Bruce Nordstrand wrote:<br>> Can anyone tell me what the difference would be in both size/quality<br>> would be with ripping a DVD with Perfect, Medium or Good? <br><br>The wiki knows! From <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/MythDVD">
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/MythDVD</a>:<br><br> * Perfect : Available for all Discs. Makes an exact copy of the MPEG file<br> * Excellent : 4:3 and 16:9 non-letterboxed Only. Transcode the MPEG file at a high bitrate. Resultant files size is approx 2GB
<br> * Good : All Other . Transcode the MPEG file at average bitrate. Resultant file size is approx 800MB <br><br>By the way, if you are serious about ripping your DVD collection, then you will need a much larger drive or drives.
<br><br>I have over 1 terabyte using LVM, and I an considering adding another 500 gb drive sometime soon.<br><br>Tom