I'm ripping some old DVDs, so I can get rid of the disks. I can't recall
what software I used back in the day, but I've found I can rip using
VLC. The question is:

I am presented with a bewildering array of output formats. Which one do
I choose?

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On 24/12/2022 11:22 am, Trevor Wilson wrote:
> I'm ripping some old DVDs, so I can get rid of the disks. I can't
> recall what software I used back in the day, but I've found I can rip
> using VLC. The question is:
>
> I am presented with a bewildering array of output formats. Which one
> do I choose?
>

MP4

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On 24/12/2022 11:54 am, Yosemite Sam wrote:
> On 24/12/2022 11:22 am, Trevor Wilson wrote:
>> I'm ripping some old DVDs, so I can get rid of the disks. I can't
>> recall what software I used back in the day, but I've found I can rip
>> using VLC. The question is:
>>
>> I am presented with a bewildering array of output formats. Which one
>> do I choose?
>>
>
> MP4
>

**I just recalled the software I used - DVDFab. Is there anything
similar still around? Very fast, very convenient and was able to
circumvent copy protection schemes.

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Yosemite Sam <felix@goaway.now> wrote:
> On 24/12/2022 11:22 am, Trevor Wilson wrote:
>> I'm ripping some old DVDs, so I can get rid of the disks. I can't
>> recall what software I used back in the day, but I've found I can rip
>> using VLC. The question is:
>>
>> I am presented with a bewildering array of output formats. Which one
>> do I choose?
>>
>
> MP4

That's a container format, so among the least interesting of the
things to choose. But yes MP4 is pretty universal now so it's a
good choice for that.

For the video most popular is h264, and now audio tends to come in
AAC more often than MP3 but it doesn't make much difference.
Bitrates are a matter of preference, but probably around 1000kb/s
for video at original DVD resolution and 96kb/s per channel for
audio (so 192kb/s for stereo) with MP3.

That said, I'd use AVI container, MPEG4 @500kb/s, and MP3 audio
@192kb/s, because I want things playable on old software and I'm
not fussed about video quality. I scarcely ever rip DVDs anyway -
dealing with masses of video data is more hassle than it's worth
and I like picking them from a shelf.

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Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
>
> **I just recalled the software I used - DVDFab.

Never used it myself.

> Is there anything
> similar still around? Very fast, very convenient

Speed will of course correspond to the quality/size trade-off with
the recompression of the video data, so it depends on the settings
you use and how appropriate they are for your computer.

> and was able to circumvent copy protection schemes.

VLC should be able to do that too, using libdvdcss:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libdvdcss

One snag is that the brute-force cracking of the encryption key can
take a long time, during which it might look like the software has
hung because it's working but not spitting out any video data.

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On 24/12/2022 14:23, Trevor Wilson wrote:
> On 24/12/2022 11:54 am, Yosemite Sam wrote:
>> On 24/12/2022 11:22 am, Trevor Wilson wrote:
>>> I'm ripping some old DVDs, so I can get rid of the disks. I can't
>>> recall what software I used back in the day, but I've found I can rip
>>> using VLC. The question is:
>>>
>>> I am presented with a bewildering array of output formats. Which one
>>> do I choose?
>>>
>>
>> MP4
>>
>
> **I just recalled the software I used - DVDFab. Is there anything
> similar still around? Very fast, very convenient and was able to
> circumvent copy protection schemes.
>
It's still around, I've been using it for years. http://dvdfab.cn, IIRC.

Cheers,
Gary B-)

On 24/12/2022 4:49 pm, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
> On 24/12/2022 14:23, Trevor Wilson wrote:
>> On 24/12/2022 11:54 am, Yosemite Sam wrote:
>>> On 24/12/2022 11:22 am, Trevor Wilson wrote:
>>>> I'm ripping some old DVDs, so I can get rid of the disks. I can't
>>>> recall what software I used back in the day, but I've found I can
>>>> rip using VLC. The question is:
>>>>
>>>> I am presented with a bewildering array of output formats. Which one
>>>> do I choose?
>>>>
>>>
>>> MP4
>>>
>>
>> **I just recalled the software I used - DVDFab. Is there anything
>> similar still around? Very fast, very convenient and was able to
>> circumvent copy protection schemes.
>>
> It's still around, I've been using it for years.  http://dvdfab.cn, IIRC.
>
>     Cheers,
>         Gary    B-)

**Yeah, I just found it. Excellent package.

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Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>
> That said, I'd use AVI container, MPEG4 @500kb/s, and MP3 audio
> @192kb/s, because I want things playable on old software and I'm
> not fussed about video quality. I scarcely ever rip DVDs anyway -
> dealing with masses of video data is more hassle than it's worth
> and I like picking them from a shelf.
>

I know what you mean. I find new songs that are only in digital format,
so grab them with youtube-dl then burn them to a CD, so I can play it in
the car.

On Mon, 26 Dec 2022 20:38:24 +0800, Pirate Pete
<monsters@eyepatch.org> wrote:

>Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>>
>> That said, I'd use AVI container, MPEG4 @500kb/s, and MP3 audio
>> @192kb/s, because I want things playable on old software and I'm
>> not fussed about video quality. I scarcely ever rip DVDs anyway -
>> dealing with masses of video data is more hassle than it's worth
>> and I like picking them from a shelf.
>>
>
>I know what you mean. I find new songs that are only in digital format,
>so grab them with youtube-dl then burn them to a CD, so I can play it in
>the car.

My car is very old but it does have a radio and a cigarette lighter.
I have one of those gadgets which plugs into the lighter socket and
pairs with a mobile phone. The radio is then tuned to the gadget's
frequency.
The results are scratchy & variable.
Is there a top-quality one?

Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:
>
> My car is very old but it does have a radio and a cigarette lighter.
> I have one of those gadgets which plugs into the lighter socket and
> pairs with a mobile phone. The radio is then tuned to the gadget's
> frequency.
> The results are scratchy & variable.
> Is there a top-quality one?

The location might be a problem - try mounting it closer to the
aerial. I'm not sure whether cigarette lighter extension cords are
easily available though.

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