Tinwarble - Thanks for the suggestions! Knowing next to nothing about video encoding and converting, I was going by the “the less compression the better quality” theory, and was trying to compromise. Do you find that BDs ripped with those settings look good on very large screens?
Don’t know that I would agree that ripping will ruin your optical drive. A little more wear on it perhaps, but certainly no more than watching a two-hour movie would cause. Now if you’re ripping hundreds of discs one after another, maybe, but with optical drive prices so low, I for one would not be concerned about it.
I’m going to try your suggested settings to rip a “recent” BD and time how long it actually takes to complete.
Jack
