21.08.2018, 19:36
Hi!
I have a lot of DVDs that take up a lot of space, so I'm trying to find a way to make them smaller in size. I'd wish to have them smaller in size without losing quality.
In this case, it's about 20 min length 720x520px videos that are about 1GB when I convert them to MKV (using MakeMKV). From what I've heard and read, MKV should be like a direct DVD video rip, and therefore lossless. But it takes as much space as the original VOB files inside the DVD's VIDEO_TS folder. I wonder if it's really necessary for these video files to take this amount of space if you don't want any quality loss.
I've tried different tools to convert them to MP4, because those files usually take up less space. But so far, they all had reduced video quality. Maybe Hybrid could make a change, but that programme is pretty advanced so I wouldn't really know what settings to go with. However, I first need to know if it's possible to get these DVDs ripped in a smaller size without quality loss. Maybe MP4 is like JPG for images or MP3 for audio files, which always cause a reduce in quality. On the other hand, maybe there exist "smart" video file formats that compress the video or something to make it smaller.
Some help with this would be nice! Thanks in advance.
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I have a lot of DVDs that take up a lot of space, so I'm trying to find a way to make them smaller in size. I'd wish to have them smaller in size without losing quality.
In this case, it's about 20 min length 720x520px videos that are about 1GB when I convert them to MKV (using MakeMKV). From what I've heard and read, MKV should be like a direct DVD video rip, and therefore lossless. But it takes as much space as the original VOB files inside the DVD's VIDEO_TS folder. I wonder if it's really necessary for these video files to take this amount of space if you don't want any quality loss.
I've tried different tools to convert them to MP4, because those files usually take up less space. But so far, they all had reduced video quality. Maybe Hybrid could make a change, but that programme is pretty advanced so I wouldn't really know what settings to go with. However, I first need to know if it's possible to get these DVDs ripped in a smaller size without quality loss. Maybe MP4 is like JPG for images or MP3 for audio files, which always cause a reduce in quality. On the other hand, maybe there exist "smart" video file formats that compress the video or something to make it smaller.
Some help with this would be nice! Thanks in advance.
Please, read the 'Infos needed to fix&reproduce bugs,..'-sticky before you post about a problem.