Subj : Re: Ripping DVD/BD in Linux
To   : Nightfox
From : Gamgee
Date : Mon Sep 08 2025 08:11:19

-=> Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

 > 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?

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

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

Excellent info, thank you!



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