Best Video Format

I have decided to go with creating my movie content in MKV format.

I have about 8TB of available storage on a QNAP device so as you say, why worry about trying to trim the file size to save storage space and waste hours encoding each movie!

The decision really comes down to what your application needs are and what you want to do!

If you only want to carry the content on a portable USB drive or on your laptop hard drive and use your laptop as your output display device in a hotel room during your travels, then the output size/resolution will be be less than if you want to display on your big fat plasma in your lounge room!

MakeMKV is very straight forward to use.

However, I noticed that after I ripped the movie, the sub-titles are automatically displaying when viewing in XBMC. Is there a setting in XBMC that I need to switch-off?

I use DVDFab - quick, easy and free with the option to rip the full movie or just the main movie.

If you rip the full movie then it will copy the menu screen and all the extras on the DVD.

Yokozuna Wrote:However, I noticed that after I ripped the movie, the sub-titles are automatically displaying when viewing in XBMC. Is there a setting in XBMC that I need to switch-off?

Press M during playback to bring up the OSD, select audio settings, subtitles off and save as default.

Thanks T800. Worked a treat!

Cooksy, DVDFab is not free!

Someone mentioned that MakeMKV is free for DVD.
If you go on the MakeMKV forum you can get a free registration code to use while it is still in beta so you can use all functionality.

Yokozuna Wrote:Thanks T800. Worked a treat!

Cooksy, DVDFab is not free!

It's free if you use just want to use the rip feature

Wonder if I can join in this thread with a couple of questions, so not to start a new one please.

If ripping just the movie only from DVD - is there a difference in between it being a .iso or .mkv file for playback?

If ripping just the movie only from Blu-Ray - is there a difference in between it being a .iso or .mkv file for playback?

Should I be looking outside the square and not either of those file types for playback on Apple TV 1 & 2?

Thanks

Anyone please?

ATV2 does not play .ISO files currently! .MKV is the new standard, quality and compatibility is excellent!

H.264 + MKV = WIN

chunkhead Wrote:ATV2 does not play .ISO files currently! .MKV is the new standard, quality and compatibility is excellent!

H.264 + MKV = WIN

Thanks chunkhead, appreciate that. When you say H.264 + MKV - not sure I understand what ya mean when I'm copying my own DVD's?

I am using MakeMKV as on Mac, but happy to use anything as long as it gives me the best copy of the DVD Movie.


Thanks again