I’ve been buying DVDs and Blu Rays, then ripping to my NAS, and running Jellyfin to serve.

It’s really nice to be able to stream any of my DVDs or Blu Rays, to any screen, without having to actually having to hook up a player or find the specific disk.

How has your luck been on ripping them? I’ve taken a similar route but have mixed results on the ripping side of things. Different quality levels, more/less DRM to get around depending on the disk etc.

Other than scratches, I've never had a problem with DVDs, and I think there's been only a couple of Blu Rays have given me trouble.

I use MakeMKV to rip, and then Handbrake to encode at a standard quality level (resolution, frame rate, codec, bitrate, etc).

I've used Handbrake to digitally archive my collection with good results, once I settled on a container and codecs.

I ditched Netflix years ago, and am not interested in any other streaming services. As a result, I have gone back to physical media.

It's been really, really great, actually. I may not be able to get streaming originals, but personally, that's not been even a little issue. There is more excellent stuff available in the existing catalog of physical media than I have time left in my life to see anyway.

I've also been buying new and used DVDs and Blu-Ray that have movies and shows that I hold dear, and rediscovering old favorites. That's been great.

Blu Ray is really going through a renaissance. After extra features were stripped from releases in 2010s, boutique Blu Ray labels have made buying movies on physical media fun again.

Sadly, a lot of things are never released on physical media. Disney is terrible about this with their shows.