Hi, Sorry if my question seems stupid, but I'm a newbie at this. I've been ripping my own DVDs using AnyDVD or DVDFab in ISO or VOB format. Now, I just bought a multimedia HD player (WD TV) and I need to convert these files into a format recognize by the player. To convert my ripped movies, I downloaded Aimersoft DVD Ripper. Question is: what is the best format to convert to? Do I convert into HD video or common video? I ask, because this program can convert into plenty of different format (almost all of these format can be read by my HD player). I tried converting a VOB ripped movie (7.5Gig) into HD AVI. It tooks about 12 hours to process and the result .AVI (4.5 GIG) doesn't seem to be good... when I try reading it using DivX, it does nothing at all, DivX open, and that's it. Any help, guide or tips would be really appreciate. thanks for your time
What computer do you have? If it is a slow single core, converting one movie might take an entire night. 4Gb for an AVI is a waste of time(I'd go as far as saying ridiculous). Not sure what settings your Aimersoft has,(never used it, I stick with the good working free programs), but I would set the target to about ~1-1.5 GB, and I would convert to an MKV using H.264, two pass, you'll probably get best quality in a reduced file size.
Hi, thanks for the reply. My computer is a dual-core AMD 2.5 Ghz processor with 2 GIG RAM. The software I downloaded uses 50% of both core for about 12 hours to convert the video. When converting an ISO or VOB RIP to AVI, do I select HD or common video? Is a "regular" AVI will keep the high resolution of a DVD? Do you have a better software to advice me I should use? Do you have a link to a online guide? thanks for a lot for your time and help
1. first rip your movies into an ISO (dvdfab can do this) 2. use the free fairuse wizard lite program to convert your ISO to avi. 3. make sure you always use the 2-pass mode for best quality. avi has different flavors (xvid/divx/h264 among others) If your media player can play h264 avi's that is the best quality available for similar file size. For instance a 700mb h264 will look better than a 700 mb xvid. Fairuse can convert to the h264 codec or xvid codec. The HD mode on any converter will always take a long time, all I ever use is standard mode for my dvd's. Using the h264 codec the video is acceptable on my 27 inch lcd. Try converting using standard mode and see if you notice any difference in viewing quality.
With an SD source you can keep your resolution the same, at 720, if you like. Going any higher is not needed. That applies when trying to hit a specific target size. When I make Xvids I use single pass, target quantizer mode 2 (constant quality encoding), using the same 720x480 frame size and aspect ratio as the DVD. Although slightly wasteful (not the most efficient use of MBs), the quality is very nice.
If Hard Drive space isn't a worry, I'd use the VOB files as is or if need be convert them to MPEG2. No loss of quality that way.
