Ripped Movies File Format Discussion

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  1. UKMedia
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    Ripped Movies File Format Discussion


    All

    I know that this has been discussed a lot in the past but things move on..

    Some members here have very large movie collections stored within internal hard drives and NAS devices. I know that there are many format conversion apps out there but I don't like converting a format unless I have too because of concerns over quality loss - video and audio.

    Can we have a view on what formats are used and the quality implications for the following set-ups:

    1/ Media Center with no extenders - DVD and HD/BD
    2/ Media Center with extenders - DVD and HD/BD

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  3. kegobeer
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    I don't rip Blu-Ray movies, so I can't comment on format for them. However, I rip my DVDs directly to my WHS, and they play back without any issues on my Windows 7 and Vista computers through Media Center. I rip the entire DVD, as my kids love all the extras that come on the DVD, and I keep things in the standard VIDEO_TS format. No issues with gigabit wired or 802.11n wireless.

    With 1TB drives so cheap nowadays, I don't even worry about running out of space.
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  4. mickey megabyte
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    all the kool kids™ seem to use matroska/mkv these days...
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  6. mckillwashere
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    I use bitripper and xvid codec.
    They look pretty decent on the screen and just as good through my xbox.
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  7. TripOG
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    dvrms works perfect in media center and on extenders
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  8. bmac6996
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    with Windows 7..

    From Dvd. I use handbrake.. rip to MKV.. using h264 and ac3.

    Turn that mkv into a m2ts file... Best you can do!
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  10. UKMedia
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    Hi bmac6996

    What utilities do you use and what space saving are you achieving?

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  11. darkassain
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    mickey megabyte said:
    all the kool kids™ seem to use matroska/mkv these days...
    +1 on that (that and mp4)...
    although ogg has gotten to grow on me too...:)
    add to that h. 264 (either 3.1 for SD video or 4.1 for HD) and either Flac, ac3, or mp3

    avi is 5 years ago...:)


    as for blu-ray i also dont have a reader so i only come around with hd demos or online videos...

    the only thing about my setup is that i have to transcode to avi (or to DVD as i have no bluray...) anyways to view them on my Zen although i wish it will change with Android and the Zii (im pretty sure that mkv is not a priority for the Zune HD...)

    and with the Zii being able to handle 1080p when i have enough (planning to get the EGG dev version...:)) $$$
    although both do look nice but with the openness of Linux (yes yes i know this is a Windows/Microsoft forum...) it wont be long till the port mkv support for Android...:)
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  12. masterB
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    Mkv(h264 and ac3) Blu-Ray rips and I use WD HDTV Mediaplayer to watch on big screen LCD TV.

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  13. johngalt
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    kegobeer said:
    I don't rip Blu-Ray movies, so I can't comment on format for them. However, I rip my DVDs directly to my WHS, and they play back without any issues on my Windows 7 and Vista computers through Media Center. I rip the entire DVD, as my kids love all the extras that come on the DVD, and I keep things in the standard VIDEO_TS format. No issues with gigabit wired or 802.11n wireless.

    With 1TB drives so cheap nowadays, I don't even worry about running out of space.
    AMEN!!!

    mickey megabyte said:
    all the kool kids™ seem to use matroska/mkv these days...
    That does seem to be one of the more popular containers these days - everything I see on the newsgroups is either that or DivX / XviD

    darkassain said:
    mickey megabyte said:
    all the kool kids™ seem to use matroska/mkv these days...
    +1 on that (that and mp4)...
    although ogg has gotten to grow on me too...:)
    add to that h. 264 (either 3.1 for SD video or 4.1 for HD) and either Flac, ac3, or mp3

    avi is 5 years ago...:)


    as for blu-ray i also dont have a reader so i only come around with hd demos or online videos...

    the only thing about my setup is that i have to transcode to avi (or to DVD as i have no bluray...) anyways to view them on my Zen although i wish it will change with Android and the Zii (im pretty sure that mkv is not a priority for the Zune HD...)

    and with the Zii being able to handle 1080p when i have enough (planning to get the EGG dev version...:)) $$$
    although both do look nice but with the openness of Linux (yes yes i know this is a Windows/Microsoft forum...) it wont be long till the port mkv support for Android...:)
    The container is a popular one, indeed. I am pretty positive (hint) that someone is working on porting it to Android as I type this (no, not me).
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