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I am planing a media center and want to rip my dvd collection to an exteernal HDD using ripit and handbranke. Which compesssed format would be best to minimize content loss, and how much is actually lost when converting standard dvd to say m4v or mp4?
Also is there a program to upconvert ripped standard dvd media files to hd quality as some
DVD players do?
 
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jaybiz32 said:
I am planing a media center and want to rip my dvd collection to an exteernal HDD using ripit and handbranke. Which compesssed format would be best to minimize content loss, and how much is actually lost when converting standard dvd to say m4v or mp4?
Also is there a program to upconvert ripped standard dvd media files to hd quality as some
DVD players do?
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I would go with H.264 for good quality at a low data rate. You will have one generation of loss by transcoding. I don't recommend scaling SD frame size to HD unless you need to burn a Blu-ray disc. Allow the player to your scaling.
 
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I am doing the same thing you are. Rip It and Handbrake are excellent.

Be sure to to save the ripped video to two external hard drives. It would truly stink if you lose the single external hard drive and need to rip all those DVD's again!
 
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