What codec to use to share a video pulled from a dvd?
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I asked for help on ripping a DVD earlier and received some thoughtful responses for creating a VOB type of copy of a DVD. Apparently Handbrake doesn't do that, so I'm looking to make an .avi or mp4 file of the DVD. I played around with the presets in Handbrake this week and found the best quality copy came under the Hardware tab with the H.265 NVENC and H.265 QSV codecs (I'm assuming that's what they are). However, those files won't play with Quicktime on my computer, only on VLC.
I don't want to waste people's time in downloading a torrent I create, so I wanted to know if it's okay to use those codecs and/or if you know of another codec that's better.
(BTW, the codecs under the General tab all produce lower quality videos at double or triple the file size.)
Thank you,
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@cteavin said in What codec to use to share a video pulled from a dvd?:
the codecs under the General tab all produce lower quality videos at double or triple the file size
Sounds like you may be trying to rip the DVD at the wrong resolution. You have to match the encoder settings to the DVD you are ripping. Bear in mind that DVDs are standard definition so generally 480i or 576i. If you try and rip at a higher resolution than the video on the disc the result will not be good. Video encoders compress video, they cannot upscale it. You also need to match the frame rate to the disc and make sure you are deinterlacing the video (under the Filters tab).
NVENC and QSV are proprietary codecs of Nvidia and Intel, they are intended for use with their hardware and are not suitable for standard def video. H.264 is the most widely supported standard. H.265 is a newer standard but is less widely supported and was developed primarily for streaming media at lower bitrates, rather than archiving video. It has since been overtaken by a newer codec for streaming media (AV1).
If you have any questions, I'd be glad to answer.
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QuickTime has been abandoned by Apple for quite a while now. In Oct of 2011, with the release of IOS 10.5, QT became redundant Back in April 2016, Homeland Security recommended users remove it from their systems because it was no longer be supported, thus having many known security holes.
It wasn't until 2013, 2 years after Apple abandoned QT, that H.265 officially came into existence. In 2019, H.265 v7 officially came into existence. As of 2021, H.265 v8 was in the review process, but nothing I can find has mentioned it since then.
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@cteavin avoid re-encoding the DVD. If you have it physically just use a disc managing tool to create an ISO out of it. If you can't do that, you can simply copy the VIDEO_TS folder right from the dvd's root directory to somewhere in your PC and make a torrent out of that folder, it'll have the same effect.
It's much nicer to preserve the integrity of already compressed media and after downloading it everyone is free to re-encode it to what suits them best.
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You would need to put the VIDEO_TS folder into an outer folder with the video's proper name.
