[Q] Looking for help on DVD playback

[MACHEK]

I've tried VLC media player to rip some of my old movies I have, but I can't seem to find the ideal settings. I rip on the preset "Video for android sd high" but the movie still wont transfer over without my phone wanting to convert it again when I transfer. Then after it does, my 2 hour movie takes up 1.4 gb, and that seems to high. Any recommendations on a more efficient setting or maybe if I should transfer directly to the SD card and reinsert it into the phone? Thanks

 

[chrisbass]

Try a program called "Handbrake". I've used it rip my DVD collection and I set it to encode on a "universal" setting, ends up being in .m4v format and my phone plays it fine. I'd say that's a normal size (at least what I've experienced) for a 2 hour movie.

 

[MACHEK]

Try a program called "Handbrake". I've used it rip my DVD collection and I set it to encode on a "universal" setting, ends up being in .m4v format and my phone plays it fine. I'd say that's a normal size (at least what I've experienced) for a 2 hour movie.

Why would movies downloaded onto my SD card for Flixster only be 700mb then? Are they somehow compressed?

 

[chrisbass]

I honestly couldn't tell you. I only have experience with that one program and don't know what flixster is.

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[MACHEK]

I thought with handbrake you need to save a whole dvd to your pc with a different program and then use handbrake. I'd rather just use one program If possible

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[chrisbass]

Not in my experience. Handbrake rips,saves, and converts all in one step.
http://www.techhive.com/article/242876/how_to_rip_a_dvd_with_handbrake.html

 

[MACHEK]

Not in my experience. Handbrake rips,saves, and converts all in one step.
http://www.techhive.com/article/242876/how_to_rip_a_dvd_with_handbrake.html

Yeah doesn't work for me, says scan failed unrecognized file type

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[MACHEK]

Not in my experience. Handbrake rips,saves, and converts all in one step.
http://www.techhive.com/article/242876/how_to_rip_a_dvd_with_handbrake.html

I ended up getting dvd decrypter, and handbrake. That combo works even though I didn't want to get two programs but it's fine I guess as long as it does the job. Thanks

The whole process is pretty quick takes about 30 to 40 minutes for a whole movie. I'm happy with it

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[b00mb00mchuck]

Not sure if this is even an issue here... your 1.4GB file for a 2 hour movie at 1080p sounds exactly right... The 700MB file you mentioned sounds right for the same movie in 720p... are you checking these files after loading them on your phone to see what resolution they are? I've never seen one of my movies at 1080p turn out smaller than 1.+GB... even recording with the camera for that long turns out that big at 1080p...

 

[MACHEK]

Not sure if this is even an issue here... your 1.4GB file for a 2 hour movie at 1080p sounds exactly right... The 700MB file you mentioned sounds right for the same movie in 720p... are you checking these files after loading them on your phone to see what resolution they are? I've never seen one of my movies at 1080p turn out smaller than 1.+GB... even recording with the camera for that long turns out that big at 1080p...

Good point but I was having issues even ripping with vlc. Handbrake works just fine and I don't think I need any better then 720 for now. Is handbrake capable of 1080?

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[haza12d]

Why would movies downloaded onto my SD card for Flixster only be 700mb then? Are they somehow compressed?

Is there an option to download movies to your SD card with flixster? I can only stream movies, but can't download them to my card. Is it a setting that I need to enable?

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[mrlaigle]

Yeah doesn't work for me, says scan failed unrecognized file type

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Don't do the scan folder option. Choose the add then file then choose the file directly.

Orr....

Get the best BEST dvd / blu ray backup software I have ever used. It's called MAKEmkv. It's free while in beta. You can find the software key on their website that is good through jan.

Use this. You will thank me later.

Makes 100% lossless backups in mkv format. Then you can use handbrake to condense.

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[MACHEK]

Don't do the scan folder option. Choose the add then file then choose the file directly.

Orr....

Get the best BEST dvd / blu ray backup software I have ever used. It's called MAKEmkv. It's free while in beta. You can find the software key on their website that is good through jan.

Use this. You will thank me later.

Makes 100% lossless backups in mkv format. Then you can use handbrake to condense.

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Thanks I like that you can select only certain items. This may be a dumb question but are all DVDs 720? I can't seem to find a setting higher then that.

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[Ajj915]

You guys need to try DVD Fab. I paid for a lifetime license and can rip and convert anything I ever wanted to. In about any format you can think of. From Android to apple.

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[mrlaigle]

Thanks I like that you can select only certain items. This may be a dumb question but are all DVDs 720? I can't seem to find a setting higher then that.

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Yeah DVDS are 720 at best. Blue rays are 1080. You can upscale the dvds to 1080 but it's not really worth it. You would be better with just the 720 verison.

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[young1123]

If you convert DVD of the VOB format to any other formats, the quality will be lossy. But if you just rip DVD to VOB format which if of the same format as DVD, the original video format will be kept maximally as there is no re-encoding process. Also some software allow you to convert DVD to HD format. I think the output quality will be good.

 

[Oh_wow]

Well, it's not hard work as long as you get a DVD ripping tool that allows you to rip and transfer DVD to Galaxy Not 3 directly. Here is tutorial for you: How do I Get DVD movies onto Samsung Galaxy Note 3

I've used DVD Catalyst forever (so its probably old technology). It lets you choose your device and optimizes it from there...

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[monica66]

Looking for help on DVD playback

I am afraid that you need to get a professional DVD Ripper to deal with your movies. The blog I found on Google should be helpful to you.