HandBrake

Oh ok was just wondering because I was told once to always have it set on strict and was thinking that maybe I should have been using loose instead. Thank you for the reply

I noticed in the high profile preset it sets it to loose and not strict anamorphic? Shouldnt that be set to strict? For bluray and dvd encodes

Make MKV is a great program for ripping youre Blu Rays and is on a beta free trial atm to try out if you want. I use it all the time to turn my blu rays into mkvs and is very user friendly.

I dont see a big difference myself either other than increasing the time to encode. At least not a big enough difference that I can tell on my tv. Reason I have used the normal preset.

mkv is a better option than mp4 if youre player does both

On DVD I use 20rf with normal preset ,
On Blu Ray I use 22rf (24 if it is grainy) also on normal preset
Produces a good quality compression in a decent amount of time

On Blu Rays I go 24rf with grainy video on normal preset and 22 on other less grainy also on normal preset

just use the normal preset to help with speed and 20 rf usually is fine for me

I find for tv a normal preset with 20rf good compression and quality and arou nd 40fps

For Dvd I use Normal Preset at 20rf and Blu Ray 22rf sometimes 24rf (if grainy video) also on a normal preset.I find it good compression and good quality on those and not a super long encode time around 6-8fps on blu ray and 35-45fps on dvd

I would suggest Make MKV especially for Blu Ray

Does anyone use the Normal preset? Ive been using it with 20 rf on dvd and 22 rf on bluray but on normal not high .

I seem to find the best setting I get is Normal Preset with Rf 20 for dvd and rf 22 for blu ray, am I shorting myself anything by going normal than high ? Seems everyone does the the high preset over the normal? My encodes seem alot longer on high and dont notice a big difference in quality.

Thank you so much for the replay, I thought maybe I was doing something wrong )

Does Handbrake support Blu ray Chapters? I have recently been coming across blu rays that I ripped to Mkv that shows it sees the chapters in description but the box to check chapters in the gui is greyed out? Didnt see any info on chapter support for blu ray mkv files . Would prefer to have the chap...

So if im encoding bluray mkv at 62% is that overkill? and used the normal preset should I have used the high profile? Sorry im a noob to the hd encode and just starting a few blu rays .

Thank you for the reply clears things for me up alot . I think im gonna go normal preset with 65 constant quality . Tried high profile but the fps dropped alot and would take me forever to encode all my dvds )

I am currently not sure which preset would be best for converting dvd rips, whether normal or high profile preset. Im not the most technically advanced in this and figured just using a preset would be fine. I have done some encodes in normal preset but was wondering if going to the high profile crea...

Most seem to encode to MP4 and not MKV but from what I read on the net it seems MKV is the best . Any reason most go for MP4 ? I am currently encoding to MKV for playback on XBMC but am wondering why so many choose MP4. Should i be encoding to MP4?