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Basically title.
I have the DVDs and I have the hardware to burn them to my PC.
But the file size is too much. What software would be ideal to get the best quality with the lowest file size?
I’m going for file sizes per movie at around 2-3gb max.
Perhaps Handbrake.
But if you do care about the quality, then you should just download those movies in higher quality than DVD. Like this you’re just getting 480p/576p with visible compression artifacts at the same file size.
Handbrake would be the easiest. For commercial DVDs, you just need to add
libdvdcss-2.dllin your Handbrake install directory and it will bypass the copy protection.For the container I’d suggest going with MKV. For the video codec you can go with x265 (HEVC) with a CRF/RF of 22, which should give you a good balance between quality and size. For the audio you can copy it as-is.
Would that work for Blu-ray? I’m guessing not.
i use makeMKV rip the full Blu-ray file, then I use handbrake to compress it.
You’ll need some other libraries (
libaacs,libbdplus) to be added to your Handbrake install directory to strip AACS but yeah it’s doable.
makeMkv first and handbrake to compress. When using handbrake make sure to pick video and audio formats that work for your clients. I recommend h265 and eAC3 audio.
MakeMKV to rip them from disc. Handbrake if you need to compress them.
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I’d like to recommend you some freeware like handbrake, makemkv, dvdfab hd decrypter. But if you DVDs are copy protected, you’ll need to try some paid tools like DVDFab DVD Ripper, WinX DVD Ripper. Here’s also an article about how to copy protected DVD for your reference.
This guide answers the question of how to copy dvd on mac. Hope it can help.
I noticed you are having an issue finding a partial language of content, you could extract the audio track from the DVD and add it to the copy you find on the seas.
Do keep in mind that if it’s PAL DVDs and the original film was 24fps, it may likely be 4% faster.
If you want customized editing options, you can rip DVD to iPad or convert DVD to MP4 on Mac or Windows using paid software.
Agreed with Wenny, i tried DVDFab DVD Ripper, it can rip my DVD collection to videos.
I recommend ffmpeg, use the CRF option
I would advise Handbrake over ffmpeg. I have spent months in both and Handbrake yields the best results with the least hassle. Crop, anamorphic pixels, quality, etc.
H265 nvenc is supported on Handbrake now and works great. Very fast.
I actually had problems using Handbrake a few years back, ffmpeg has really good documentation and almost every software uses it under the hood
If you don’t know anything about ripping video content, Handbrake is a good place to start. Regarding video codecs and best compression (filesize wise), I’d recommend x265 with HE-AAC (fdk-aac in particular). It will take longer to recode than x264, but it is worth it.
And 2 to 3GB is a lot more than what I had in mind. With x265, you can downsize it all to 700MB easy and get approximately the same quality as the DVD. If your target size is 2, 3GB, you could recode to x264, no need for x265.
Size wise if you are already taking the hit for time, you are now better off using AV1 instead of h265. Combine it with 120k OPUS for the best size-quality.
Assuming your planning for the future as av1 support is mostly software decoding rather than hardware.
Yeah, but x256 is a better choice regarding compression. And x265 has good software support as well.
Believe it or not, AV1 is better for compression across the board. https://subclassy.github.io/compression
The author uses ffmpeg as it’s encoding library. Ffmpeg doesn’t implement all x265 features. Have no idea about AV1, but it’s generally not advisable to use ffmpeg as an x265 encoder.
