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2011-01-29, 11:16
Hi,
I'm just getting started with XBMC, and wanted to ask what people consider the "best" / "preferred" / "future proof" video format is when ripping your own DVDs (movies / TV shows):
1). Xvid
2). Divx
3). MPEG4
4). AVCHD
5). MPEG
6). M2TS
I'm looking for what format will give me the "best" / "least lossy" videos for playing on my 1080p TV.
TIA,
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separate 3 things:
Codec for video (mpeg2, h264)
Codec for audio (AC3, DTS, MP2, MP3)
Container (mkv, mov, avi)
considerations:
Keep subtitels?
Storage space ?
Quality?
Menu's ?
Multiple audio or video tracks?
1 file (ISO) or separate files
etc..
DVD is not the best source material. So before ripping all your DVD's consider this. How much time do you have to spent for DVD quality. Or go on a bargain hunt so search for Blu-ray versions of your movies and TV series
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idioteque,
Let me take the easy part first:
Keep subtitels: No
Storage space: Not an issue
Quality: The best I can get from a ripped DVD
Menu's: Don't care
Multiple audio or video tracks: No -- just the main video + English Audio track
1 file (ISO) or separate files: 1 file per movie / TV episode
At this point, I have a bunch of material on DVD (movies, TV shows, Tour de France videos, etc.) that I don't want to repurchase. So while Blue-ray might be the best source material going forward, right now I'm just trying to deal with the legacy video I already own.
So suggestions for:
Codec for video (mpeg2, h264)
Codec for audio (AC3, DTS, MP2, MP3)
Container (mkv, mov, avi)
XBMC System:
Zotac HD-ID40
4GB RAM
40GB OCZ Vertex2
XBMC 10.0 on top of Windows 7 x64
TIA,
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As space is not an issue then I would have said just rip to either video files (VIDEO_TS) or to ISO but as your not bothered about menus then I would put just the main video and audio in a mkv container you can do this easily with Makemkv
None of those methods do any encoding so your get original quality
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gabbott
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Like what was said, if space isnt a consideration and you want the best quality then don't re-encode to another format, just rip and use a container of choice. (e.g. ISO, mkv, VIDEO_TS)
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Thanks everyone, I will give Makemv a shot.
Cheers,
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maxinc
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+1 for MakeMKV. You can't get any better than this.
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+1 Makemkv, just ripped 250 dvd's with it. Hasn't failed me yet and the quality is 1:1
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mkv seems to be the ultimate container right now. Subtitles, multiple audio.
x264/h264 for codec, plus it's hardware accelerated.
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