Rip DVD to torrent size using Handbrake?

[chocolate632]

Not that I endorse the use of bittorrents, I was just wondering if there was anyway I could replicate their size using handbrake and get the same quality/size. Every time I try to rip something, I get either the same or lower video quality, yet the size is consistently higher.

30 minute tv shows ( approximately 21 minutes without commercials) are usually 175-185mb

1 hour tv shows (approximately 43 minutes without commericials) are usually 350mb

any way to replicate this with Handbrake? Or do I need another ripping solution

Thanks!

 

[spinnerlys]

What settings or preset are you using?

I got good results with an older version of Handbrake, which still included the .avi container and Xvid codec.

 

[mulo]

I use handbrake to convert movies to be able to play them on my iPhone, I find that .mp4 has the by far best compression and quality. I got a full HD movie squished down to 3.3GB from 11GB and I couldn't tell the difference. also mp4 seems to be really fast to encode to.

 

[chocolate632]

What settings or preset are you using?

I got good results with an older version of Handbrake, which still included the .avi container and Xvid codec.

Honestly I tried a handful of settings, none of them produced the same quality/size as torrents. What older version are you using? and what are the settings? Thanks

 

[spinnerlys]

Honestly I tried a handful of settings, none of them produced the same quality/size as torrents. What older version are you using? and what are the settings? Thanks

Settings via Handbrake 0.7.1 (though I haven't used in four years or so).

 

[chocolate632]

Settings via Handbrake 0.7.1 (though I haven't used in four years or so).

Thanks man, I tried this method today and it was still lower quality than a torrent of comparable size, but it was still not bad. The DVD I used was a few years old, so I'll try a newer DVD later and compare. Any other suggestions? If I end up ripping it at a higher file size, can anyone recommend a good setting?

 

[spinnerlys]

Thanks man, I tried this method today and it was still lower quality than a torrent of comparable size, but it was still not bad. The DVD I used was a few years old, so I'll try a newer DVD later and compare. Any other suggestions? If I end up ripping it at a higher file size, can anyone recommend a good setting?

Sorry, tested that setting myself, and it is quite low for my taste.

As the DVD ripping era of my life has been gone since 2006, I may misremember.

The Apple TV preset is an often recommended setting, though MRoogle will find you countless threads about the proper use of Handbrake settings.

 

[chocolate632]

Sorry, tested that setting myself, and it is quite low for my taste.

As the DVD ripping era of my life has been gone since 2006, I may misremember.

The Apple TV preset is an often recommended setting, though MRoogle will find you countless threads about the proper use of Handbrake settings.

I've tried the Apple TV present many times and although the quality is pretty good, the size in megabytes still surpasses the average size of a torrent and I couldn't find a thread pertaining to this topic when I searched MRoogle.

 

[spinnerlys]

What about using VideoSpec or MediaInfo Mac to analyse those 175/222/350/550/700 MB videos and using those settings with either Handbrake or MPEG Streamclip or ffmpegx?

 

[chocolate632]

What about using VideoSpec or MediaInfo Mac to analyse those 175/222/350/550/700 MB videos and using those settings with either Handbrake or MPEG Streamclip or ffmpegx?

I used MediaInfo on a 350MB show and this is what I got

General / Container Stream #1
Total Video Streams for this File.................1
Total Audio Streams for this File.................1
Video Codecs Used.................................XviD
Audio Codecs Used.................................MPEG-1 Audio layer 3
File Format.......................................AVI
Play Time.........................................42mn 18s
Total File Size...................................348 MiB
Total Stream BitRate..............................1 150 Kbps
Encoded with......................................VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2 (build 2540/release)
Encoding Library..................................VirtualDubMod build 2540/release
Video Stream #1
Codec (Human Name)................................MPEG-4 Visual
Codec (FourCC)....................................XVID
Codec Profile.....................................Advanced Simple@L5
Frame Width.......................................624 pixels
Frame Height......................................352 pixels
Frame Rate........................................23.976 fps
Total Frames......................................60856
Display Aspect Ratio..............................16:9
Scan Type.........................................Progressive
Color Space.......................................YUV
Codec Settings (Summary)..........................BVOP
Codec Settings (Packet BitStream).................No
QF (like Gordian Knot)............................0.192
Codec Settings (BVOP).............................Yes
Codec Settings (QPel).............................No
Codec Settings (GMC)..............................No warppoints
Codec Settings (Matrix)...........................Default (H.263)
Video Stream Length...............................42mn 18s 205ms
Video Stream BitRate..............................1 011 Kbps
Bit Depth.........................................8 bits
Video Stream Size.................................306 MiB (88%)
Video Encoder.....................................XviD0046
Audio Stream #1
Codec.............................................MPEG Audio
Codec (FourCC)....................................55
Codec Profile.....................................Joint stereo
Audio Stream Length...............................42mn 18s 216ms
Audio Stream BitRate..............................128 Kbps
Audio Stream BitRate Mode.........................VBR
Number of Audio Channels..........................2
Sampling Rate.....................................48.0 KHz
Audio Stream Size.................................38.2 MiB (11%)