I had a similar challenge many years ago. I worked at a computer lab and had access to about 25 Dell Optiplex 380s, and I had about 200 DVDs I wanted to rip. Th

I had a similar challenge many years ago. I worked at a computer lab and had access to about 25 Dell Optiplex 380s, and I had about 200 DVDs I wanted to rip. They were for a friend, who was compiling city council meeting videos for a county. So, I slightly modified Knoppix and started a netboot server, and made a dvd ripping cluster. I didn't end up doing exactly this, but it's worth trying DVD::Rip. It specifically has support for ripping clusters[1]. But it doesn't even have to be something as complicated as a cluster, just as long as you parallelize things. How many laptops are you allowed to bring with you? Could you bring five laptops and 10 dvd drives? [1]: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1217643 https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1217643