[Pvt.Dancer]

Hey guys,

Iv been searching a little bit but while i search I wanted to get some opinions on ways to start backing up my collection. I was looking at Sly soft's set of programs but they don't do Blu-ray's at this time except anyDVD HD which I'm not sure it would be worth getting along side a program to do the actual backups.

so any ways thanks for the suggestions!

EDIT: Though I did just realize that Any DVD HD rips blu-rays.

[thideras]

I would suggest getting MakeMKV for the rip and Handbrake for the compression. MakeMKV works very good compared to every other program I've ever used to rip DVD/Bluray to disks. Select what you want and hit go. It is just that simple. When I get enough Bluray disks that I need to do another round of reading in, I'm buying the program.

For Handbrake, I can feed in a queue of videos, mash the go button and let it run. For DVDs, I use a "constant quality" of 20 (higher quality) and I get 0.92 gb per movie average (out of 251). For Bluray, I use a "constant quality" of 22 (lesser quality) and I get 3.39 gb per movie average (out of 31). The reason you use lower quality is because the resolution is higher. I don't accept any visible/audible loss in quality and I cannot tell the difference between the original and the compressed.

[txus.palacios]

Originally Posted by thideras

I would suggest getting MakeMKV for the rip and Handbrake for the compression. MakeMKV works very good compared to every other program I've ever used to rip DVD/Bluray to disks. Select what you want and hit go. It is just that simple. When I get enough Bluray disks that I need to do another round of reading in, I'm buying the program.

For Handbrake, I can feed in a queue of videos, mash the go button and let it run. For DVDs, I use a "constant quality" of 20 (higher quality) and I get 0.92 gb per movie average (out of 251). For Bluray, I use a "constant quality" of 22 (lesser quality) and I get 3.39 gb per movie average (out of 31). The reason you use lower quality is because the resolution is higher. I don't accept any visible/audible loss in quality and I cannot tell the difference between the original and the compressed.

^This.

[Pvt.Dancer]

I'm trying out both of them (any DVD\Make MKV) just to see which one i like better. though Make MKV has me won over so far I like how it works... and the price!

Edit: Though one thing i was thinking about is future updates. How long has Make MKV been around? and are they going to be there for future support if they put in a new encryption to block us from making copies? I know that sly soft has been around for a while but eek the price!

[thideras]

I can't find it for sure, but it looks to be right around when Bluray was released. They have a version history section, but not all of them have dates.

[Pvt.Dancer]

I just like having support lol just in case but so far their the clear choice between the two of them.

[Pvt.Dancer]

Thideras have you had any issues with stability with hand break? it seems to crash alot for me. it doesn't do it during the compression but when it launches.

[thideras]

I've never had an issue when the program launches. I would delete what you have now and re-download it. If that doesn't work, try the second-newest version.

I have had issues with the Windows version deciding to suddenly stop when rending very large videos. I had to get the nightly release to fix that issue, but this was awhile back. Now, I just use it in Linux and it works perfectly.

[Pvt.Dancer]

I noticed it happens alot after i select the video file which is a .mkv when i select the settings i saved as a preset it freezes every time. ill try a reinstall though i started compressing a video lol ill try a reinstall after this though. Thanks