2010-05-25, 21:27
Forgive me if my search of the forums didn't yield an answer that already exists somewhere-
I basically want to rip all mine and my wifes exercise DVD's to ISO's, and store them on a PC's HD in the basement running XBMC. No HD content (as I don't know if the PC/Vid Card will handle it), but I am sure there will be occasional avi, mpg, wmv files, and some MP3's as well. Primarily ISO's though, stored on the PC in the basement hooked up to a projector.
I was planning on doing the whole XBMC Live thing installed to a 2gig USB drive I have laying around.
Will this all work?
So I will boot to XBMC Live via USB, and then have access to ISO's dumped onto the PC's local HD?
Or is there a better way to go about this? Like would it be better/faster to install XBMC to a fresh Ubuntu build, and then I can just use a 2nd HD in that machine to store the media?
I want it to be quick and easy to use, and also easy to add/delete ISO's stored on my network, or from a USB External HD.
Please keep in mind, I am no Linux expert by any means, but know my way around technical stuff/computers.
Thanks!
I basically want to rip all mine and my wifes exercise DVD's to ISO's, and store them on a PC's HD in the basement running XBMC. No HD content (as I don't know if the PC/Vid Card will handle it), but I am sure there will be occasional avi, mpg, wmv files, and some MP3's as well. Primarily ISO's though, stored on the PC in the basement hooked up to a projector.
I was planning on doing the whole XBMC Live thing installed to a 2gig USB drive I have laying around.
Will this all work?
So I will boot to XBMC Live via USB, and then have access to ISO's dumped onto the PC's local HD?
Or is there a better way to go about this? Like would it be better/faster to install XBMC to a fresh Ubuntu build, and then I can just use a 2nd HD in that machine to store the media?
I want it to be quick and easy to use, and also easy to add/delete ISO's stored on my network, or from a USB External HD.
Please keep in mind, I am no Linux expert by any means, but know my way around technical stuff/computers.
Thanks!