Kodi on a raspberry pi plays it fine - what else do you need?

^This.

I used a free version of Aiseesoft's blu-ray ripper that I got via giveawayoftheday (that kind of software tends to crop up every few months), and it worked fine, though it struggled with copy protection on some new blu-rays. I found another ripper called somethingorother that got around all that, it had the same UI albeit in a different colour, but was from another company. I'll dig out the name for you tonight.

Grand. I might start ripping my dvd/bluray collection in the near future.

If you want to seed it probably have a bit-HDTV invite

It's called 4Videosoft blu-ray ripper.

That's their main page, it's got a trial version and the full fat version retails at $39, but I'm sure a call to Jim might see you find it cheaper.

I'm a leacher :C

Ta - looks like it would work. 

I'm going to come back to this thread in a few months when I've got the storage space sorted to store all the rips centrally. 

Kodi's a bit poo though, innit?

In what way? Works well for me!

I dunno what it's like on a Pi but I use it for all my TV/video needs on a Mac Mini, got pretty much no complaints for serving content off my network at least.

On a Pi2 or Pi3 it's great.

I use it on an HP Chromebox and on an S905 based box.

Agreed, I use it on a Pi2 and 3, one for my main TV and one with a 7" touchscreen. It scales really well and with the right skin looks great n'all.

white?

I believe a nice grey is preferable.

Traditionally green.

I'm surprised that anyone is still using optical media...
 

A little while back I had some reason to put a disc in, I can't remember why, but it spinning up sounded like an aircraft taking off.

Also: :O   It's EP! (hug)

I actually had to buy a cheap USB DVD drive after buying my latest optical drive-less Alienware laptop but only because I wanted try try some of my old PC games, other than that I have no requirement.

I use Steam for games and Uncle Jim for films - download/watch/share/delete.

Also: Hi BP! {man hug} 

EEP!