Dvd9 to mkv help

[HACKJACK]

HI guys, i hav downloaded a dvd9(7.9GB) of movie from net nd i want to encode it to mkv with lossless quality.plz tel me which soft is best to encode that.also its res is 720x480.can it be resized to 1280x720?

[Baldrick]

MakeMKV. If you want to shrink it you must reencode=losing quality. Use then handbrake, staxrip, xvid4psp, etc.

[guns1inger]

also its res is 720x480.can it be resized to 1280x720?

Yes.

Will it look like video that was originally 1080p that has been downsized to 720p ? No.

Will it look like standard definition NTSC video upsized to a higher resolution so that it appears soft and lacking detail ? Yes.

Is it a waste of time when your playback hardware will do a better job on-the-fly ? Pretty much.

What I would do is rip the DVD to your HDD. Open the disc in XmediaRecode. Autocrop the file, then set the width to 848 pixels (let the height be calculated to whatever it needs to be). Encode to H264 video, keep the AC3 audio (Copy) and output to MKV. Use a bitrate of around 2000 kbps on a 2 pass VBR, or a Constant Quantizer encode with a value of 20

[HACKJACK]

actually i want to rip it to 600 or 700 mkv max 1gb,like the other movies which are uploaded on net upto 600mb with nice quality.

[HACKJACK]

plz reply mods

[guns1inger]

Then you certainly do not want to upscale it to 1280 x 720. If anything you want to reduce the size to 620 x nnn.

Use XmediaRecode to do the resize and encoding. Use a bitrate calculator to work out what bitrate you need to shoehorn the video into a petty 700MB. Don't expect it to look great - none of the 700MB movies on the net look any better than average quality.

[Baldrick]

I have already replied. Handbrake, staxrip, xvid4psp, megui.

[HACKJACK]

thanks for replying guys.also plz tel how to add transparent logo on video.

[HACKJACK]

guys what aspect ratio should be selected so dat it can be in full screen bcoz my video is in like letterbox resolution even after encoding.i tried taking 16:9 but in vain.

[HACKJACK]

mods plz tel what are the best setting for handbrake to make mkv movies