ITunes & DVD ripping question

Trying to do a little HD cleaning and have a quick question.
I have recently ripped some of my DVD's to my HD. This resulted in having .dvdmedia files after the rip. I then used handbrake to convert the .dvdmedia files to .m4v files.
I imported all the .m4v files into iTunes to playback via ATV.
Now that everything is imported into iTunes, is there any reason why I wouldn't want to delete the .dvdmedia & .m4v files that are on my HD? Are these not just extra copies taking up space? Figured I better ask before deleting.
Thanks!

If the movies are in iTunes and you've verified that the movie files were copied to the iTunes folder, there's no reason why you'd need the duplicate files unless you just want them for a backup.
Regards.

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I would like to use iTunes to rip my CD's.
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Aloke wrote:
I would like to use iTunes to rip my CD's.
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