« previous next »
Pages: [1]

Author Topic: DVD Ripper/Transcoders  (Read 2021 times)

Offline SpaceBison

  • Boldly Going Where No Buffalo Has Gone Before
  • PLA South American Ambassador
  • *****
  • Posts: 504
  • 1337 13V3L: +35/-24
  • Boldly Going Where No Buffalo Has Gone Before
    • Space Bison: Boldly Going Where No Buffalo Has Gone Before
DVD Ripper/Transcoders
« on: May 26, 2009, 09:57:37 AM »
I'd been using DVD Decrypter and Gordian Knot under Windows for the past few years to back up my legally purchased dvds to my hard drive using the avi (xvid, ac-3) container with the quality settings set to 100%. I've using Ubuntu quite a bit recently and stumbled upon Handbrake for linux and noticed using its film preset, mkv (H.264, ac-3) container, the compression artifacts in the dark scenes were much less evident, while the file sizes were about the same. I'll likely be using this from here on out. I'm just curious what other people use or know of anything better.
Logged

Don't like my signature? Click on it to make a new one!

Offline Godot

  • Go away, PLA!
  • PLA Corporate Drone
  • *****
  • Posts: 427
  • 1337 13V3L: +34/-7
  • ​
    • Godot's Website
Re: DVD Ripper/Transcoders
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2009, 02:15:08 PM »
I keep hearing about Handbrake. I might have to check it out.

Right now, I am using mencoder. It gets usually gets the job done, but it has no nice GUI or anything.

It looks like Handbrake just makes H.264 files. Is that right?
Logged
"I bought a cactus and it died a week later... I was really depressed, I thought, 'Damn, I am less nurturing than a desert.'" -Demetri Martin

Offline SpaceBison

  • Boldly Going Where No Buffalo Has Gone Before
  • PLA South American Ambassador
  • *****
  • Posts: 504
  • 1337 13V3L: +35/-24
  • Boldly Going Where No Buffalo Has Gone Before
    • Space Bison: Boldly Going Where No Buffalo Has Gone Before
Re: DVD Ripper/Transcoders
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2009, 02:57:00 PM »
Quote from: Godot on May 26, 2009, 02:15:08 PM
I keep hearing about Handbrake. I might have to check it out.

Right now, I am using mencoder. It gets usually gets the job done, but it has no nice GUI or anything.

It looks like Handbrake just makes H.264 files. Is that right?
No
http://handbrake.fr/?article=details
Logged

Don't like my signature? Click on it to make a new one!
Pages: [1]
« previous next »