I have been amazed with the results I have ripping using version 8073 to create perfect "general.mp4.h264.aac" files after having so many issues with other versions of 8 and 9. Version 8073 won't necessarily rip to all formats perfectly, but for general.mp4.h264.aac it works near flawlessly. You may get an occasional movie that 8073 won't be able to queue, but that is infrequent.
With other versions of DVDfab, the biggest issue I have had is audio sync problems with the audio and video being off. For some movies the audio would be off by just a split second throughout the film and others would become progressively further off toward the end of the movie (up to 1 second). These movies that I had issues with rip perfectly well with 8073 with general.mp4.h264.aac. This format works well for me because I watch movies on different devices and don't want to have to rip more than once per movie. I find mp4's play on everything. I concede that MKV is a more robust container, however, I do not use it too often because they are not supported on all of my devices.
Further, I don't use blue rays, just DVDs, as I don't like large file sizes over 3GB. I always save the main movie to my hard drive as an iso using the most recent version of DVDfab. Then I rip directly to my hard drive using version 8073. I never mess with frame resolution. I make sure the A/V codecs are all set to "software" and lightening-recording is enabled. I normally use forced subtitles only, Dolby Prologic II at 192 kbps, audio volume at 150%, 1-pass, fixed bitrate around 2,000 kbps (or whatever will get me at least 0.30 bits/pixel). However, for fast moving action films I will bump up the fixed bitrate to get in the range of 0.36 to 0.40 bits/pixel. My average file size per movie is 1.7 GB (give or take up to approx 1 GB). Using these guidelines I find my video and audio quality is great on both portables and my 47 inch TV using an Argosy media player.
I suspect that different users will have different results depending on your type of computer hardware, operating system, and playback devices. I believe these factors impact how well any particular version of DVDfab will work for any particular user. For me and the system I am using with DVDfab, 8073 produces absolutely perfect general mp4.h264.aac rips for all my movies that will play on all of my devices including my Argosy media player. However, for example, I have found 8073 will not always produce perfect general MKV.h264.audiocopy rips that will play all my movies on all of my devices -- for example I will get some movies that will play fine in this format, but others will cause my Argosy to shut down and reboot. Someone else may have different results depending on their system, hardware and devices.
For your reference, my system information is listed below. I'm posting it not to be criticized for having an outdated system, but simply to help those out there with similar systems to create absolutely perfect general mp4.h264.aac rips for all their movies.
OS name: Vista Home Premium
Sys type: x64-based PC
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80 GHz, 2 Cores, 2 logical processors
RAM: 4GB
Graphics: NVIDA GeForce 9300M GS, 256 MB RAM
Now having posted this, it may be useful to others to know what your system information is and what version of DVDfab you found to consistently create perfect rips in other formats, such as MKV.h264.audiocopy, which I have not had the best luck with.
With other versions of DVDfab, the biggest issue I have had is audio sync problems with the audio and video being off. For some movies the audio would be off by just a split second throughout the film and others would become progressively further off toward the end of the movie (up to 1 second). These movies that I had issues with rip perfectly well with 8073 with general.mp4.h264.aac. This format works well for me because I watch movies on different devices and don't want to have to rip more than once per movie. I find mp4's play on everything. I concede that MKV is a more robust container, however, I do not use it too often because they are not supported on all of my devices.
Further, I don't use blue rays, just DVDs, as I don't like large file sizes over 3GB. I always save the main movie to my hard drive as an iso using the most recent version of DVDfab. Then I rip directly to my hard drive using version 8073. I never mess with frame resolution. I make sure the A/V codecs are all set to "software" and lightening-recording is enabled. I normally use forced subtitles only, Dolby Prologic II at 192 kbps, audio volume at 150%, 1-pass, fixed bitrate around 2,000 kbps (or whatever will get me at least 0.30 bits/pixel). However, for fast moving action films I will bump up the fixed bitrate to get in the range of 0.36 to 0.40 bits/pixel. My average file size per movie is 1.7 GB (give or take up to approx 1 GB). Using these guidelines I find my video and audio quality is great on both portables and my 47 inch TV using an Argosy media player.
I suspect that different users will have different results depending on your type of computer hardware, operating system, and playback devices. I believe these factors impact how well any particular version of DVDfab will work for any particular user. For me and the system I am using with DVDfab, 8073 produces absolutely perfect general mp4.h264.aac rips for all my movies that will play on all of my devices including my Argosy media player. However, for example, I have found 8073 will not always produce perfect general MKV.h264.audiocopy rips that will play all my movies on all of my devices -- for example I will get some movies that will play fine in this format, but others will cause my Argosy to shut down and reboot. Someone else may have different results depending on their system, hardware and devices.
For your reference, my system information is listed below. I'm posting it not to be criticized for having an outdated system, but simply to help those out there with similar systems to create absolutely perfect general mp4.h264.aac rips for all their movies.
OS name: Vista Home Premium
Sys type: x64-based PC
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80 GHz, 2 Cores, 2 logical processors
RAM: 4GB
Graphics: NVIDA GeForce 9300M GS, 256 MB RAM
Now having posted this, it may be useful to others to know what your system information is and what version of DVDfab you found to consistently create perfect rips in other formats, such as MKV.h264.audiocopy, which I have not had the best luck with.
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