Batch Convert - ISO/DVD to MP4

[joepic]

I have several hundred .ISO images of DVD's on my server and would like to BATCH convert them to .MP4's.

I have Daemon Tools and Handbrake which enables me to manual mount a single ISO and let Handbrake do it's thing. Yes Handbrake will do a BATCH convert but you must first mount/dismount the ISO images.

I want to turn the conversion process on and return in a couple of days with all of my movies converted. It would sure free up a lot of drive space.

Is there any "front ends" to Handbrake or other tools that would allow me to BATCH convert (and auto mount/dismout) ISO images for conversion to MP4?

Does someone have a batch/cmd file that will mount/dismount ISO images and call Handbrake?

Thanks for your help.

[Baldrick]

Maybe try vidcoder.

[joepic]

Maybe try vidcoder.

Thanks for your usual QUICK response

Vidcoder is an excellent front end to Handbrake but it does not support ISO mount/dismount function.

[Baldrick]

Have you tried http://www.box.net/shared/szm670n9l9 ? From http://videoscripts.wordpress.com/downloads/

[joepic]

Have you tried http://www.box.net/shared/szm670n9l9 ? From http://videoscripts.wordpress.com/downloads/

You have been holding out on me again

WOW, just when I thought that it couldn't get any better

That looks like some amazing software. I will have to give it a try. Now all we need is a GUIDE reference in Video Help so when someone looks for BATCH conversion using Handbrake that web page is also referenced

Initially I found this reference in the GUIDE to get me started on the conversion trail. It seems that you wrote it 2 years ago..

http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/3...ing-free-tools

Now I have a surprise for you. vidcoder documentation is NOT complete. vidcoder will mount/unmount ISO files and add them to the queue So vidcoder does ALL that I wanted, BATCH CONVERSION from ISO/DVD's to MP4 or MKV

I have tried the conversion process on 2 PC's, both have different ISO mounting software (Daemon Tools & Virtual Clone Drive). So I do not believe the Vidcoder needs any external ISO mounting software. It must have its own method of reading the ISO file.

I did find that Vidcoder needed a little tweaking from the default configuration to produce an MP4 to my standards. That standard being I wanted an MP4 file that looked and sounded as good as the ISO/DVD movie that I was converting from. So here are the AUDIO changes that I made in the SETTINGS page.

Click on the AUDIO tab and make these changes:

Codec - AC3 (ffmpeg)
Mixdown - 6 Channel Discrete
Bitrate - 448 Kbps

Now all we need is a How to GUIDE

Using the above changes to the AUDIO, the file size created was a 864 MB .MP4 file when the original ISO/DVD was 4.35GB. So that is a 5 to 1 reduction in size.

I tested the conversion time on 2 PC's. The first was a i7-920 quad and the second was a Q9550 quad both with Windows 7 64 bit. The i7-920 took 14 minutes to convert from ISO/DVD to MP4 and the Q9550 took 34 minutes. So I should be able to convert approximately 96 ISO/DVD's to MP4 in a 24 hour period using the fast PC.

Vidcoder had both CPU's at max between 85 - 99 % usage. You can PAUSE the process if you need the PC for something else and then resume the conversion without losing a byte.


64 bit version of Vidcoder:

http://www.start64.com/index.php?option=com_conte ... Itemid=146

Over the years I have learned a tremendous amount from this web site and all of the very helpful members.

Thanks again for your help.

[Baldrick]

Adding ISO to the vidcoder tool description also. The official page has also the 64bit version, http://vidcoder.codeplex.com/releases/view/59263

[leodom]

hello ! thanks for the info on vidcoder that is really close to what I need to batch convert ISOs
BUT one drawback for me is that it is just giving the encoded file a generic name ( greatmovie.iso turns into title x.mp4)
Not too great to launch a few hundreds movies conversion and retrieve them !

did i overlooked something ? how could I have the result as greatmovie.mp4 ?
the isos were ripped with dvdfab and supposedly have only one title in them

thanks to anyone with insights !