DVD Ripper Best quality Rips, need help

[gtfourever]

I want to put my entire DVD and BD collection onto an external hard drive. Im trying to achieve a 1:1 rip that i can play from the USB port in my samsung plasma. What is my best setting options for Video and audio. Thanks

[GregiBoy]

Firstly you need to see what your TV will play (avi, mkv: H264, Xvid: AC3, DTS, AAC) and what format your hard disk needs to be (FAT32 will only allow files <~4Gb)

If it's an older plasma, your choices may be limited. You need to do some research on the TV and some testing first.

[gtfourever]

the tv is a samsung PN59D8000 from last year so im assuming it'll play most if not all. I just tested MP4 looked great file size was a little over 800MB should I stay with this or is there a better setting

[gtfourever]

Disc has already been formatted to FAT32

[GregiBoy]

OK. The FAT32 constraint means that you cannot use any of the PASSTHROUGH modes which would give you 1:1 as you asked for as the files would be too large.

Do not ASSUME anything with TV's. The built-in player firmware is usually 2-3 generations behind what is available on dedicated media players.

I would be testing the mkv.h264.audiocopy profile for a start as it is the most flexible.

ASSUME = Make an ASS out of YOU and ME!!!