DVD Ripping to File

[proddy]

I want to rip a section of a DVD. I use DVD2AVI but I want to know what is the best quality output. I don't want to have codecs as I want the file to play on a standalone PC. My filesize limit is 25mb. What is the best filetype output, retaining quality. I have thought about mpg but which mpg is the best as there are many e.g. mpeg2, mpeg3 etc...

[jman98]

The best quality output is to rip it from the DVD and leave it alone. Any conversion to another format will save space, but it will worsen the quality. The best you could hope for is that the conversion will be so good that you can't see any difference, but technically the converted movie would be slightly worse, even if not noticeable to you.

Do you REALLY mean 25MB? MB and not GB? If so, that's kind of small. My suggestion in that case would be to reduce the resolution of the file and encode to Divx, but that's awfully small for a video file. Unless we are only talking about a 5 or 10 minute section, the quality is going to be real bad at that size whatever you do.

There are various guides here and other places that talk about ripping and converting.

[poisondeathray]

What is the duration of your clip?

If you want the best quality, use mpg2cut2 (free), import your vob's and mark in/mark out using keyframes on the section that you want to retain. It has the option to output as mpg2 or vob. This is the same quality as the original DVD (no re-encoding)

If this size is too big (you clip duration must be really short then if you want to keep it uner 25MB), you might have to encode using a compression codec

[proddy]

The best quality output is to rip it from the DVD and leave it alone. Any conversion to another format will save space, but it will worsen the quality. The best you could hope for is that the conversion will be so good that you can't see any difference, but technically the converted movie would be slightly worse, even if not noticeable to you.

Do you REALLY mean 25MB? MB and not GB? If so, that's kind of small. My suggestion in that case would be to reduce the resolution of the file and encode to Divx, but that's awfully small for a video file. Unless we are only talking about a 5 or 10 minute section, the quality is going to be real bad at that size whatever you do.

There are various guides here and other places that talk about ripping and converting.

Yes my limit is 25mb and the scene is only 1 minute long. I don't want to use divx or any other codecs as I want the file to be universal so it plays even on the oldest of PC machines.

[Baldrick]

Use mpeg1(mpg) if you want something that plays on all machines.

[proddy]

Use mpeg1(mpg) if you want something that plays on all machines.

Yes I have normally used mpeg1 but I want to improve the quality. How is it possible to do so? What about mpeg2, will that play on all machines or do you need a codec?

[Baldrick]

You need a mpeg2 codec on most machines. But you could include a player with a builtin mpeg2 codec like VLC. But then I would rather use xvid if you want small file size and include VLC for playback.

[Midzuki]

Yes I have normally used mpeg1 but I want to improve the quality.
How is it possible to do so?

Use higher resolutions and 2-pass~VBR or CQ encoding.
MPEG-1 and VCD never have been a synonym for each other.

[proddy]

Yes I have normally used mpeg1 but I want to improve the quality.
How is it possible to do so?

Use higher resolutions and 2-pass~VBR or CQ encoding.
MPEG-1 and VCD never have been a synonym for each other.

How do I increase resolutions etc... I am using TMPGEnc Express to encode to mpg.

[Baldrick]

You change it under the video tab, see http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/tmpgenc_xpress_4-mpeg-2_and_mpeg-1_video_settings_page_3.cfm