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Hey all. Amature disc ripper here. (My existing knowledge/collection mostly pertains to audio.)

I have a handful of DVD movies that are generally unavailable (limited or archive releases that are unavailable for streaming and not on any mainstream trackers).

I'm currently using handbrake, but am open to other rippers. What specifically should I do to obtain the best quality rips from these DVDs? Most are older films and shows from the 1960s and '70s.

So far, I've been ripping H.265 MKV 480p30 with passthrough audio. Is this the way? Are there any settings I should change or be aware of?

Thanks in advance.

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[–] Far_Marsupial6303@alien.top 2 points 11 months ago

The best possible quality to rip to either .ISO, saving the entire DVD as an image or rip and remux, placing the video into another container. Both will give you 1:1 quality of the original.

MakeMKV can do both of these and is free.

[–] FabrizioR8@alien.top 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] MrB2891@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Compressing SD DVD's to 265 is a terrible suggestion. 265 should only be used for high def content, ideally 4K media.

[–] grislyfind@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

AnyDVD to a folder or iso. Then you preserve all the menus and extras.

[–] touche112@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

MakeMKV. Don't re-encode them.

[–] Sopel97@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

please uninstall handbrake and forget it exists

[–] TheMaddis@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Dvd Decrypter is worth using. Old but decent

[–] raymate@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

As others have said MakeMKV and create a disc ISO it’s a full dump of the disc as is.

[–] soygur-t@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Use make MKV to compress them

[–] Xpeq7-@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

DVD backup (Linux utility) for ripping the dvd into original VOB files and ffmpeg with appropriate switches (input: -i "concat:VTS_01_0.IFO:VTS_01_0.BUP:VTS_01_1.VOB:(etc)") for making it into an .mkv file with either the original codec (-c copy) or hevc (also -map 0 for all audio/video/subtitle tracks to be saved)

[–] lkeels@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

MakeMKV is the best option. It rips it directly off the disc exactly like it was put on the disc.