Make a high quality DVD rip with HandBrake, then scp it over to the NAS. HandBrake is restricted to using 1/2 of the available cores on the box, and status updates are sent out using Pushover.

ripdvd.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Handy for those times you need to rip a title other than #1
HANDBRAKE_EXTRA_OPTIONS=$@

TITLE=`lsdvd /dev/sr0 | grep "Disc Title" | cut -d' ' -f 3`
HandBrakeCLI -i /dev/sr0 -o ${TITLE}.mp4 ${HANDBRAKE_EXTRA_OPTIONS} -Z "High Profile" &

# Restrict HandBrake to 1/2 the available cores.
cpulimit -p $! -l $(expr `nproc` / 2)00

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    curl -s \
        -F "token=${PUSHOVER_RIPDVD}" \
        -F "user=${PUSHOVER_USER}" \
        -F "message=${TITLE} ripped" \
        https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json
    scp ${TITLE}.mp4 tchaikowsky:/nas/movies/
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        curl -s \
            -F "token=${PUSHOVER_RIPDVD}" \
            -F "user=${PUSHOVER_USER}" \
            -F "message=${TITLE} SCPed" \
            https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json

            rm ${TITLE}.mp4
    else
        curl -s \
            -F "token=${PUSHOVER_RIPDVD}" \
            -F "user=${PUSHOVER_USER}" \
            -F "message=Error SCPing ${TITLE}" \
            https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json

        # The movie was successfully ripped, so we don't delete the file.
    fi
else
    curl -s \
        -F "token=${PUSHOVER_RIPDVD}" \
        -F "user=${PUSHOVER_USER}" \
        -F "message=Error ripping ${TITLE}" \
        https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json

    rm ${TITLE}.mp4
fi

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