www.makemkv.com

I have a SSD connected to my computer where I rip backups to and then make .mkv files from. When I'm happy with the results, I then push them to my NAS.

This is the fastest way I've found to do this stuff and a 1 TB or 2 TB SSD isn't that expensive these days.


This sounds like the ideal ...

So far I’ve had 100% success rate but also fairly new at all this.

Based off the given information you provided it’s safe to assume those two large files are the film. The larger being the Director’s Cut.

KeyNo wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 3:22 pm How do I downscale 'on the fly' so to speak? (bearing in mind I'm playing movies on my PC).

Transcoding using software like Plex. Would recommend hardware encoders for this to work effectively.

DRM is preventing you from altering Apple obtained .m4v movies.

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