[ghost6985]

Hi all,

Just want to say first up, I'm new to forums and doing anything too Advanced on a PC, so please be gentle.....
If I'm posting in the wrong place or asking the wrong things please tell me!

Anyway, my question is this. I've just ripped a collection of DVD's to my Hard Drive via DVD Decrypter, into a specific folder as ISO. files.

Is it best to leave them as ISO. files for XBMC to recognize/play the files, or should I convert them to MKV, h.264, AVI etc?

What has the best been in your experience, and/or does it make a difference?

I have read the WIKI and searched the forum, but could not find a straight forward answer (unless I'm looking in the wrong spot)
Thanks in advance, and I appreciate any help or input I can get!

[bradvido88]

I have all my dvd backups as ISOs and XBMC handles them great. Unless you need to compress them, i'd leave them as it.

[htpc guy]

I have had a lingering question about ripping to ISO's. I use DVD Fab and it does not give an option for ISO. I have been using VOB with 0% compression. I still end up with great rips (audio and video quality) and the file sizes are comparable to ISO formats.

I guess in the long run it comes down to quality and I can't tell a difference between the VOB files played in XBMC and the regular discs in my bluray player.

[steelman1991]

DVD Format (VOB) rips shouldn't be comparable to ISO's, they should be identical. Ripping with 0% compression, is the same no matter what container, or format you rip to - nothing added or subtracted - quality will be unaffected.

I haven't used DVDFab in a while, but it certainly used to support ripping to ISO

[ghost6985]

Thanks guys, I appreciate your time
Cheers!

[steelman1991]

Consider MakeMKV as well as Shrink and Fab