DVD to TS_folder to .MP4 (h.264 (AVS), but need 5.1 audio ??

[ndawes]

Hi,
I'm trying to do the obvious - I think - I have ripped my video collection to 1.3TB of HDD. I'm using DVD Juggler to act like a video jukebox and all is good.

However, I have been anxiously awaiting mac tiger, so I can convert the TS-Folders to MPEG4 H.264, in an attempt to maintain a high level of quality and significant file size reduction.

I have not found a way to do it. I have tried FFmpeg, but I can only get an AVI with h.264, which QT 7 won't read.

I've tried Handbrake and that gave me a good MP4 file, but could not pass-through the 5.1 audio, unles I use AVI. Which would likely give me the same QT 7 problem as before....

I'm either doing something wrong, or there has to be another way?

Please help/Advise

Many thanks,
Nick

[major]

If you use ffmpegX you can only put H.264 in an AVI container for now, due to current mencoder limitations. This will improve in future versions.

[ndawes]

Thanks!
Do you know when that will be?
Can you suggest another method?

Thanks again,
Nick

[major]

I don't know today when that will be, but I don't think it should need geologic ages. For now I don't know of any other method.