If you wish to stream and play these contents thru Plex, you'll need to convert them into Plex compatible formats. Powerful as Plex, it doesn't add support for the use of DVD files like DVD discs, DVD ISO, Video_TS folder, or other 'disk image' formats. Plex is a free media software that can organize all your collected movies, TV shows, music, and photos and present them to you on devices like smart TVs, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, gaming consoles, phones, tablets, and way more. Wondering what the best practice/software/settings are. I am using Ubuntu so installing it was fairly easy.Thinking about ripping my DVD collection to my plex media server (so I can take my DVDs to storage and free up some space in my living room. Using the HandBrake CLI it is possible to transcode files in a headless way and even write a script to process several of them at once. That side is all fairly simple, but I needed to use it on a server with a command line. Most of the documentation will discuss using its Windows or Mac applications as desktop tools. HandBrake is a free tool to transcode media files. The best thing to do is to transcode in advance. If you server is not very powerful or you are using a NAS, it might not be possible to transcode.

When you transcode a large file like a Blu-ray movie, you will need either a powerful computer or a lot of time. The main one is that transcoding is a complex process. This is when the file is transcoded while it’s playing but that has problems. To keep things, simple lets assume your mkv file will need transcoding. Some mkv files will need transcoding, and some will not. Technically Plex does support mkv but it’s complicated. The other reason to convert is compatibility. If disk space is a problem for you then you can reduce the quality during the conversion process. That’s still big, but it’s better than before. mp4, even with a high-quality level, you will get a file of around 10-15GB. With files that large, you will quickly run out of space. There are two main reasons to convert the files, size and compatibility. In this article, I will cover how to convert this into a. I use MakeMKV for that and the output is a rather large. In my previous article, I discussed how I rip content from DVDs and Blu-ray for my home media server.

Adding movies to plex