Sunday, March 25, 2007

MediaFork (used to be HandBrake) + Core2Duo = perfect DVD ripping


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I've been using my G4 Mac Mini to rip my DVD library and have to say that I've been less than impressed with the time that it takes to rip a DVD.  Today I decided to try the beta version of MediaFork to rip a DVD on my MacBook Pro.  Previously I have ripped DVDs using the standard ffmpeg MPG4 encoder at 60% constant quality and have gotten movies in the 800MB-1.5GB range at a quality that's certainly acceptable using the AppleTV.  However, I did rip one DVD on the mini using the H.264 encoder and the quality was much better, but it took around 11 hours to rip.



When I put a DVD in my MacBook Pro today and set MediaFork up to use the H.264 encoder at 70% constant quality, it ripped the DVD in less than 2 hours (film length of 2.25 hours), which is just incredible.  MediaFork is compiled as a universal binary, so it obviously takes a lot of advantage of the capabilities of the Intel processors.



In conclusion: I'll be ripping my DVDs with my laptop until I get a Core2Duo desktop.



Link -- MediaFork 


1 comment:

Brent said...

Does anyone have similar numbers for Windows? Its currently taking me about 12 hrs to convert VOBs with mediafork on an older WinTel PC.