2010-06-10, 22:21
.....OR
You could trust that the Handbrake developers actually know what they are doing and use their defaults (which amazingly work rather well).
HandbrakeCLI --preset "High Profile" -i /dev/dvd -o MovieName.mkv -f mkv
Of course, if you don't care about file size, MakeMKV is the better choice (makemkvcon --minlength 1200 mkv disc:0 all .). But since the OP does care about file size, the Handbrake suggestion above is a good compromise between size and quality.
PS Setting Handbrake's quality to 100% makes no sense. The quality is measured by the uncompressed result of rendering each frame. The normal compression ratio for Handbrake is 20% (-q 0.20) and is extremely close to the original DVD quality. Upping the ratio a bit (-q 0.17) produces only marginally better images and about 15-20% increase in file size.
You could trust that the Handbrake developers actually know what they are doing and use their defaults (which amazingly work rather well).
HandbrakeCLI --preset "High Profile" -i /dev/dvd -o MovieName.mkv -f mkv
Of course, if you don't care about file size, MakeMKV is the better choice (makemkvcon --minlength 1200 mkv disc:0 all .). But since the OP does care about file size, the Handbrake suggestion above is a good compromise between size and quality.
PS Setting Handbrake's quality to 100% makes no sense. The quality is measured by the uncompressed result of rendering each frame. The normal compression ratio for Handbrake is 20% (-q 0.20) and is extremely close to the original DVD quality. Upping the ratio a bit (-q 0.17) produces only marginally better images and about 15-20% increase in file size.
