ripping a dvd in mp4 format nut keeping great quality

[chrisjvc1]

Hi, forgive my newness. I use dvd fab, but when I rip a dvd on default settings for mp4, I try to play back on 40inch tv and the quality is poor. Should i change the frame rate? or the data/bit rate? All I want is good quality but people not going fuzzy when walking about on picture. does a higher bit rate equal a better quality picture?? I have tried a couple around 1500 but they are still blurry bat times. Should I use avi instead? many thanks chris

 

[Gintaras]

Hi, forgive my newness. I use dvd fab, but when I rip a dvd on default settings for mp4, I try to play back on 40inch tv and the quality is poor. Should i change the frame rate? or the data/bit rate? All I want is good quality but people not going fuzzy when walking about on picture. does a higher bit rate equal a better quality picture?? I have tried a couple around 1500 but they are still blurry bat times. Should I use avi instead? many thanks chris

Isn't easier to copy TS Folder from DVD and watch on your TV without ripping it?

How you're trying to watch?

 

[chrisjvc1]

thanks but am trying to store quite alot so was hoping to find a smaller format

 

[Gintaras]

how much - "a lot"?

I've copied many music and film dvd's to Western Digital Elements ext. HDDs...Made a backups on each one, but WD Elements pretty reliable - plugged in 7/24 for as couple of years without any issues...

Mine - 2TB each - one for music one for films and same for backups...

 

[Darknite39]

Use handbrake and google to figure out how to set it up to your liking.

 

[smitbret]

Use a constant quality setting of 18. If your playback was smooth and not choppy, then stay with whatever frame rate settings you had. Try 4 reference frames and 3 B-frames. Motion Est. Method at Uneven Multi-Hexagon and Subpixel ME of 10.

Try that. If you are still unhappy with the quality then you may have to step up to BR rips. DVDs will generally look blurry on an HDTV.

Don't get too concerned with actual bitrates or file size. I will usually get an .mp4 that's slightly less than 1GB to a little more than 2GB depending on the type of movie and the audio tracks.

Don't use .avi. it's not nearly as efficient as an h264 .mp4.

 

[Gintaras]

Use handbrake and google to figure out how to set it up to your liking.

Why not videohelp.com?

 

[Gintaras]

DVDs will generally look blurry on an HDTV.
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If you watch without your prescription glasses...

 

[Darknite39]

The last time I was there much of the info was somewhat antiquated, but perhaps that's still a good place for the basics. Honestly, I learned a lot from the handbrake wiki and some extra googling.

 

[smitbret]

Yeah, DVD ripping and converting can be a pain in the neck. The whole anamorphic thing and detelecine, decomb, deinterlace thing can really complicate the frame rate, too.

The 2 best places for info have already been mentioned:

www.videohelp.com
the wiki for Handbrake

There's a lot of really seasoned and biased information on videohelp.com so YMMV, there, but there's also a lot of great people with a ton of knowledge.

 

[smitbret]

If you watch without your prescription glasses...

You can't immediately see the difference?

 

[poofyhairguy]

If you watch without your prescription glasses...

Or on my 65 inch TV.

 

[Gintaras]

You can't immediately see the difference?

Difference between HD(720 or 1080) vs. DVD(480) of course is, but not blurry. I watch all the time DVDs and it's pretty good - depends, what matters more - content or picture resolution.

DVD can not max @480 and it does not mean that you can not watch on 1080 TV, just not as sharp as BD. I don't have BD but I do have some BD rips - concerts.

Or on my 65 inch TV.

Depends, from how far do you watch...if too close, it can be not only blurry but you can become a cross-eyed ....

to OP...

How many DVDs? 2TB(well, it's ~1.8TB) - in my case, can hold: 1.8TB/5G(~DVD avg) = ~360 DVDs(TS folders)

360 DVDS are "a lot", let's say, if you watch one/day, it's for whole year. Not all DVDs are that collectable that you'll watch again and again...

 

[smitbret]

Doesn't "Not as sharp" = "More blurry"

 

[Gintaras]

Doesn't "Not as sharp" = "More blurry"

If you have problems watching DVDs on HDTV, there's solutions for ya:

- Don't watch DVDs on HDTV....
- Blurry picture? may be blurriness in your eyesight - make an appt to your eye doctor...

It's not good to mis-inform people about playing DVDs on HDTV if the problem is your eyesight...

If I'm not right, maybe thousands, millions trow DVDs they have out to garbage and join you on this issue...

If people still watch their DVDs on HDTV screens and have no problems like you do - it means (AGAIN) your eyesight....

 

[smitbret]

If you have problems watching DVDs on HDTV, there's solutions for ya:

- Don't watch DVDs on HDTV....
- Blurry picture? may be blurriness in your eyesight - make an appt to your eye doctor...

It's not good to mis-inform people about playing DVDs on HDTV if the problem is your eyesight...

If I'm not right, maybe thousands, millions trow DVDs they have out to garbage and join you on this issue...

If people still watch their DVDs on HDTV screens and have no problems like you do - it means (AGAIN) your eyesight....

I think you get dumber by the day. You're the guy that can't easily see the difference between a DVD rip and a Blu-Ray rip on an HDTV. You really shouldn't be diagnosing anyone with poor eyesight since you'd have to squint to see the eye chart yourself.

I guess it's true that when your eyesight gets poor your sense of hearing becomes more acute to help compensate. I can't think of any other reason someone would conceivably waste their money on a $250 .mp3 player.

No one's throwing out DVDs nor recommending that anyone do so. Is your eyesight poor enough that you can't read anything but HiFiMan marketing literature? Maybe that's the explanation. Did you get a HiFiMan with 3" screen? Even a DVD will look sharp on a screen that small.