You can also use the Synology to to replace your aging Airport Time Capsule to backup your computer with Time Machine.

I saw Everything Under The Sun. Sublime is one of the most diverse bands ever! Awesome collection!

You can also use an older Mac if you have one laying around and not using, or even just buy a used older Mac and turn it into your Home Server, add your movies to the Apple TV app to host them and then you can stream to any Mac, iPhone, iPad or Apple TV in your house, no need to pay for Plex or other solutions. No need to buy a NAS drive either, you can just use a DAS RAID enclosure and its much cheaper than a NAS. You could also use external SSDs to hold your movies. Currently I have 2 OWC Thunderbay 4 RAID drives attached to my MBP Server, one holds all my photography RAWs, the other is a clone of the first.

OK I watched the video and Plex is okish but pulls a lot of CPU of the NAS and your ripped videos seem to be only 480p?

Hey Shane. Thanks for this. I use this only for my movie server on our tvs. Is there a way to make the movie tiles smaller, so in other words, instead of like 6 movies per row, make it like 10 on a row. I have over 1000 vids. its murder scrolling down. Im assuming by just changing the size of the tiles, it will fit more. Also, on your tv screen you have the availability to see the letters of the alphabet on the right side, so if u want movies beginning with "G" you just click 'G" . I dont have that, just a scroll bar. Any idea what im missing? Any help would be appreciated

Does pled support 1080p and 4K? As well as any encoding for 7.1/7.2 audio? Or Dolby atmos

Can you point Plex to a different folder/volume? I have Plex installed on my NAS, but have my rips put in the main volume in a folder named "Active Files" that stores DVD's, TV Shows, Google Sketchup, Scans (document scans), iTunes, Music, OneNote & money files. All my rips go into the Active Files folder and with around 2,000 DVD's, I don't really want to move/copy them over to the Plex library folder ... is it possible to point the Plex library over to the Active Files folder in my main volume?

THANKS SHANE! I have a huge DVD collection but any time we wanted to watch one I would have to go grab it out of the computer room and then place it in the DVD player. But NO, NOW I WANT A NAS!!! OMG! That is so slick! I wonder if I could also use it with my Apple Computers as a Time Machine? If so I will be buying one very soon. Oh hell, who am I trying to kid! I want one for my DVD Collection!!! Shane you just cost me a chunk of money dude! Thanks as always for the amazing and informative video!

trying to get my power rangers dvds on their become netflix is removing the shows in febuary but having issues getting the episodes to get them to show up ?

Great video, didn't even know this was possible. Setup looks simple and the interface of Plex on Apple TV looks clean and easy to use. Your b roll of the dvd's was really good!

I have a huge library of music, tv shows, and movies on an external drive from iTunes. I also have ton of dvds. Is there a way to combine content you've ripped and existing iTunes library so you have one library to search from? I don't want to have to look through two movie folders or two tv show folders to find content. I'm very new to this so I appreciate anyone's advice so I can decide if I'm moving forward with a purchase or not. I also understand that iTunes has a server app. Is anyone using that? Thanks!

Can you stream from Synology Nas to your client outside your network? Avoiding the Plex charge? You can listen to your music with Synology app. Wondering about movies. Thanks

this might be a tuff question, but do the region codes matter when burning the dvd's? after they are burned, can they be streamed?

I moved from Plex to DS Video from Synology. No Plex Pass required and same functionality. Would love to see you compare the two possibilities

Something I am a little confused about, if I spend money on a NAS, do I also have to buy hard drives to put in it? Or do they come with it?

Hi This is very interesting in as the process for me. What is a good DVD ripper? I am trying Prism freebie (NCH) but facing issues -

Two years ago I decided to rip my DVD and Blu-ray collection. I set up a Plex server on my Synology NAS, a 918+ which has an Intel processor they can simultaneously transcode at least 2 HD streams on playback. I used a combination of AnyDVDHD, MakeMKV, and Handbrake. I also bought a program called Advanced Rename. Highly recommended as it does batch renaming of the files. It can pull movie and tv epidode title data from an online database. This makes file naming MUCH easier, especially for TV shows. I had 600+ discs so I dedicated a Windows gaming laptop to the job. It took about 18 months to get everything ripped, named, and to get the titles, background pictures, and sort info straightened out on Plex. It was well worth it, and my only recommendation to others who might want to try this is to understand the beginning it’s going to be a slog. But you will get through it!

Brilliant info. Game changing. Cheers.

Thank you ☺️👏🏾😁, exactly what I was looking for.

Hi Shane thanks again for that nice vid and explanation. WOuld you like to share who you setup your drives and redundancy of them?

Question: Does Plex add subtitle by it self? Reason I started using Infuse Pro is that it has a build-in funtion for searching subtile so you don't have to add them yourself to the folder.

Great video, thank you. Unfortunately I can't use Plex as my TV is ancient, so I play the movies through my old but smart dvd. I also have to convert the mkv's to mp4's. I know, go out and get a modern tv except none of what I've seen comes close to my picture.

Well done Shane.

@ShaneCreates Great video thank you. I’ve been wanting to do this for years but couldn’t find such a clear set of instructions. Silly question but what hardware do I need to get the dvds into mkv format? I don’t have a computer or dvd write drives just an iPad at present. Anybody help gratefully received.

That’s soo cool! We do have a lot of DVDs and VUDU won’t recognize the DVDs we have to add them to our library due to different UPC codes. So, this will be very helpful to consider :) Thanks for the great vid!

Can you recommend good how to for digitizing dvds? Specifically, software that digitizes blu rays and dvds etc

i built a media server ages ago for my DVD, Blu-rays and a few of the older HD DVDs. But i built my own not using a nas. I have a 12Terabyte of storage. I don't have the protection you have tho. I use the emby server, had too many issues with Plex I use DVDFab

Hey Shane can you look into making a video using your NAS with video cameras like the Eufy 4K cameras to really keep everything local

Thanks! That was awesome!

So, how did you convert your DVD's to NAS - you know as the title stated???

@Shane Whatley Do you recommend getting a SmartTV even though you have an AppleTV?

Show us how to install the movies to our apple tv hard drive. I got a big hard drive so i can install the few movies I have.

How are you digitizing your movies??? I have a Plex that I purchased for this purpose but could not figure out a good solution for digitizing the videos

How do the DVDs look when you play them at Original Quality instead of Convert Automatically?

Looking for a blue ray player to rip my movies. Can you suggest an inexpensive unit? Thanks

It's how it should be, man. Good job 👍

Shane I have roughly 600 DVDs/Bluray movies and TV shows in box collections. I’m thinking about getting the 4 bay synology but what size TB should I need just for my DVD collection. Also can I have each hard drive for a different function-(ie one for DVDs, one for Music/ pictures, one for files & the last one for security cameras) Thanks for your input

Best Chanel on KZfaq 🙌 those effects tho come on

Yo Shane I did the same thing 7-8 years ago. I ended up using Drobo and Plex to stream the media. I also ripped my Bluyrays and few HD-DVD I had. Project took 1 year, but was worth it. The Plex AppleTV app is awesome!

Hey Shane. Thanks for the video! Was very helpful. Been looking for something like this for awhile now but am a pretty newbie with the whole NAS environment. Was curious if most of your videos were streaming back in 1080-p onto your tv's? Have you tried 4k with the ds920+? Really looking for right now just a great home media server to stream to all my devices no matter what they are. Really looking for a good picture, stream onto big tv in family room without issues. The backup of the NAS is just icing. Does the ds920+ still suit all your needs? Or would you recommend another Synology NAS now over the 920? Curious to hear your thoughts. Have similar setup to you, streaming from 4k Apple tvs. Thxs.

Shane, do you use this for Time Machine backups as well? Searched your content and didn't find anything yet but seemed like a tangent topic to this one, maybe a future video perhaps?

Excellent, I built my Plex server on a raspberry pi 3B+. I put my entire music library on it. It only uses $5/yr in electricity running 24/7.

Did you use any specific burner tech? My iMac doesn’t have a DVD drive, and I’ll probably get one to do this at some point. Thanks.

Sweeet .. you HAVE answered some questions for me to help make ends meet .. Big time thanks .. YUP, my Daughters TOO are lovin this Thanks again Brother, Partner, Pals hahaha

Great video and this is something I’ve been considering but the hard drive space just stops me. I feel like it might be less expensive to just buy digital copies of a lot of my movies. However, we have a lot of older ones that you can’t purchase digitally. The ideal scenario for me would be to somehow have my ripped movies/tv shows in the same app/library with all of the movies/tv shows I have purchased from Apple over the years. But due to DRM (which is fair-I’m not trying to break the law or anything) I haven’t found a way to do that. Also, does Siri work with Plex by any chance? Can you integrate Plex with HomeKit shortcuts? Again, great video!

Why did you choose plex over the Synology app? What will the difference be if I use a WD external HD via my TVs usb vs the NAS and ATV?

What did you use to rip the dvds to the NAS?

How about 4K bluray’s?

I was getting ready to donate my dvd’s until I saw this video. thanks will certainly give it a go.

Awesome! Thanks for the breakdown. Now adding Synology NAS to my wishlist! How’s the quality of the videos once you rip them and get them on there? I see it says 480p in the description of the movies. Also, about how long does it take to convert a video to the mkv format?

So about how many DVD's / Blue Rays movies can you hold on that NAS you have? I understand that Expansion of that NAS is a thing and it as well depends on the Size of the Hard Drives you place in your NAS I just would like to know how many movies you can load to that Drive as you have it set up? In this video you say you put in 2 x 14TB Drives.

What did you use to upload your Blu-ray DVDs?

Nice video I have an iMac Can you suggest a burner that will burn Blu-ray and regular DVDs compatible with my iMac

FYI if your mkv file does not have subtitle tracks or the language you want, Plex lets you search for alternate subtitle sources on the internet and automatically use them

Great vid! Are there important differences (quality, transferability, etc) in saving files as .mkv rather than .mp4? Safe to assume Plex can handle both formats?

Instead of having all those physical folders for "Christmas movies", "children movies", etc. use Plex's collections feature. I have all my movie folders are genre and have collections for Christmas movies, MCU, Star wars, DC, etc. you can add and remove collections with out having to change your file structure.

How do you convert your DVDs into files that can be loaded onto the Synology Drive?

How much time does it take you to rip each 90 minute movie from disk to an electronica file?

Hey Shane, great video as always. I see this was made 2 years ago and was wondering how it’s held up. Is this still your preferred method? I’d like to make a digital library of my 1,000+ movies/shows.

Shane, after you use MakeMKV do you use a program like HandBrake to make those large MKV files more manageable or do you just put them into your movie file in your NAS? I HandBrake mine and I can’t notice any difference...

You have the incorrect KZfaq link under "Naming & Organizing your Movie Files". It is the same link as "Synology NAS First-Time Installation & Setup Guide". Also, I don't see the link for the movie conversion software you used to "rip" your DVD's. Were you planning on listing that as well?

I just started to following you,but I didn’t get it , how you transfer the dvd or blue ray to the Hd. I understand the app what makes mkv, but how you take the physical dvd to store it, I appreciate the explanation

When I first started buying Disney movies for the kids I’d always make sure I got the disks with the digital copy so I’d have all of them in iTunes when we traveled. We have a ton of DVD’s too and it’s such a daunting task to even consider but thanks so much for the idea!

What’s the maximum bitrate?

Happy to see your channel growing steady. Been watching for a while. Great content.

Did you try and use HomePod as your speakers when watching something on plex? I’ve noticed it’s always out of sync. Also wouldn’t it be sweet if Siri was able to open a movie in plex?

you should do a viewer question/suggestion video!

As of this writing (12/21), the Plex Media Server for Synology is not offered in the Packages. It is necessary to go to Synology downloads and do it with the Manual Install button on Synology Packages. No biggie, it installs fine, just not via Synology.

Good video...

What burner did you use ?

If you have an always on computer, run plex server on it then buy a $100 usb hdd. I use small powered over usb drives connected to an old mac mini. You can now also take all your movies on the road with you and plug the drive into a laptop.

A quick suggestion - please don't move your mouse as much when you re doing a demo, it's quite distracting... I know it's a habit, I do it as well...

Hi man, can I do the same with a QNAP nas?

I use Plex server and use Infuse app on my ATV 4K/iPhone/iPad. Much cleaner and fits the aesthetic more

Thank you my brother for friends video out

Better to go to the Plex.tv website and download the latest Plex synology update and install manually on your NAS, the version on the synology App Store isn't the most up to date.

Pretty cool Shane I've been using plex for a few years already, stopped using for a while Since found neighbors could view you library thru Xbox. But if ok with that go ahead. The security thing you got may stop that not sure

Network tour?

Just question, why not just get smart tv that accepts input from external hard drive. I would image quality of movies would be superior to NAS set up. These TVs have gotten super cheap.

Look at des app on Apple TV infuse

But how did you get them converted onto the hard drive?

Where’s the part on how I convert our dvds to computer.

Using only .MVK is great because you don't loose any resolution, since it's there's no compression in the process. The downside is that .MKV files size varie between 20 to 30GB per BD. Now you're fine because you got 14TB of disk space to host all those big files, but those disks normally cost 500$ each, so 1000$ here + the NAS. What most of us end up doing is to get lower capacity disks but to compress each .MKV files in .MP4/.M4V format with HandBrake. This shrink a BD down to 4-5GB. I wish I'd be in your place because the compression process is about 2-3 hours each time. And I'm not talking about multiple technical issues between .MKV and Plex.

Do I have to buy the server and the drives or drives come with the server ?

Quite interested in this product. Couple questions A. How does many movies (blirays) can you add to a server B. Can you add additional drives to the server? What happens when you hit max capacity? B. Can this work with cds, sacd, DVD-audio. D. Talk about the quality... does a 4K bluray look better than a regular DVD.

I like having DVDs.

5:00 Video Station uses hardware transcoding, Plex won't unless you use the paid version.

You can still use the dvds after this right?

did you use hand break to rip the movies?

Welcome to the Plex family 👍🏾

how long did it take to rip all these dvds...??

Jeez...I’ve been rebuying all my movies on digital. This would definitely save me some cash 💵

What software was used to get the DVDs into mkv?

12:31 Shane, I am a longtime follower. I have 3-400 DVD’s that I own, and want to rip and create a PLEX media server to be able to watch on all my devices. I use Apple devices. My question is what is the best way to rip? I have HANDBRAKE, a new Apple SuperDrive, 4-4TB External HD’s. I am waiting to get my Synology NAS until I can figure out how to get the DVD’s ripped successfully. Is there a step I’m missing? Will the Make MKV beta software allow me to rip my protected DVD and BluRay discs? I’m not concerned about disc space and like the features you pointed out in your KZfaq video. Will you point me in the right direction to get the information I need to successfully complete my rips? Thank you! Kirk

Using DS Video is imho easier and totally free of charge. It would be interesting how you get bluray discs to a file using a Mac.

Nice video...and I was so excited that I spent about 2K on a 5 bay Synology NAS, SSD discs, upgraded memory, etc to use as my PLEX media server. I spent hours upon hours uploading my 400+ DVD collection to digital (took me 2 months) and I was so so so excited! I confirmed that I had the PLEX app on all my TVs - I was beyond ecstatic...THEN, after loading everything in my NAS, and then to PLEX.....I open the PLEX app on my TV (Comcast Xfinity provider), only to learn that the PLEX app on Xfinity will not allow access to your personal media files - yes, I mean the 400+ DVDs that I uploaded. All you can access through the PLEX app on Xfinity is the free content and live TV -- what a B*!%&! I am beyond disappointed. I'm not only mad at Comcast, but why would PLEX allow such an agreement knowing that most people set up PLEX to stream their personal media content!??!! The only workaround I've found so far is to open PLEX on my iPhone and cast it to my TV - not ideal but it works. Does anyone know if Verizon Fios has the same limitation?

At 18:14, it loos like you have it set to "Convert automatically" instead of "Play Original Quality"

does the apple tv plesk app work offline?

I just got rid of my DVD's yesterday (GOODWILL) and I'm now seeing this 🙃