movies onto this before I get the NAS (maybe xmas gift) or is it a waste of time?

Thx

PS. I've got the audio files covered already!

jtwrace · « **Reply #1 on:** 26 Nov 2016, 03:26 pm »

No. all drives need to be configured once installed on the nas.

jonbee · « **Reply #2 on:** 26 Nov 2016, 04:46 pm »

Quote from: jtwrace on 26 Nov 2016, 03:26 pm

No. all drives need to be configured once installed on the nas.

That's correct. You can load them onto a drive that you are not planning to use in the NAS, then transfer them to the NAS using usb or network connections if that helps.

matthewpartrick · « **Reply #3 on:** 26 Nov 2016, 06:06 pm »

Quote from: jonbee on 26 Nov 2016, 04:46 pm

That's correct. You can load them onto a drive that you are not planning to use in the NAS, then transfer them to the NAS using usb or network connections if that helps.

But, for whatever format the DVD will be in, that won't change, correct? So I could theoretically put them on the USB drive and then transfer them to the NAS when it's set up?

jtwrace · « **Reply #4 on:** 26 Nov 2016, 06:23 pm »

Quote from: matthewpartrick on 26 Nov 2016, 06:06 pm

But, for whatever format the DVD will be in, that won't change, correct? So I could theoretically put them on the USB drive and then transfer them to the NAS when it's set up?

Yes. Get a hard drive reader (toaster) and you can plug all drives into it and transfer. Very simple.

matthewpartrick · « **Reply #5 on:** 26 Nov 2016, 06:46 pm »

Quote from: jtwrace on 26 Nov 2016, 06:23 pm

Yes. Get a hard drive reader (toaster) and you can plug all drives into it and transfer. Very simple.

I reripped all my music files in FLAC about two years ago, but have never done this for DVD. Is there a specific program you recommend or would it come with the hardware?

ctviggen · « **Reply #6 on:** 26 Nov 2016, 10:38 pm »

DVDs are encrypted and you need to remove the copy protection. Usually you also need a program like DVD Shrink, which puts the DVD into basically a software copy.

jonbee · « **Reply #7 on:** 27 Nov 2016, 03:01 am »

Makemkv.com software rips to an uncompressed mkv file, bypassing copy protection. You can use other software to reformat the mkv if you wish, or just play them as is.