2024-01-25, 08:09 PM
I've just started digitizing my family's DVD collection and I am not sure I understand the best practices. My process currently looks like this:
I first rip the DVDs using MakeMKV to an mkv and I then use MKVToolNix to remove unwanted subtitles / audio tracks. Here is where my confusion starts: Some people then suggest transcoding the mkvs using something like Handbrake and some suggest just storing the remuxed mkvs from MKVToolNix.
My question are:
I first rip the DVDs using MakeMKV to an mkv and I then use MKVToolNix to remove unwanted subtitles / audio tracks. Here is where my confusion starts: Some people then suggest transcoding the mkvs using something like Handbrake and some suggest just storing the remuxed mkvs from MKVToolNix.
My question are:
- What exactly does transcoding do, and should I do it?
- How would you / are you storing your DVD collection (.mkv, .mp4, transcoded, not transcoded...)
- What other things might I have overlooked that are good for storing / ripping DVDs