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I have a DVD collection I want on my Jellyfin library. What software should I use for compressing these DVD files to sizes matching what you find at sea? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by themurphy@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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EDIT: Thank you so much everyone! There's so much help for me here, and I'll recommend anyone with similar question as me to read the comments

Basically title.

I have the DVDs and I have the hardware to burn them to my PC.

But the file size is too much. What software would be ideal to get the best quality with the lowest file size?

I'm going for file sizes per movie at around 2-3gb max.

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[-] ANIMATEK@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

Since you are asking in c/piracy, just download it. Either Blu-ray RIP or Web-DL (ripped from streaming services) will have far better quality than a DVD RIP. Unless is something unique, there is no real benefit in doing the leg work yourself.

If you want max bit-rate or lossless sound get a Blue-Ray remux. Otherwise WEB-DL looks as good for most people and weights a fraction.

[-] themurphy@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

Yeah, my content is unique and in a language not found at any public trackers.

I'm asking here because some people may be uploading files themselves, and may have experience in compressing. And how to do it.

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 9 points 11 months ago

Handbrake will be what you want. I would just Google the recommended quality settings for it for DVD.

[-] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

There is a third option for you - as others have suggested, you can use a tool like Handbrake to extract the content from your DVDs, but from there, if you're feeling adventurous, you can acquire a higher quality release from... Somewhere else... Get it in .mkv format, and you can use a tool like MKVToolNix to extract the audio from your DVD copy and "mux" it onto your HD copy.

MKV files are great because they are really just containers (like a fancy .zip), keeping the audio and video independent, allowing you to easily swap one out for the other.

The only downside is you may have to edit the audio slightly to sync up with your video