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    Converting DVDs to your HDD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Gunsmith_Cat, Oct 15, 2008.

  1. Gunsmith_Cat

    Gunsmith_Cat Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi all,

    Does anybody know which is the best conversion out of the following:

    DVD to DivX,
    DVD to MPEG,
    DVD to WMV,
    DVD to AVI,
    DVD to WMA,
    DVD to MP3


    ... And why?

    What are the Pros and Cons for each?

    I have an external drive and I am looking to rip my DVD collection onto it.


    Cheers!
     
    Gunsmith_Cat, Oct 15, 2008
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  2. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    DVD to DivX -> Fine, but not the best compression. (Can save as .divx/.avi)
    DVD to MPEG -> Naw
    DVD to WMV -> Naw
    DVD to AVI -> Using xvid or the super awesome x264
    DVD to WMA -> Only audio
    DVD to MP3 -> Only audio
     
    Andy, Oct 15, 2008
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  3. vsherry

    vsherry Notebook Evangelist

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    I prefer AVI, but WMV 9.0 on Cucusoft Ultimate DVD Converter is pretty good.
     
    vsherry, Oct 15, 2008
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  4. Renegade0721

    Renegade0721 Notebook Consultant

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    DVD to DivX/DVD to AVI using xvid codec has best video quality

    BTW

    Xilisoft DVD Ripper Ultimate is the BEST IMO if you wanna rip a DVD it supports all convertions you mentioned plus more :D

    http://www.xilivideo.com/dvd-ripper-ultimate.html
     
    Renegade0721, Oct 15, 2008
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  5. Pyrii

    Pyrii Notebook Enthusiast

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    DVD to XviD/DivX and either MP3 for stereo or if you want to keep the AC3 stream, then do so and make it double-disc (2x 600-700Mb) Transcoding AC3 down to smaller AC3 is an unforgiving task.

    This also means it's playable on things like Xbox 360/PS3 or household DivX players.

    h264 is pointless for anything other than HD content.
     
    Pyrii, Oct 15, 2008
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  6. Shane@DARK.

    Shane@DARK. Company Representative

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    I would say, as the major consensus seems to be, the main choice is between [uncompressed] AVI and DivX. [Uncompressed] AVI will give you the best quality video, but DivX will give you the smallest file size. Since I don't mind a sacrifice in quality for more storage space, I'd choose DivX.
     
    Shane@DARK., Oct 15, 2008
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  7. Pyrii

    Pyrii Notebook Enthusiast

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    AVI is just a container, DivX is a codec. most of my .avi is DivX/XviD

    TO be honest, DivX options are fairly easy, just don't use the default profiles, XviD options are alot more advanced, but if you do it right, you can get much better quality, DivX players will play them, but you lose quality again because of the idiotic problem of DivX thinking it can play XviD properly.
     
    Pyrii, Oct 15, 2008
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  8. Shane@DARK.

    Shane@DARK. Company Representative

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    You're right Pyrii; I should have said uncompressed AVI.
     
    Shane@DARK., Oct 15, 2008
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  9. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Kdawgca, Oct 16, 2008
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