I ripped a set of DVDs that I own to mp4 files many years ago. They’re crappy quality, but they’re small files. I’d like to set my niece up to be able to watch them on my Plex server from college on a small screen, but I think I should possibly re-code/convert the files to something more standard. T…

Re-encoding bad files won’t give you better quality output. If you’re not happy with the quality, you’ll be best of to go back to the source material (e.g. re-encoding the original DVDs using Handbrake). That being said… if the sole purpose of this exercise is to make the files more compatible (wh…

Thank you Tom. I’ll check out Handbrake. Quality isn’t critical (I think she’s going to be watching on a laptop, possibly an ipad). I figured it made sense to get the files in a format that plex doesn’t need to transcode. I’m not really sure what I’m doing :slight_smile: I ripped these dvds at lea…

Here are some Handbrake Settings - latest version - wherein you can make solid DVD encodes that will be ‘as good as they can be’: [image] What settings should a newbie use for transcoding ripped bluray mkv files with handbreak? General Discussions Start w…

@ginamarina wrote: Hi, thank you for the Handbrake tutorial. I’m not sure what to do with my weird small Friends files to keep them from transcoding. I hope you don’t mind me asking a few questions. I remember converting downloaded movies to play on dvds lol. That’s the last time I’ve understood w…

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Here are some Handbrake Settings - latest version - wherein you can make solid DVD encodes that will be ‘as good as they can be’:

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