chevysoldier Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 I bought a 3T back up/ cloud drive to not only back up my computer files but to keep a back up of my DVDs. I'll be streaming them to watch on my computer, phones and in the future my tv. There's different options that I really don't know what the difference is. I want something good quality, able to stream well, faster ripping and maybe a little compression ? Does the container matter? avi, mp4, m4v, mpg? What about the codec? x264, mpeg4, mpeg2, xvid? I copied The Hobbit and it ended up being 1.4gb and took like 3-4 hours. Thoughts or tips? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 1.4G for that movie seems apropo, playback quality to your liking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vf1000ride Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 I always used anydvd to rip DVD and bluray to an ISO file. Then used virtual clone drive to mount the ISO as if it was a physical disk. Allowed me to save everything exactly as it is on the original disk. 3-4 hours for a DVD seems terribly long. I could rip a 20 gig bluray faster than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted January 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Yeah the quality seems good enough. Oh, I forgot to mention I ripped The Hobbit as mp4. I'd hate to rip the same movie 4+ times to check quality, time, size... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) 3-4 hours for a DVD seems terribly long. I could rip a 20 gig bluray faster than that. Yeah I didn't consider that... All of my DVD quality movies are around 700 Meg, 1.5 Gig is bluray quality...(or close to it)\ Personally I don't like MP4, AVI seems to be my go-to, then MKV for Blu-ray...The PS3 (where I watch most of my network movies) seems to have the least trouble with those formats... Edited January 14, 2014 by magley64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted January 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 I always used anydvd to rip DVD and bluray to an ISO file. Then used virtual clone drive to mount the ISO as if it was a physical disk. Allowed me to save everything exactly as it is on the original disk. 3-4 hours for a DVD seems terribly long. I could rip a 20 gig bluray faster than that.I've done that before but I want to keep it simple and be able to play it on my phone, or my wife on hers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted January 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 I have Any DVD Cloner Platinum if it helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted January 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Yeah I didn't consider that... All of my DVD quality movies are around 700 Meg, 1.5 Gig is bluray quality...(or close to it)\ Personally I don't like MP4, AVI seems to be my go-to, then MKV for Blu-ray...The PS3 (where I watch most of my network movies) seems to have the least trouble with those formats...MKV seems to look grainy and play back on my devices sucks. I have one or two videos in mkv. Most of my stuff is AVI already and they play well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 I'd stick with AVI then...for portable devices 700 meg for DVD should be more than adequate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuikAccord Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 dvdfab is a good program also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thGix Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) I always used anydvd to rip DVD and bluray to an ISO file. Then used virtual clone drive to mount the ISO as if it was a physical disk. Allowed me to save everything exactly as it is on the original disk. 3-4 hours for a DVD seems terribly long. I could rip a 20 gig bluray faster than that.Know of a good free program to take an ISO file and burn it to DVD? The DVD discs I made once before are lost and for the life of me I cant get it to work right again. I have since deleted a lot of once used or crap programs I no longer use on my computer but still have the ISO files. Edited January 15, 2014 by 20thGix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindaleee Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 There are some free DVD ripping software on the Internet, for example HandBrake, you can have a try. Also there are some paid wares online, and I think they are always better than the free ones. I have used one for years and it is really good to use. If you need, you can refer to this Rippig DVD to Galaxy S Guide to find it and learn more about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vf1000ride Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 I have a really old copy of Nero I used when running the windows XP computers. Worked fine on the older machines but it is not so happy in my newer win7 computer. It lets me rip music cd's but I haven't tried anything else. Most of the stuff that goes on the drives is just back up copies in case I trash the actual disk. Haven't need to worry about that step so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vf1000ride Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Geez, I guess this is why I stopped backing up my disks onto the HD. I ripped Transformers 3, DOTM onto the HD last night as an ISO file. Says it took 1hr 5min but it is hogging up 43.1GB of space. That's getting deleted this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted January 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) Ripped the same movie to test mp4 and Avi. Avi was a bit quicker but the quality was noticeably better with mp4 than avi, and nearly the exact same size. 1.4gb Edited January 15, 2014 by chevysoldier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1crusher Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Just so you know, when it comes to recoding anything, your hardware particularly your CPU will greatly determine how quick it gets done. With that said, I use AnyDVD also and it works great for taking off any DRM crap and what not. I've used Nero as well with it and never had a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Quick Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 (edited) dvdfab is a good program also Just so you know, when it comes to recoding anything, your hardware particularly your CPU will greatly determine how quick it gets done. With that said, I use AnyDVD also and it works great for taking off any DRM crap and what not. I've used Nero as well with it and never had a problem. I also use DVDFab, and have a very old PC. Some specs from DXdiag Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.120824-0336)Processor: Intel® Core i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.7GHz Memory: 15350MB RAM And I can rip and copy almost any dvd movie under 4.7 gig in 20 mins or so, 30 max.... Edited January 16, 2014 by M_Quick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1crusher Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 You're still okay with gen1 or newer hardware in most cases. i5 and i3 CPUs will be a good bit slower in recoding. And here's my stuff.... Operating System: Windows 8.1 Enterprise 64-bit (6.3, Build 9600) (9600.winblue_gdr.131030-1505)Processor: Intel® Core i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.1GHzMemory: 24576MB RAM Some of my 2008R2 server VMs use a lot of memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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