I have kind of a massive collection of DVD and Blu-ray discs that I’d like to rip because our Blu-ray player is dying and a network drive is just a lot more convenient and accessible. I’m on a pretty tight budget, but I’d like to try to find an efficient way to get this done so long as it doesn’t break the bank. My target budget would be under $100, but cheaper is always better.
Searching this subreddit yielded projects like this one. While I’m no electrical engineer, I’m decent at soldering, have a 3-D printer, and have been building and upgrading my own overkill PCs for almost a decade. I would be comfortable putting together an enclosure like this if necessary. I’ve already got large USB hubs so, if I’ve understood that build correctly, all I would need is the drives and some USB adapters, and possibly to construct a basic enclosure.
Is this kind of set up the best path to inexpensively but efficiently rip my movie collection? What other solutions would people recommend on a sub-$100 budget? I probably don’t need as many drives as the post I linked because there’s no urgency to getting it done; I just don’t want to limit myself to ripping a single disc at a time.