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Rip DVD -> Exact copy? And some tips on transferring home videos from VHS..

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raldo:

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I don't really recommend converting DVDs from MPEG2 to H264, as it will result in a loss of quality.
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I'll probably reencode to h264 using a compression level with which quality is sufficient.

Then, what about choosing mkv or mp4. Does the container make a difference? A quick google tells me that mp4 is safer since more people use mp4.

ferday:
mp4 is compatible with apple without modification, it only supports AAC audio (it can do AC3 multi-channel, but not widely supported) and only 1 audio stream per container.  it has good but proprietary (apple) chapter support and has plain text subtitles only.  it is not open source but is supported by nearly every platform in exsitence

mkv is a more powerful container, it will accept most all audio formats including AC3 and DTS as well as ogg, mp3 and flac, as well mkv can support multiple audio streams and chapter styles.  it is open source and becoming much more widely supported

there is no difference in "quality" as they are just containers, of course.  I'm now 100% mkv and never looking back but i'm not worried about transcoding my mp4 files either

astromo:

--- Quote from: astromo on August 12, 2014, 03:21:42 pm ---... and mkvtoolnix and megui / mkvmerge are what I use for chapter, audio stream and subtitle manipulation (former) and compression (latter).

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Raldo, reposting.

Latter refers to megui for compression work. Give it a look see.

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