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Good Disk Library Solutions?

Posted by samzenpus on from the keeping-order dept.

First time submitter fikx writes "How do Slashdotters manage large collections of disks? I'm hoping for a way to manage a large collection of movies that would give me menu type access to the content, and the only consumer device left seems to be the Sony disk changer, which is discontinued. I would have thought that handling disks would have been a solved problem and on sale in many forms, but I guess not. Have Slashdotters found or built solutions? Or has this problem gone the way of the typewriter?"

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  1. A hash of stacks of Least Recently Used disks ... by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... sitting on the living room floor. The system is managed by an ugly bag of mostly water.

    Surprising efficient and effective.

    Low tech for high brows.

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  2. Re:Yes, typewriter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Really Geeky Solution should involve a noisy robotic arm, huge metallic shelves, Raspberry Pi, Linux and Darth Vader voice synth :)

  3. Re:let's see DRM, high cost of HDD's get in the wa by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

    and there are still some of us who grudgingly but respectfully honor the rule of law.

    Citation needed.

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  4. Be realistic. by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 4, Funny
    Of the hundreds of movies that you own, how many are you going to watch? Go through your collection and make three piles:
    • Movies that you have watched in the last one year
    • Movies that you were planning to watch but did not get around to
    • Movies that you did not even know you had, especially the second and third copies that you bought without realizing you already had a copy or two

    Store those movies in these file folders with plastic pockets. Buy the kind that will let you also store the jewel case printed material.

    Figure out how many hours a week you are planning to watch movies from your collection. Figure out how many years it is going to take to finish what you already have. Finally realize the only reason you have such a big collection is to brag about the size of the collection. So save some money on the techno solutions and buy more movies to enhance the bragging.

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  5. Re:let's see DRM, high cost of HDD's get in the wa by 6Yankee · · Score: 5, Funny

    I consider raping, murdering, and eating your neighbors to be criminal.

    So as long as I don't eat them, it's cool? Cool.

  6. Re:let's see DRM, high cost of HDD's get in the wa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Hey guys, is there anyway to automate boring task?"

    "Sure! Just manually perform boring task first and this program will perform irrelevant task for you automatically!"

    Thanks. Really.