DvD to MKV full riping questions

[gorila]

Hey guys!
I have use DvDFab Platinum for some time now to rip DvDs to my ipod.Now I want ,cause of personal reasons(soon I`ll start travel alot),to rip some of my collection to .mkv and to keep all the audio tracks and subs(it gives me an greatest pleasure to have it this way + I am curious about doing it this way ) .

For doing this,I used Make MKV beta v1.3 to rip the DvD and MKVmerge to combine the files resulted.This way is pretty fast but the quality is not the best as I see.

For an example I want to rip an DvD (the one in pic bellow) in mkv format :

http://i39.tinypic.com/2gt3z88.jpg

Any help ?Thanks!!!

[neuron2]

What kind of help do you need? You talk vaguely of quality but that is not much to go on.

[gorila]

Video format AVC
Audio format AC3
Subtitles : all avaible in DvD
Audio languages : all avaible in DvD

Sorry ,I don`t speak english very well ;)

[Inspector.Gadget]

For doing this,I used Make MKV beta v1.3 to rip the DvD and MKVmerge to combine the files resulted.This way is pretty fast but the quality is not the best as I see.

As neither MakeMKV nor MKVMerge re-encode anything, this is complete nonsense.

[neuron2]

It's also nonsense to say you ripped a DVD and got AVC video.

[gorila]

pff,my damn english ...try to understand me guys.Is it an software to rip the DvD in one file and to keep all audio and subs within?I`ve choosed those programs and I`m not happy with the result.

[setarip_old]

@gorila

Hi!

If you use "MakeMKV" properly, there is no need to subsequently use "MKVMerge" - "MakeMKV" will rip most DVDs, allowing you to select the main movie only, together with ALL languages and ALL subtitles...

[gorila]

@gorila

Hi!

If you use "MakeMKV" properly, there is no need to subsequently use "MKVMerge" - "MakeMKV" will rip most DVDs, allowing you to select the main movie only, together with ALL languages and ALL subtitles...

Hey,so MakeMKV it`s all I need ? Thanks for the answer buddy,I`m going to start all over and come back with the results. :)

[gorila]

well,I used MakeMKV and I get this result:
Format : Matroska
Video codec : MPEG Video 2
Audio codec : AC-3
What I don`t understand is what I have to do to get it in AVC video codec.
Thanks for the help guys,and for the patience ;)

[Karkas]

well,I used MakeMKV and I get this result:
Format : Matroska
Video codec : MPEG Video 2
Audio codec : AC-3
What I don`t understand is what I have to do to get it in AVC video codec.
Thanks for the help guys,and for the patience ;)

I think makemkv will only transcode what the original already was. If you want to reencode it to AVC there are many options out there.

[Inspector.Gadget]

MakeMKV doesn't encode anything, it's only a re-muxer. Currently there is no app that will do all muxing tasks that MakeMKV does AND re-encode video to AVC.

[gorila]

So what should I use after MakeMKV to get them in AVC and no loss of quality ?
And thanks for the help :)

[Karkas]

So what should I use after MakeMKV to get them in AVC and no loss of quality ?
And thanks for the help :)

Re-compressing to AVC is not "lossless" but it likely won't be noticable.

Ripbot264 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=127611) should work, though I've never tried it. It will give you 1 audio output only though.

[BigDid]

Re-compressing to AVC is not "lossless" but it likely won't be noticable.
...
Lossless mode in rev 995 log: http://wareseeker.com/Video/x264-video-codec-r995.zip/3001771
Lossless compression by LordMulder: http://avidemux.org/admForum/viewtopic.php?pid=33428#p33428

Did

[J_Darnley]

gorila: There are lots of front-ends for x264 all with various complexity. You should look for yourself in the MPEG-4 GUI sub-forum (http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?f=78). Ripbot is supposed to be one of the simple ones and MeGUI is one of the more complex.

BigDid: Encoding into lossless H.264 will almost certainly be bigger than the MPEG-2 video it came from which makes it somewhat pointless. Also don't link to old versions of x264.

[BigDid]

BigDid: Encoding into lossless H.264 will almost certainly be bigger than the MPEG-2 video it came from which makes it somewhat pointless.
Hi Mr J_Darnley,

First exchange I believe or do you have griefs? if so it could be settled by PM

Please direct the above comment to the OP that maybe can get use of it.

Also don't link to old versions of x264.
Interesting order.
I don't see any use for the OP in this comment.
My links were for Karkas not for the OP, but I was, maybe, too short.

Longer version:
- Lossless mode in AVC exists for quite a time, see the revision log of this 6 months olds X264 rev: http://wareseeker.com/Video/x264-vid...95.zip/3001771
- A contribution of lordmulder on how to encode losslessly in avidemux: http://avidemux.org/admForum/viewtop...d=33428#p33428

Find somebody else to give orders to.

Regards.

Did

[gorila]

Hey,thanks for the answers,you guys are great and kind.Not everybody wants to help newbies.And please stop fighting...
I`ll try Ripbot264 for now and came back with the conclusion.Also,I`ve downloaded an movie from an friend ,huge file,allmost 8 GBs,best quality and lots of subs + the movie is dubbed in 2 languages(spanish and german).I`ve opened it with media info and ...
Format : Matroska
File size : 6.86 GiB
Duration : 1h 41mn
Overall bit rate : 9 644 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2008-06-11 17:51:35
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.1.0 ('Another Place To Fall') built on Aug 19 2007 13:40:07
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.1
Video codec : AVC
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Audio:
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 41mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps

I don`t get it...how come this is done with mkvmerge v2.1.0 and have 3 audio outputs...Is something I miss :-/

[J_Darnley]

Hey,thanks for the answers,you guys are great and kind.Not everybody wants to help newbies.And please stop fighting...
I`ll try Ripbot264 for now and came back with the conclusion.Also,I`ve downloaded an movie from an friend ,huge file,allmost 8 GBs,best quality and lots of subs + the movie is dubbed in 2 languages(spanish and german).I`ve opened it with media info and ...
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I don`t get it...how come this is done with mkvmerge v2.1.0 and have 3 audio outputs...Is something I miss :-/
A - See rule 6
B - It was muxed with mkvmerge, but that has nothing to do with how many audio tracks it has. It has three tracks because the creator put three in. The video was probably encoded using x264 and was then muxed with the original and/or ac3 encodes of the audio tracks that were wanted.



Hi Mr J_Darnley,
First exchange I believe or do you have griefs? if so it could be settled by PM
Please direct the above comment to the OP that maybe can get use of it.
Perhaps I should have made it a general comment instead of directing it at you.