[cthane]

I have recently started using KODI as I am planning on backing up my entire DVD collection on backup servers. However, I notice that every time I rip a dvd (I have tried Handbrake, Clonedvd2 when experimenting with rips), I notice that the quality is poor and not up to snuff with the quality of the actual DVD. What program should I use to properly rip DVDs so that I can enjoy them without the picture looking pixel-y and washed out?

[Prof Yaffle]

Use makemkv - that doesn't re-encode, so you get a 1:1 copy of the file(s). Your choice whether you rip the whole lot or just the main movie.

Alternatively, you could rip the whole disc as ISO - how to do that depends on your OS - but that would give you a perfect copy of the whole disc.

[whysoserious]

+1 for the Professor. MakeMKV will get the job done.

[Plantje]

I use copy-paste

[gary9872]

If space is not an issue then yes makemkv for sure.

I use makemkv to get if off the DVD. Then I use ffmpeg to make it smaller.

You can read about it here...

https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/H.264 ... using a crf rate of 17 or 18

You could also use quantization values something like qmin 10 qmax 50.

[MetalChris]

Handbrake works for me.