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[paulwo36]

There are 42 different formats available for video conversion.  Is there any information available on these different formats?  I am specifically interested in the differences between "MPEG2/DVD NTSC Stream", "MPEG2-TS 480p NTSC", "MPEG2/DVD AutoFPS Stream", "MPEG2-TS 480p AutoFPS" and "MPEG2/DVD/NTSC Stream with MPEG2 Audio"

[tij]

what you are converting for?

mpeg2 is old ... and inefficient compared to modern codecs ... meaning for same file size, newer codec will offer better quality

unless device you converting for does not support newer codec like hevc

[paulwo36]

I'm converting DVD's for archiving on a computer.  Since DVD's are originally encoded with MPEG 2, I planned to use that.  I see the options for H.264 which are all Transport Streams and therefore inferior to Program Streams for local viewing.  Also I don't know the significance of the AutoFPS option.

[tij]

If you converting DVD for archiving … do not convert video and audio - you lose a bit of quality in the process … leave video and audio in their original format

PS. I use MakeMKV for this as it removes protection from disks (MC needs additional tools to do that) … if you don't care about DVD menus and extras, convert main title to MKV … otherwise MakeMKV can rip into folder structure preserving all DVD content

[paulwo36]

Got it.  Thanks.