[mythtv-users] Cables and more space...ideas?

[gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman)]

Ryan Steffes wrote:

> Questions to ask yourself:
> What parts of the movie are the most important to you?

The movie itself and one AC3 audio track


> Do you need subtitles, multiple languages?

nope, neither


> Do you have a full multichannel stereo 
> set up or are you willing to compress the audio?

5.1 DD/DTS receiver, so keeping DD audio is a must ... don't care about 
commentary, mult languages, etc


> Are you extremely sensitive to audio distortion?

fairly, but the biggest thing for me is keeping 5.1 ... there just is no 
comparison between a 5.1 movie vs a 2-channel rip of the same movie ...


> A value of 800 for the bitrate will give 
> you results around 700MB for a full DVD depending on your audio 
> settings.  Values around 1500 give bigger files, but are very nice looking.

the result i'd like to come up with is a rip of a DVD with the same 
video and audio quality as the source, just without the extra crap ... 
when myth rips a dvd to file using the "perfect" method, does it strip 
out everything except the main audio and video or are subtitles, mult 
languages, etc still in there?

thanks!
-g-