I mostly use, as it's simple straight-forward interface makes many tasks quick and easy. I'll also use from time to time, as I see fit, since it has more powerful post-processing features. Is also common I think, but I haven't found it to be too particularly reliable.
There are plenty of other tools on page. Or, if you really wanted to, you could manually learn the command lines for either. However, the last suggestion certainly isn't for everyone, since command lines tend to be a pain to learn. Hasn't been updated since 2005.
Udf Format Converter
Good program (it supports separate chapters) but it won't work with many newer discs. The encoder part is trialware and it's not as good really. I'd recommend or too. As mentioned, it's really the same encoder with different interfaces. I think it has the best balance between power and ease of use.
Given the inherent complexity of video encoding and the lack of consistent standards, that's hard to do. Using one program to both rip and encode sounds good, but I've found that using followed by handbrake is actually faster. Even though there's an extra step. The thing is, optical drives are slow. They're definitely the slowest thing in your machine. I have 2 laptops with dvd drives.
One is about 3 times faster than the other. Burning the same size.iso with in either takes the same amount of time. So it's good to just use the drive for the decrypting part, since that doesn't take much cpu. Then you can do the encoding, which does use a lot of cpu, from the hard drive.
It's actually faster that way and I think it saves wear and tear on the drive too. This thread gave me a lot of hope, but unfortunately I still can't get a viewable MP4 of my store-bought DVD of the movie Cars 2.
I mention Cars 2 because I have heard Pixar movies can be especially difficult, so I'm using this as my tester. I have tried: - WinXDVD (and boy did this group talk a big game) - AllFreeVideoConverter -Each time I get an MP4 that has pixels the size of house bricks. I should note I don't mind paying money for a solution, as long as I can verify it works with some sort of trial version first.
I'm on Windows 7, Intel Core i5 and 4GB RAM, in case that matters. I'm about to try now, but any further ideas would be greatly appreciated. I copied Spaceballs to a 1.6GB lossless MP4. The real test will be a Pixar DVD like Cars 2. I got Cars 2 into an 8.5GB lossless MP4. Only problem is I did this on a laptop with 32-bit Windows XP as the operating system, and it appears to be having trouble copying or even opening the file. I'm assuming this is because the file size is greater than 2^32 bytes.
I'll have to try it on the work PC next week as it has Windows 7. Everything else has been working so far using the DVD -HDD -MP4 method. It shouldn't be an XP problem. The 4GB file size limit is a FAT32 one, not an XP one.
Yes, you are of course correct. FAT32 is the limitation here. So now that I am an unstoppable DVD - MP4 machine, the last hurdle has presented itself. Given that FAT32 limits file sizes to 4GB, how can I plug in a USB drive to my TV and watch +4GB MP4 movies that way? The TV won't recognise any of the extended file systems (NTFS, exFAT).
I thought I had a solution in UDF, but Windows 7 can only format in UDF version 2.0, which I've learned is likely way too recent for TVs to read. Indeed, I've read that your only real hope of success is to format the drive in version 1.02 of UDF. Is anyone aware of a formatting utility that will format in older versions of UDF? Otherwise I'm forced to compress all my movies to be under 4GB, and quite frankly, I'd rather leave them on DVD if I'm going to have to take a hit in the picture quality department. You might be thinking 'I really doubt you'll notice the lack of quality', but when you watch very dark movies that require 50,000 shades of black all the time, you can see the 'JPEGing' sometimes. EDIT: Nevermind.
Solved the issue with Western Digital TV Live Streaming as the middle man between NTFS HDD and TV USB port. EDIT 2: Just wanted to say thanks again for all your help with the ripping and converting. I'm actually going to buy DVDFAB. So now that I am an unstoppable DVD - MP4 machine, the last hurdle has presented itself. Given that FAT32 limits file sizes to 4GB, how can I plug in a USB drive to my TV and watch +4GB MP4 movies that way?
The TV won't recognise any of the extended file systems (NTFS, exFAT). I know you have a solution/workaround, but if you want to play MP4/MKV files via USB you can always split them.
I hardly ever work with MP4s but for MKV, can easily split them. MKV also supports linking. Whether your TV supports it is another story, but when you split MKVs they can be split as individual files or as linked files. If the linked files are together and you open one, a player which supports linked MKVs should either automatically open them all as a single file or it should automatically play them in sequence. I know this is an old thread now, but I've just come across the same need as the OP, but I only have access to Windows XP.
Since is Vista upwards, can anyone recommend an MP4 encoder for XP? Specifically, I'm looking at encoding TV episodes (3 or 4 per DVD) to store on a PC that is exclusively used as a media player. I already have the DVD files on the hard drive, so copying/decrypting is not an issue. I just need to encode each title (or for some discs, each chapter) to a separate mp4. I used to use for this stuff, but as you all probably know, it doesn't support mp4. Any suggestions?
Baldrick, I did try the latest version, but it errors with 'XP and Server 2003 no longer supported, download version 1.4'. So I checked the website, but couldn't find any old versions. Thank you very much for pointing out that old versions are hosted here. I missed that when I downloaded the latest one. It looks like version 1.4.25 is that newest I can use, so I'll give that a try. Update: 1.4.25 works beautifully (nice clear picture using default settings, and good size at around 380mb for a 50 min episode).
Thanks again.
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