Making backups of DVD's and Blu Ray's.

[GORDON]

Hmm. Still playing with DVDFab.

Seems like if I choose DVD--->Portable option, I can choose am .avi format, and then I have quite a few more quality options.

I just made a rip with every option maxed... it made a 1.5 GB file, but it seems to be DVD quality like I wanted, and it plays on my PS3/PS3-Server.

1.5GB is still a bit much for a 50 minute 480i DVD, though. I will tweak and see what happens.

[Cakedaddy]

What's the native size though? Is 1.5 smaller, but same quality?

That being said. I did the same thing. Made a handfull of AVIs with different settings and picked the one that got me the biggest bang for HDD space. 700MB was what I settled on for the Archos. And it happens to be good enough for laptop viewing as well so I only have to rip/convert movies once for both platforms. Obviously, there's compression pixelation, but, a whole movie down to 700MB is not going to be perfect. But, it's a good time killer sitting in/on airports/airplanes with very little overhead.

[Cakedaddy]

Also, I'm digging FU right now. More streamlined meathod getting my Archos quality conversions going. Not a faster process, but fewer settings to mess with. Run with the defaults except for resolution. Check it out before purchasing DVDfab. Haven't even looked at the price though. Don't need to for my purposes.

[Cakedaddy]

Also again, I was reading the forum for DVDfab. You probably figured this out already, but there's no BLU-RAY to AVI (or file) option yet. But, it's on the 'to do list'. But, it will convert them to DVD I believe which can then be converted to file. Obvious quality loss, but, the convenience factor is there.

[Cakedaddy]

Lastly, for now, in the Archos forums, a lot of other tools/utilities were mentioned for movie ripping/compression. You might want to explore those as well to make sure your getting the best thing you're looking for.

[GORDON]

Also again, I was reading the forum for DVDfab. You probably figured this out already, but there's no BLU-RAY to AVI (or file) option yet. But, it's on the 'to do list'. But, it will convert them to DVD I believe which can then be converted to file. Obvious quality loss, but, the convenience factor is there.

I actually have he DVDFab forums open right now in another window looking up that exact subject.

If it can't rip BD's into 1080P avi's, that is a deal breaker.

The DVD ---> portable version is only like $35 bucks for a year license, though, so that is still a possibility.

[Cakedaddy]

Do you not have to buy the main part first?

Does anyone do BD to file yet though? Might still be worth buying, then getting the upgrade later at a reduced price. Or, just use the freeness of it for now to do all your DVDs and then buy it later if it comes out.



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[GORDON]

Posted for future reference:

Ripbot264 is extremely simple once you get everything set up.

This is the way I do it.

1) Open AnyDVDHD and have it break the DRM on the Blu-Ray.
2) Move the biggest file out of BDMV->Stream (for movies)...unless you want to have chapters in your MKV, in that case, rip the entire disc to the hard drive.
3) Feed that file into Ripbot264. It is possible to do FLAC audio with MKV. There is a checkbox. After everything is set, press OK.
4) You should be at the new job window now. At the bottom, set it to save as .MKV
5) Under video set it to mode 2-pass and set the kbps high. If you want to make it 720p instead of 1080p, that is in the properties next to kbps. Same with hard subtitles.
6) If you ticked the FLAC option in step three, audio should be COPY STREAM. Turn off normalize. If you need subtitles, click selectable subtitles and click the file.
7) Now that it is all set up, get ready to wait 12-14 hours as it reencodes the file. I usually do this before I go to sleep.
Congrats you should have a nice .MKV with no problems.