Need help with DVD compression with HandBrake or similar app

[Trader05]

Hey guys, recently i posted i did a DVD to digital project with my 353 dvds. I used MakeMKV and used NO compression and dvds are around 3-6gbs each with no extras. I'm looking to clean up some space and i have 369gb out of 1.81tb left on a seperate hdd and eventually i want to do my blurays. My main media extender is a WD TV Live. Just wondering whats a good compression % in handbrake or another progam to work with. Im pretty picky when it comes to video quality so i dont really want to severly downgrade the quality. Im doing a sample now of a movie with handbrake, settings are MKV container, x264, and 60% constant quality.

Any suggestions? Thanks guys in advance!

 

[Wellcky]

Could try DVD shrink it's free tho hard to find these days.

 

[Trader05]

they are already converted to mkv format...sorry forgot to say that.

 

[sivart]

Im pretty picky when it comes to video quality so i dont really want to severly downgrade the quality.

Buy a new (another) hard drive. How big is your screen, how far do you normally sit. Is it an SD or HD TV?

A DVD at 50% quality will look fine on a 36" tube SDTV from 8 feet away. It won't look anything the same on a 100" screen up-converted to 1080p.

One is acceptable, one isn't, however it is the same file. So we need more info to help you out. Also consider the future as the bigger the screen (with viewing distances being the same) the worse the upconverted DVD will look regardless of compression rate.

 

[Trader05]

42" 1080p and about 8' feet away is my main tv, every other tv in the house is smaller.

 

[sivart]

42" 1080p and about 8' feet away is my main tv, every other tv in the house is smaller.

I personally wouldn't compress them at all. However a bitrate of about 2Mbps would still look okay on a 42" TV. Something along the lines of Hulu's 480p feed.

 

[Trader05]

I personally wouldn't compress them at all. However a bitrate of about 2Mbps would still look okay on a 42" TV. Something along the lines of Hulu's 480p feed.

I did a test of a mkv that was originally 4.35gb, compressed with AC3 audio came out to 1.9gb. Up close you can tell its compressed, futher back on the couch you can barely tell. The only thing is if i ever upgrade and get a bigger tv, i'll probably notice it more. Correct?