Re: Should I re-rip all my movies??!!

[John Benfield <john.benfield@xxxxxxxxx>]

I suspect you will get a number of answers here.

I believe there are two formats that are worth considering - .mkv
seems to be the most popular. It can hold multiple audio and subtitle
tracks and can be played by Plex, XMBC and many others players. On the
audio side, it can hold both DD and DTS which may be an advantage to
you.

The other options (for me anyway) is .m4v, this allows me to have a
single rip of a DVD that will play on Plex and my various
iPad/iPods/iPhones around the house. m4v is a simpler format if you
like and cannot handle DTS and it's too good at subtitles eiher. I use
Handbrake for all my conversions, for m4v I use the AppleTV2 option
which puts a stero audio track on track 1 and the full DD5.1 on track
2 allowing the file to played most placed. I also hardcode any
subtitle (again that's not to everyones liking).

There is very little to chose between the two for file sizes, but if
you do re-encode all of your ISO/videos_ts you will reduce your disk
usage by about 70%.

For batch processing of existing ripped DVD's i just use handbrake and
manually load each disk into the program. This lets me check the
options that have been selected and to be frank, spending 2 mins
checking against the 1.5 hr encoding (i've a slow desktop) I can't be
bother to automate it.

On 3 November 2011 19:49, noeley1983pilot <noel@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> So as plex rumbles on, apple tv sits in the corner slightly unloved
and i head towards needing more SWMBO friendly options for movies etc
around the house I find myself wondering if I should re-encode all my
movies?
>
> My understanding is that all the cool plex clients on samsung tv/bd
players, lg tv's etc etc all transcode the content meaning they won't play
dvd rips from isos/video ts folders.
>
> Is this still the case??
>
>
> My entire collection of around 500 films are iso's or video ts
folders.....so what should I do?
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> As they're all ripped already I assume there's some reasonable
handbrake/visual hub equivalents out there that could just be left to churn
through all the films over what would probably take a month or so to
complete with me just selecting the title to rip etc now and again.
>
> But what to rip to?!?!
>
> Figured you all on this list were by far the best group of people to
ask so looking forwards to all the thoughts!!
>
> Thanks all
>
> Noel
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