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Marty, brilliant work here! If we were in person, I'd "bro hug" you. :mrgreen: The flasher tool worked like a charm. No brainer. WH16NS60 w/Vantec enclosure, flashed in about 30 seconds. Fired up MakeMKV, now Ripping Ford Vs. Ferrari. Golf clap, air Five, etc...Thanks a lot! Let me know if...

Folks, thank you very much for your thoughtful replies and the time you spent writing them!
I'm going to soak this all in and reply with a few thoughts and questions.
Cheers!

Thanks Woodstock. I should have used the correct terminology. I was combining the whole enterprise of "ripping" and "encoding" under the "ripping" label. Yes, the encoding is taking a very long time. The system I was designing from NewEgg had a newer Mobo and Ryzen 5700...

Hi folks. I'm building a new PC dedicated to ripping Blurays and 4K movies. Been using MakeMKV and handbrake on a Win10 Pro VM on my QNAP, but it's as slow as molasses in Quebec in January. My plan is to rip them on the PC, then transfer them to My QNAP via 10G DAC, through my Microtik 10G switch. P...