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Post by Dr. Strangelove on Apr 19, 2024 9:59:54 GMT
I use Handbrake, which is overwhelming at first as you have to play with settings, but once I found the setting I want it's pretty easy to use.
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Post by bpickering on Apr 19, 2024 10:41:28 GMT
I still get physical media. Never know what the future holds.
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Post by khawk on Apr 19, 2024 11:08:19 GMT
I use Handbrake, which is overwhelming at first as you have to play with settings, but once I found the setting I want it's pretty use to use. Handbrake is good. Any Video Converter is also good.
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Post by KGB on Apr 19, 2024 12:20:15 GMT
I found VLC and Handbrake cumbersome. Freemake Video Converter has always been my go-to. The interface is wonderfully simple and it can do most any capture function, such as converting Youtube videos to mp3's. A few years ago you could get a free code for the Platinum version, which offers full functionality, if you could get a "friend" to install the free version on their computer. So all you had to do was install that on one computer in your house and then upgrade on another. I still have the older (Windows 7) laptop that I put it on, and I dust it off when I want to convert DVDs to video files.
If you've ever wanted to make actual, physical copies of DVDs, there's an ancient download called DVD Decrypter that allows you to make perfect copies. Because of all the extras on most DVDs you have to use dual layer blank DVD's, the kind with 8.5 GB of storage.
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Post by Dr. Strangelove on Apr 19, 2024 12:39:32 GMT
I tried Freemake once and I was turned off by the watermark on the free version (and most of the free versions of other apps had pretty much the same limitations). I tried VLC once was it was way too cumbersome. Handbrake could be cumbersome but under the right settings it is actually not that bad.
Among my other video editors I also use both Shotcut and Davinci Resolve. Both were useful in merging videos, as I used Shotcut to merge the two sides of Amadeus (theatrical version) after I converted it from the DVD with Handbrake.
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Post by Jim on Apr 19, 2024 12:44:55 GMT
Thanks, might try that.
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Post by principalraditch on Apr 19, 2024 12:51:15 GMT
I use Make MKV to do the video rips. It's continuously in Beta Mode so every few months you just need to go to the website for the free registration code. Then if I want to convert to MP4 I use the older 3.2.1 version of Freemake, before it started creating some limitation in subsequent versions. I prefer the MKV files, but there are 2 limitations. One they're 2x the size of the MP4's so space can be an issue, and two some smart TV's will not play those extensions, but will with the MP4's.
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Post by Jim on Apr 19, 2024 14:13:27 GMT
Thanks. My new tv doesn't play Avi files but plays nearly every Mkv and Mp4 I've tried on it.
I did try to see if there was a way to get the TV to play Avi files (app, codecs etc.) but wasn't successful
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