DVD conversion help
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My bro just got a WD TV Live HD Media Player and he's trying to figure out the best method of putting his Massive DVD collection on his external so he can hook that up to it and watch them. He's looking for a way to try to retain as much quality as possible. Considering that his size limits would probably be around 1-1.5gigs per DVD. Also he wants to keep the chapters. I think he should convert them to .mkv files but I'm not really sure how to do that either. Any thoughts? Also, if you think that media player is a P.O.S. and want to recommend something else please do so.
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Flaser
OCD Hentai Collector
Nachbar wrote...
My bro just got a and he's trying to figure out the best method of putting his Massive DVD collection on his external so he can hook that up to it and watch them. He's looking for a way to try to retain as much quality as possible. Considering that his size limits would probably be around 1-1.5gigs per DVD. Also he wants to keep the chapters. I think he should convert them to .mkv files but I'm not really sure how to do that either. Any thoughts? Also, if you think that media player is a P.O.S. and want to recommend something else please do so.He's better off downloading his stuff off the Internet.
Properly ripping and converting DVDs is an art onto itself and takes a lot of time (due the MPEG2-->Divx/Xvid or MPEG2-->H264 conversion).
Profficient rippers like Axxo or FXG can do wonders. Since you own the titles I think this falls under fair use and it also saves you from using DeCSS (which is illegal in the US).
BTW this player also seems to support HD mkv rips.
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I have one of those media players and it works great. Your best bet is to convert it .mkv although i do think it would be quicker/easier to download it.
If you really want to convert the movies i suggest you use a program like handbrake which is fairly simple to use. Always go with the high profile setting. If your willing to take the extra time i suggest you use megui. It does take longer to setup each each individual movie and convert it but in my opinion if you set it to unrestricted 2-pass HQ you will get a quality very close to what you would download. If you decide to convert it using megui and nee any help on using it let me know and i would be glad to help although im not sure if you can keep the menus intact but you could always try.
If you really want to convert the movies i suggest you use a program like handbrake which is fairly simple to use. Always go with the high profile setting. If your willing to take the extra time i suggest you use megui. It does take longer to setup each each individual movie and convert it but in my opinion if you set it to unrestricted 2-pass HQ you will get a quality very close to what you would download. If you decide to convert it using megui and nee any help on using it let me know and i would be glad to help although im not sure if you can keep the menus intact but you could always try.