DVDP2VI’ve reached a point where soggy toast and little vegemite finger prints are the norm in my house.  (Davo if you’re reading this, all those good times to come my friend) 

I’m also reaching the point where my son obsesses over my DVD collection more than I do, and not for the same reasons.

So I bought myself a 500Gb Western Digital Mybook.  It was really cheap, looks great, and sits nicely beside my Media Centre.

I’ve just finished copying up half of my DVD collection.  It was pretty much a straight copy with all the directors commentaries and stuff.  To copy the DVDs, I used AnyDVD and robocopy — and a small Vbscript to automate the “copy and eject process“.

With Vista, you will need to review KB 930526 and James’ walkthrough.

This means I’ve now emptied a full shelf on bookcase, which is about ~110 DVDs and reduced the footprint to something the size of a decent novel or hardback.  (See the photo above)

For the virtualization geeks, it’s kind of the ultimate P2V. :)

So tonight I’ll pack all the DVDs in storage crate, wrap it in plastic, and put them in lockup.  I’ve still got two more shelves of DVDs to do, so I’m off to the computerstore to buy another MyBook.

I’m very happy with the end result.  No more stressing, over soggy toast in the DVD drive, or scratched DVDs ending up in the dog bowl.  [Don't laugh]