I signed up for membership at the local library a long time ago, for a small anual fee (around 10 EUR). They have tons of Blurays and old DVDs (TV series, block

I signed up for membership at the local library a long time ago, for a small anual fee (around 10 EUR). They have tons of Blurays and old DVDs (TV series, blockbusters, international classics and art house movies). Once a month, I go there after work and take home interesting stuff (you can only rent 5 DVD + Blurays at once). I installed a Bluray/DVD drive in an old desktop PC and installed the Automatic Ripping Machine [0] on it. So at home, I just boot the machine, insert the rented DVD / Bluray, and ~12 hours later, the movie is copied to my local RAID and I receive an email that the ripping has finished. I can then watch the movie anytime I want via kodi in the living room. If I really want to watch some movie / series that is not owned by the library, I fill out an online form with a suggestion that the library buys the movie / series. It takes some time, of course, but they usually follow the suggestions. [0] https://github.com/automatic-ripping-machine/automatic-ripping-machine https://github.com/automatic-ripping-machine/automatic-rippi...