encoding a BD rip

[mtamimi]

I have a BDRip, around 20GB in size....perhaps +1h:30m movie. I am trying to encode it but I am not sure about the latest available tools, codecs, and guides. Any suggestions of guides that might help me to get the best possible picture quality?

thnx

[turk690]

Encode to what, specifically? MKV? Some flavor of AVI? Another BD-R? Depends on where & how you want to view the "encoded" output.

[mtamimi]

No not MKV, X264

[hech54]

No not MKV, X264

https://www.videohelp.com/hd#tech

[yoda313]

Use ripbot or mediacoder to make a h264 file in a mp4 or mkv container. Plenty of guides for both.

Convert to ac3 5.1 and use a mp4 container to get the widest support across multiple devices. Mkv and dts audio will restrict you on some devices. Though mkv has much wider support now then even just a few years ago. But it's not universal yet.

[louv68]

Probably obvious you don't have a BD-R writer as you could just burn a copy.
Early on before I had a Blu-ray writer, I made some BD5/9 copies with BD-Rebuilder. With the highest quality settings, it looks damn fine and will play on most standalone Blu-ray players.