Handbrake is an amazing tool and I've been learning a great deal from the forums and the help documentation in the wiki about the various encoding options but I guess I still have some questions, so here I am.
I am looking to convert my dvd collection to MP4 and I am trying to find the best balance between file size and quality. Which is probably true of everyone.
I plan on watching these movies on my 61" DLP TV so I am trying to encode with that mind. I'm not worried about making it available on my iphone or anything like that. That said, I haven't decided on a playback device yet (popcorn hour, apple tv, dedicated media center pc).
So I tried out two presets on Con Air.
The Apple Universal file came out to 4.35 gigs which is almost as large as the dvd iso
The Film Preset came out to 1.89 gigs which isn't bad.
On my 21" inch LCD's - the pictures look identical and I can't see a difference but I'm not sure if the same will be true on my 61" tv. I have to order cables to I'm not going to be able to see it live for another few weeks and I was hoping to start encoding before then.
I'd appreciate any insight or suggestions you might have to offer for my particular set up and goals.
Thank you
- John