chewbacalips
25th June 2010, 09:30
Hi. I'm looking for a video-file compressor that's basic and easy to use. It'd be nice if there's a free one out there, but that's not necessary. On top of it being easy and basic, I'd like to have some specific options. But first, let me tell you what my main idea is and what I'm currently working with.
I am in the process of converting my DVDs into digital files that I can watch with the Western Digital TV Live (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ahAkLPlH0U). But since I'm storing all of this on hard drives, I need the file size to be reasonably small. Hence, I want to get good picture/sound quality while maintaining a very small file size.
I'm ripping my DVDs with [spam]. My settings are "Original MPEG2." A 23 minute video file (basic TV show episode length) comes out to about 770 MB. That's quite large, considering (1) that TV shows have hundreds of episodes, and (2) that when you download a 2 hour movie online, it's about 700 MB.
So, I'd like for the compressor to give me some options. In terms of audio, I would like to have control over the quality. Most compressors I've seen automatically compress the sound to 128kbps. That's terrible. I keep my mp3 files in 320kbps, and that's what I want for my video-audio.
I don't care what file-type the compressor produces. The WD TV Live device can play pretty much all of the main file formats.
Any recommendations? Thanks.
I am in the process of converting my DVDs into digital files that I can watch with the Western Digital TV Live (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ahAkLPlH0U). But since I'm storing all of this on hard drives, I need the file size to be reasonably small. Hence, I want to get good picture/sound quality while maintaining a very small file size.
I'm ripping my DVDs with [spam]. My settings are "Original MPEG2." A 23 minute video file (basic TV show episode length) comes out to about 770 MB. That's quite large, considering (1) that TV shows have hundreds of episodes, and (2) that when you download a 2 hour movie online, it's about 700 MB.
So, I'd like for the compressor to give me some options. In terms of audio, I would like to have control over the quality. Most compressors I've seen automatically compress the sound to 128kbps. That's terrible. I keep my mp3 files in 320kbps, and that's what I want for my video-audio.
I don't care what file-type the compressor produces. The WD TV Live device can play pretty much all of the main file formats.
Any recommendations? Thanks.