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iPod Which is better? h.264 or mpg-4(compression,quality)

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shocky31

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Which encoding standard do ya'll think is better for not only ripping dvd's to your mac but for putting on the new ipod? h.264 or mpg-4, which one takes up less space and which one looks better, plz let me know what u think.
 
Could you guys name any programs to rip dvd's, i wanna be able to chose h.264 and aac audio, and be able to pick resoultion when encoding for ipod and have option to keep regular resolution when not using for ipod, i looked at hanbrake that that encodes the h.264 audio into mp3 and the ipod needs aac.
Thanks for all your help
 
shocky31 said:
Could you guys name any programs to rip dvd's, i wanna be able to chose h.264 and aac audio, and be able to pick resoultion when encoding for ipod and have option to keep regular resolution when not using for ipod, i looked at hanbrake that that encodes the h.264 audio into mp3 and the ipod needs aac.
Thanks for all your help
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The best and most popular is HandBrake, it takes your DVD and directly converts it to either H.264 or mpeg4, and with either AAC or MP3 for the audio. It's free too. Seems like just what you are looking for! :)

If you want more advanced options, you could use MacTheRipper to rip the DVD, and then FFMpegX to convert it to pretty much every format. Both are also free, though I would pick HandBrake for it's simplicity, and since you'll get the best quality and compression using H.264, HandBrake is also the best quality. Have fun!

llama :)
 
Maybe i should stop doing it using my 800mhz ibook g3 and use my dual 2.7ghz g5/2.5 gig's ram(if that matters) then huh?
 
i've been doing some conversions of h.264 on some tv shows i have laying around, and they take a long time (few hours maybe?) on my dual g4. these are about 175MB, HDTV Xvid, and they come out around 120MB in h.264, and look pretty good.

also, while we are on the subject, I read somewhere about creating a workflow to convert files to h.264? Be alot easier than opening in quicktime and exporting. anyone help? I seem to be automator challenged.
 
AP_piano295 said:
How much do these rippers cost
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Flying Llama said:
The best and most popular is HandBrake, it takes your DVD and directly converts it to either H.264 or mpeg4, and with either AAC or MP3 for the audio. It's free too. Seems like just what you are looking for! :)

If you want more advanced options, you could use MacTheRipper to rip the DVD, and then FFMpegX to convert it to pretty much every format. Both are also free, though I would pick HandBrake for it's simplicity, and since you'll get the best quality and compression using H.264, HandBrake is also the best quality. Have fun!

llama :)
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llama
 
briangig said:
i've been doing some conversions of h.264 on some tv shows i have laying around, and they take a long time (few hours maybe?) on my dual g4. these are about 175MB, HDTV Xvid, and they come out around 120MB in h.264, and look pretty good.

also, while we are on the subject, I read somewhere about creating a workflow to convert files to h.264? Be alot easier than opening in quicktime and exporting. anyone help? I seem to be automator challenged.
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I'll take a look at it right now :cool:
 
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