I’m not able to rip a lot of recent DVDs and Blu-Rays. I used to use Handbrake, but it just doesn’t seem to work any more ...
The reason I’m interested in an AppleTV is because I’ve got a TON of music through Apple’s iCloud service, and could stream them through the AppleTV. Would just be convenient to use it as my living room multimedia hub ...
Most of my recent stuff comes with digital copies anyway, so I haven’t noticed; plus, there’s not of recent stuff I get anymore, it’s mostly my older collection of DVDs that I’m ripping. Got most of the movies, doing space calculations for TV series... may have to be choosy about what to rip.
You may need to update VLC, as Handbrake uses it for DVD decryption.