DSM-G600, DNS-3xx and NSA-220 Hack Forum

Hi all,

Now that I have this DNS-323, 1TB in bay 1 (soon to be 2TB with the second bay), and gigabit networking/Wireless N system (see my prior post http://dns323.kood.org/forum/t565-Hitac … ility.html), I've been thinking on how I should use it.

The main reason I bought the DNS-323 was to be able to store/back-up my DVD/laserdisc movies (more than 800 titles) and 1,500+ CDs on it with no degradation in video or sound quality, in other words in perfect or near perfect quality as the original source.  I am wondering if anyone is using their system in a similar manner and could recommend Movie/CD library software that would download DVD and CD artwork and data, along with data from IMDb or Amazon, similar in nature to what Windows Media Player does when you rip a CD.  I would like to store all my movies and CDs (NOT in a lossy format like MP3) so I can enjoy their sound fidelity and video as if I were playing the original source CD or DVD through my audiophile entertainment center.  I am tired of having shelves of DVDs, Laserdiscs and CDs.  If I can access these on my 323 I can pack them away in boxes.

If I use the "black box" primarily for this function, then RAID may not be such a necessity in favor of more available storage space for all that media.  But then it would be such a pain to configure the same thing over again if one or both of the 1TB hard disks were to fail.

I just bought, but haven't really experimented with, SlySoft's AnyDVD and CloneDVD (http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html), but those are not library or jukebox-like software.  The D-Link DSM-510 (http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=1&pid=542#) doesn't look like it does what I want.  Collectorz Movie Collector looks like it may do the trick (http://www.collectorz.com/movie/dvd_library.php).  Is anyone doing anything like this and can give me some recommendations?

Thanks,
Ed

Last edited by berninahusq (2007-06-06 01:10:43)