Subj : Re: Ripping DVD/BD in Linux
To   : Gamgee
From : Nightfox
Date : Sun Sep 07 2025 22:54:20

> Still learning some of the terminology...  So you are using Handbrake to 
> do something like converting to/from different formats such as .mp4 and 
> .mkv ?  This would be on an already-ripped movie file?

Yes, sorr of. Even between the same formats, using Handbrake to re-encode it
can result in a much smaller file. MakeMKV makes an exact 1:1 rip, which is
good, but the files are large. I buy 4K movies sometimes, and a 4K movie could
be about 70GB in size, and by re-encoding, I've often gotten them down to about
3GB ib some cases, though sometimes they come out larger. I still keep a backup
of the original rip.

Also, mkv isn't really a format in itself. mkv is a container format, which
means it can contain video of any format, as well as audio tracks of any format
and subtitles too, all inside the mkv. Common video codecs supporter by a lot
of modern devices these days are h264 (older) and h265. AV1 is even newer and
is supposed to provide better quality and smaller files, I believe, but isn't
widely supported yet. Common audio codecs that a lot of movies use are AAC,
AC3, and DTS.

Nightfox

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