SomeGuy133
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Hey guys, these are my needs and wanted to know what your thoughts were on whats the best ripping software and encoding software.
Purpose
I am building a NAS/DAS and I want to start ripping my family's DVD/BD collection for use on the network. My goal if I have space is to rip ISO and MKV/other media format but if space is an issue I will rip ISOs and convert to mkv or whatever when i want to use them as media files.
Loosing quality is not an option period. and features are a must like selecting codec/res/size. My dad does a ton of travel as well as my brother. We as a family need the versatility to take our videos with us so a 30-60GB movie does not always work I may have a 240GB flash drive able to do 100-160MBps but those are still HUGE files for week long trips sometimes out of the country.
My needs
*must support DVDs and Blu-Rays
*Beat DRM (given)
*no water marks or loss in quality (given)
*create ISOs
*create mkv/other formats at lossless quality and any quality of choice (res/compression/codec/filetype/bit rate/and so on)
*do multiple DVD/BDs at once (I have 3 BD drives)
*Free is preferred but i am willing to buy a software if it adds a much better user interface and features. If 20-50 bucks saves me time and adds useful features its worth it.
Questions and thoughts
Do I need or want CUDA support? I have a 980 TI and an intel i7 4770K I will be getting a better processor soon, either skylake or x99 K/E edition. I have tried make mkv and i can rip in 20-30 mins and i don't see my CPU or GPU phased at all but maybe because it is loseless quality so little encoding is being done??? I also have 3 BD players for ripping so keep that in mind if that can over load the CPU.
Also if I have ISOs on my NAS and want to convert them to losssless or downsized mkv or whatever type do I need cuda support? I wouldn't be limited to the 20-30 mins ripping time since they would be on an HDD or SSD at that point so the BD drive would not be a bottleneck. I remember when I had a 720QM which was good at the time encoding required a ton of CPU but that is like 1/3rd my current CPU and I don't know if some new instructions have made thisCPU/CUDA issue moot now.
I have read and heard of DVD Fab, makeMKV, and handbrake.
I tried to use handbrake but couldn't get it to work. I am probably retarded and need to watch a tutorial on it. I spent 5 mins on trying it out in the middle of the night so yea i have more research to do on that but please enlighten me if you got the time.
I tried makeMKV and it is super basic obviously. It appears to only make loseless which is cool but that's it. It has worked on everything I have tried...aka 2 BDs They are brand new ones so it appears to beat the newest or almost nearest DRMs with no issue.
I tried DVDFab when it was in betas like 5 years ago (on that 720qm/260m ) and it didn't work at all and couldn't beat any DRM even though it was supposed to lol but it was free and in betas so i can't judge it It did seem like it had potential though.
Are there any other options? I am sure other media hounds here got some nifty system set up.
Also should this be here or in the optical drive section? Not sure which is best.
Purpose
I am building a NAS/DAS and I want to start ripping my family's DVD/BD collection for use on the network. My goal if I have space is to rip ISO and MKV/other media format but if space is an issue I will rip ISOs and convert to mkv or whatever when i want to use them as media files.
Loosing quality is not an option period. and features are a must like selecting codec/res/size. My dad does a ton of travel as well as my brother. We as a family need the versatility to take our videos with us so a 30-60GB movie does not always work I may have a 240GB flash drive able to do 100-160MBps but those are still HUGE files for week long trips sometimes out of the country.
My needs
*must support DVDs and Blu-Rays
*Beat DRM (given)
*no water marks or loss in quality (given)
*create ISOs
*create mkv/other formats at lossless quality and any quality of choice (res/compression/codec/filetype/bit rate/and so on)
*do multiple DVD/BDs at once (I have 3 BD drives)
*Free is preferred but i am willing to buy a software if it adds a much better user interface and features. If 20-50 bucks saves me time and adds useful features its worth it.
Questions and thoughts
Do I need or want CUDA support? I have a 980 TI and an intel i7 4770K I will be getting a better processor soon, either skylake or x99 K/E edition. I have tried make mkv and i can rip in 20-30 mins and i don't see my CPU or GPU phased at all but maybe because it is loseless quality so little encoding is being done??? I also have 3 BD players for ripping so keep that in mind if that can over load the CPU.
Also if I have ISOs on my NAS and want to convert them to losssless or downsized mkv or whatever type do I need cuda support? I wouldn't be limited to the 20-30 mins ripping time since they would be on an HDD or SSD at that point so the BD drive would not be a bottleneck. I remember when I had a 720QM which was good at the time encoding required a ton of CPU but that is like 1/3rd my current CPU and I don't know if some new instructions have made thisCPU/CUDA issue moot now.
I have read and heard of DVD Fab, makeMKV, and handbrake.
I tried to use handbrake but couldn't get it to work. I am probably retarded and need to watch a tutorial on it. I spent 5 mins on trying it out in the middle of the night so yea i have more research to do on that but please enlighten me if you got the time.
I tried makeMKV and it is super basic obviously. It appears to only make loseless which is cool but that's it. It has worked on everything I have tried...aka 2 BDs They are brand new ones so it appears to beat the newest or almost nearest DRMs with no issue.
I tried DVDFab when it was in betas like 5 years ago (on that 720qm/260m ) and it didn't work at all and couldn't beat any DRM even though it was supposed to lol but it was free and in betas so i can't judge it It did seem like it had potential though.
Are there any other options? I am sure other media hounds here got some nifty system set up.
Also should this be here or in the optical drive section? Not sure which is best.