[mythtv-users] DVD Ripping was: Zap2it Labs Shutting Down?

Ow Mun Heng Ow.Mun.Heng at wdc.com
Thu Jun 21 02:20:39 UTC 2007


On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 18:48 -0700, Chris Petersen wrote:
> Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > BTW, curious as to what are the "more efficient" file formats.
> 
> mainly, running stuff through a higher compression xvid or h.264 codec.
>   Not really a file format, but I was feeling too lazy to go into
> detail.  I'm not sure what makes running through transcode/ffmpeg better
> than Myth's own encoder (it's the same as ffmpeg's), but it does seem to
> help.  MythTV's internal player doesn't actually do h.264+mp4 very well,
> but that's ffmpeg's fault and means that xine and mplayer are both
> troublesome, too.

Well, I'm running out of space in my own HDs due to this and thus,
looking for ways to "expand" storage.

> I'm a "watch once" kind of guy when it comes to movies, so I don't own
> very many DVDs, and haven't really ripped anything of my own.
> Everything usually just goes through netflix and gets played on the
> standalone dvd player.

Ah.. I take it you don't have Kids or Nephew with strong affinity
towards Barney or the Like.. eh..


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