Convert Those DVD's To Use In Plex

Unfortunately Plex doesn't seem to support DVD's

I amuse you have rip your personal DVD collection and found that Plex doesn't detect them.

Use MakeMkv Batch : http://www.makemkvbatch.com/   website down

Try : http://www.videohelp.com/tools/VidCoder - works well




There is a quick fix, works at the moment but who knows how long for.

You could move all the DVD's into one folder then setup a new Library

You just move the VOB files only into a folder (must be in folder) and name them as follows

Vts_02_1 s01e01
Vts_02_1 s01e02
Vts_02_1 s01e03

As you can see in this example Vts_02_0 is the first file so I added labelled this as s01e01 then s01e02 and so on.

Vts_02_0.vob will be renamed to Vts_02_0 s01e01.vob
Vts_02_1.vob will be renamed to Vts_02_0 s01e02.vob
Vts_02_2.vob will be renamed to Vts_02_0 s01e03.vob
Vts_02_3.vob will be renamed to Vts_02_0 s01e04.vob
Vts_02_4.vob will be renamed to Vts_02_0 s01e05.vob
Vts_02_5.vob will be renamed to Vts_02_0 s01e06.vob
Vts_02_6.vob will be renamed to Vts_02_0 s01e07.vob

This only works if you setup a new library as TV shows.

You can do this by clicking on the + sign

Then TV Shows

Then Type the name you want to give this EG. Movies2 or DVD's click next

Now click browse for Media Folder

Select the newly created folder with all your DVD's

Then click Add Library

Should look like this

As you can see there is there is 1 Cover with 7 VOB Files inside

A snap shot of each was created.

It would be wiser to convert those Dvd's to say MKV as MKV is supported.

DVD tools

VobMerge: http://www.evilmaster.net/

You can create one Vob file then convert to MKV or use MkvMerge.

MkvMerge : https://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/

Once you download the mkvtoolnix run mmg.exe (MkvMerge)

Another great tool is MakeMKV : http://www.makemkv.com/

Rename your tv series : https://code.google.com/p/mediarenamer/downloads/list

Or rename your Movies with Media Center Master : http://www.mediacentermaster.com/