DVD to MP4 h264 - what is the best tool? - GoFuckYourself.com

MaDalton · 07-08-2008, 05:47 AM

I want to put DVD in and get files by scenes separated encoded in h264 - whats the best tool for that?

thanks!

bizmak · 07-08-2008, 06:32 AM

Xilisoft Video Converter is a great tool ;)

If you want, I can convert this files for you

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dready · 07-08-2008, 06:57 AM

I haven't found anything that can do it well. Some tools like procoder are great for choosing the chapters you want from a DVD, but it uses the Quicktime encoder which is a PoS. X264 is the best encoder, but it's hard to find a good front end for it. You might want to take a look at Handbrake, but I wasn't very fond of it. I'm making do with Media Coder and selecting in and out points manually.

The trade off is ease of use vs. quality encoding.

peedy · 07-08-2008, 07:51 AM

Handbrake FTW

Brad Gosse · 07-08-2008, 07:57 AM

We use Apple compressor with the true H.264 encoder. The best thing to do is pull your DVD content out using an up-converter to make it DV quality so you have 0% loss

dready · 07-08-2008, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad Gosse

We use Apple compressor with the true H.264 encoder. The best thing to do is pull your DVD content out using an up-converter to make it DV quality so you have 0% loss

I didn't think Apple supported the h.264 high profile at all. The quality difference between the main and high profiles is night and day.

MRock · 07-08-2008, 08:55 AM

Intervideo iVideoToGo for ipod works for me.

Brad Gosse · 07-08-2008, 09:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dready

I didn't think Apple supported the h.264 high profile at all. The quality difference between the main and high profiles is night and day.

Depends on the codecs you buy ;)

tranza · 07-08-2008, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad Gosse

We use Apple compressor with the true H.264 encoder. The best thing to do is pull your DVD content out using an up-converter to make it DV quality so you have 0% loss

Man this one is really good!

stickyfingerz · 07-08-2008, 09:31 AM

For me right now, Id rip the dvd to mpeg2 then convert it from there. Are you using this for ipod, or for high quality streaming vids? I haven't found anything to batch convert to h.264 yet that matches the quality of Main Concept plugin for premiere. videocharge supposedly updated for full h.264 compatibility, but on a test yesterday it just sat there. Sorenson 5 I think is also h.264 compat but I haven't upgraded from 4.5 yet.

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dready Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 5,247	I haven't found anything that can do it well. Some tools like procoder are great for choosing the chapters you want from a DVD, but it uses the Quicktime encoder which is a PoS. X264 is the best encoder, but it's hard to find a good front end for it. You might want to take a look at Handbrake, but I wasn't very fond of it. I'm making do with Media Coder and selecting in and out points manually. The trade off is ease of use vs. quality encoding. __________________ ICQ: 91139591 Last edited by dready; 07-08-2008 at 06:58 AM..

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stickyfingerz Doin fine Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 24,983	For me right now, Id rip the dvd to mpeg2 then convert it from there. Are you using this for ipod, or for high quality streaming vids? I haven't found anything to batch convert to h.264 yet that matches the quality of Main Concept plugin for premiere. videocharge supposedly updated for full h.264 compatibility, but on a test yesterday it just sat there. Sorenson 5 I think is also h.264 compat but I haven't upgraded from 4.5 yet.