Make a DVD I own, so I can watch it on my iPhone

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Originally Posted by astrochex

Good point, but how does he get the movie onto his phone?

VLC is available for i-things and has a upload via wireless where it simply fires up a simple webserver and you can drag/drop files via the browser

Then you can play your ripped movies in VLC on your i-thing and not need to worry...

[masraum]

Originally Posted by chapstic2001

Here's the Clifs Notes on what I do. DVD > makeMKV > handbrake > Plex > download to device. Plex is a selfhosted Netflix. It does cost money, but if you do it en mase, it is totally worth it. Plus you can stream your home library across the house, devices and watch remotely at a hotel with a Roku. I know that home streaming bit is not what you were asking for, but it is a very nice perk.

Why put makemkv between DVD and handbrake?

My process
DVD > handbrake > NAS (I could run Plex on my NAS, but don't)

I don't/can't stream remotely, but then I don't want/need to. Mine is only for local streaming.

Of course, Glenn just wants to rip a DVD or several to play on his phone which is the same as either your or my process without the last step.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by astrochex

Good point, but how does he get the movie onto his phone?

Using his favorite application of all time, iTunes. iTunes is the main method to move files (music, books, photos, videos) back and forth between an MS Win box and an iPhone/pad. THere are also other third party apps that act like iTunes for folks that want to go that route.

[chapstic2001]

I use handbrake to shrink the file size from MKV to save space on my NAS. Plus I like to over complicate things. I use docker for most of my stuff and I have had a B!tC# of a time with pass through of a DVD/BluRay from my server to docker makeMKV.

Originally Posted by masraum

Why put makemkv between DVD and handbrake?

My process
DVD > handbrake > NAS (I could run Plex on my NAS, but don't)

I don't/can't stream remotely, but then I don't want/need to. Mine is only for local streaming.

Of course, Glenn just wants to rip a DVD or several to play on his phone which is the same as either your or my process without the last step.

[chapstic2001]

Not a Mac guy here, Android user. Does Apple still require you to use iTunes or whatever to upload media to the phone? Lame.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by chapstic2001

Not a Mac guy here, Android user. Does Apple still require you to use iTunes or whatever to upload media to the phone? Lame.

I think iTunes is the preferred. It's been a while since I had a MS Win box at home, but the last time that I did, it was possible for the Win box to see the phone as a "drive" to transfer files, although I'm not sure everything would register with the appropriate apps. I think there are also some third party apps that will do the job of iTunes.

Way, WAY back, iTunes was HORRIBLE. It got much, MUCH better, but then I am on a Mac now, so I don't know how it's changed since I switched.

I used to be hardcore Android. I had the first Google phone, and then had the second, and rooted my first 3 Android phones. Android was, IMO, much, much better to IOS back in the day. I think at some point the gap shrank and the lead started to be handed off back and forth between them. Then as others in the family started getting iPhones, and iPads, and the wife got her first Mac, the interoperability between the phones and all of the other systems because the feature that really pushed IOS ahead of Android for me. Plus, all of the Android phones had so much platform specific bloat whether it was from Motorola, Samsung, etc.... That's why I liked the Google phones was because they were just Android.

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by Arizona_928

I wouldn’t share any burnt movies through online download platforms…. Offline hard drives.

Though with Plex you can download your movies right from your library.

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I am using Win 11 Pro.

That seems like total workaround, and real pain in the butt.

Back in the days of my iPhone 5s, I just ripped the DVD to a MP4 file as I remember. Then I just put it in a folder for iTunes (the worst POS piece of software ever) and it worked fine. Now the digital media right stuff has become a lot more strict. I totally understand copyright, and I don't want to cheat at all. I just want to watch one of my DVDs on my phone.

I want it stored on my phone, so I don't need internet or 5G or Bluetooth or any connection, just play a file on my iPhone. I have multiple videos on my phone I shot, but they are kinda boring even to me.

Stuck at the doctor's office or at the airport, I have a movie to watch (I do have Bluetooth headphones) and occupy some time.

I really should not be that hard.

Handbrake will rip it to MKV or MPG for you. I think VLC will as well. MakeMKV is great and free but has bugs now and then.

That said, I have ripped hundreds of our DVDs with MakeMKV and used Handbrake when the MakeMKV didn't work.

They are in Plex for us to stream anywhwere or download for airplane mode.