help me friends!

[Apollo]

I've been trying to convert my DVD collection to .avi to store on HDD, but with every program i try i get heaps of compression artifacts.



To the point a 1.5 GB movie file looks like something off youtube. I've seen 700 MB movie files look way better.

I've so far tried DVDFAB and ANY DVD Converter, direct from DVD to .avi, converting to both XviD and h.264 (single and double pass), have same problem with both.

If anyone has been down this road and found a solution it would be good to know. Please.

[Caydr]

Easiest way:
handbrake: x264 @ 2mbps vbr, "film" preset w/ "veryslow" preset, "high" profile

Was a while ago last time I used handbrake. Last I used it, it only allowed target bitrate, but if it allows target quality, try 60 to start with and see if you find that acceptable. Every 10 point increase in quality will roughly double filesize. Using target quality is a very effective method of of ensuring that simple scenes use very little data, while very complex scenes are free to use tons.

If you don't use handbrake, make sure whatever program you do use, uses x264 to encode, not a generic h.264 encoder like mainconcept. x264 is incomparably superior. If your alternate program of choice allows presets, "film" combined with "veryslow" on "high" profile will yield the best results.

[manolo_]

dont try one-click-tools. use (auto)GKto do it, while GK needs really much knowledge (or a good tutorial), autoGK is pretty easy

[Forboding Angel]

I've been trying to convert my DVD collection to .avi to store on HDD, but with every program i try i get heaps of compression artifacts.



To the point a 1.5 GB movie file looks like something off youtube. I've seen 700 MB movie files look way better.

I've so far tried DVDFAB and ANY DVD Converter, direct from DVD to .avi, converting to both XviD and h.264 (single and double pass), have same problem with both.

If anyone has been down this road and found a solution it would be good to know. Please.

http://fairusewizard.com/lang_en/fairus ... ition.html

Fair use wizard = win.

[Caydr]

Relevant? http://lifehacker.com/5524428/vidcoder- ... converting

[Beherith]

Now I dont mean to advocate piracy, but whats the legal status of downloading works that you already own in your country?
Seems like modern day rippers pride themselves on high quality releases, and downloading avis really doesnt put a load on todays broadband connections.
They usually use 2 pass encoding, which will often net you better quality with smaller file size.

[Apollo]

Relevant? http://lifehacker.com/5524428/vidcoder- ... converting

Thank you this does awesome job and nicer UI to use (Simple) than Handbrake as well, despite been slow (roughly 2:30 hrs for 2 hour movie) I can't tell much difference between that and DVD quality.

Queued up 20 images.

[Pxtl]

I've been having good luck using VLC to transcode my *acquired* videos into iPod format. Command-line support makes it good for batch-converting a whole folder.

[Caydr]

To the OP: have you had any luck with these yet or shall we continue posting suggestions?