DVD Ripper Copy DVD to MKV without compression

[poinsy]

Trying to copy a DVD to MKV without compression, I want the full quality since disk space is cheap. However, the file produced is less than 1 GB, so it has obviously been compressed as the DVD is 6GB.

Am I missing some option here?

[90312]

I think you want VOB Passthrough, no compression at all and it doesn't change the audio. It just makes one file out of the movie. If your device will play them.

[poinsy]

Cheers. I'll give that a try.

I have a WD HDTV, it plays MKV's. To be honest, I just want to convert all my DVD's, and eventually Blu-Rays, to some format and stick them all on a HDD, eventually a NAS. MKV seems to be the recommended route.

[90312]

I don’t have one of those so I can’t say for sure but can’t imagine that it would not play a .VOB file? Let me know.

[poinsy]

Yep, it will play VOB's, I just wanted to convert to a single file.

[maineman]

Yeah, MKV is probably the way to go, but not if the resultant files are inferior.
I don't have a WD, but an Argosy. I've had a few issues with BD ---> .MKV files, but for the most part the problem has been subtitles, which I can get around with 3rd party software.

I've had great success with .ISO though, so if supported by WD, you might want to consider .ISO for a container.