Ripping to Hard Drive, then Converting to iPod/PSP

[flaviowolff]

Hi all!
I am very newbie, been reading lots here though
I want to do the following: rip a tv-show DVD collection entirely to my hard drive, then convert these ripped files to iPod/PSP specs using Videora utilities for both gadgets
What I want to know is: What are the best configurations I can use (I have FairUse Pro) to rip my DVDs? I'm currently ripping with FairUse using x264 on the standard "700mb" setting. Is it a good setting to create my files? These files will be stored on my PC for pc-located watching, then I will convert these files to iPod and to PSP using videora utilities.
What do you guys think about it? Any suggestion is accepted
Thanks!

[dat720]

Theres nothing wrong with your strategy there....

What are the best configurations I can use (I have FairUse Pro) to rip my DVDs?

The best config comes down to the one that works best for you!!!!

Please also note that the rules sugest you do not ask what is best!!!!

"Do not ask "what's best" because this question cannot be answered objectively."

The other problem you face there is the config may produce nice results for one movie, but then also produce bad results on another movie, if you are interested in quality don't contrain yoruself to a file size, 700mb is a common size as CDR's are available in 700mb.... when encoding DVD's i use a bitrate generally of around 1500-1800kbps, which will produce avi's in the 1.4-1.8gb region, and if it is a movie with lot's of fast action scenes then i go higher in bitrate, what it comes down to is you need to experiment, there is no quick and easy solution, after a while you will know how to setup for action movies, or slow drams etc....

[stax76]

@flaviowolff

Welcome to the forum. Just asking what's best is pointless since people don't know circumstances, requirements, habbits, preferences, plus countless other factors ranging from pragmatic to religious to arbitrary...

For hard drive storage you should consider CRF Mode using a average quantizer at 22 (http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/index.php?title=H264) instead of using multipass.

[flaviowolff]

thanks guys and sorry for "whats the best".

[flaviowolff]

also, is it worth to rip the dvd to 1280x720 files for PC watching? this is a regular dvd, not hd-dvd or blu-ray. also remember that I will use these files as source to my psp/ipod converting later on

[setarip_old]

Hi!also, is it worth to rip the dvd to 1280x720 files for PC watching? this is a regular dvdNo...

[dat720]

also, is it worth to rip the dvd to 1280x720 files for PC watching? this is a regular dvd, not hd-dvd or blu-ray. also remember that I will use these files as source to my psp/ipod converting later on

You could if you wanted to, but there is no advantage to it, it waste's space, it waste's time, and a xbox360/ps3 or any other media player will upscale to the resolution of the display anyway.

[cdanddvdpublisher]

You could if you wanted to, but there is no advantage to it, it waste's space, it waste's time, and a xbox360/ps3 or any other media player will upscale to the resolution of the display anyway.

*nods* hard drive space is a good thing; why use more of it than necessary to store files that will be resized?

[Blue_MiSfit]

Exactly.

In some (rare) circumstances, it can be interesting to use some advanced avisynth filters to process and scale video before encoding. SeeSaw, LimitedSharpenFaster, NNEDI, and other filters can be used to resample and sharpen the video a bit. However, the end result is rarely worth it - and such pursuits are often purely academic :)

I too vote for CRF encoding mode. 700MB isn't really enough to get DVD transparency in most cases, and why target a specific file size if you're not actually burning all these movies to discs? I used to always set a target file size - but I never ended up burning any of my movies! I just watch them on the hard drive - either on my desktop or my media PC through the network.

~MiSfit

[dat720]

Seconds what Blue_MiSfit said, 700mb is going to leave you with a very average rip, i have 4 images here that i can email someone which are direct frame grabs of Terminator 2, 1 from a 1.6gb XVID 1 from the original DVD 1 from a HD DVD XVID and the last from the original HDDVD, uncompressed. By far the worst is the xvid you don't really notice how bad xvid's are till you do a frame comparison.