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    DVD Ripper Clarification on PS3

    Hi Folks,

    I've not used DVDFab for about a year, and I wanted to really start to get my DVD collection on hard drive so I can get the originals put in the loft

    I will only be playing my rips on the PS3, but I will be playing the on either a PS3 connected to a TV with stereo speakers, a PS3 connected to a Yamaha amp and 5.1 speakers via an optical cable, and a PS3 connected to an Onkyo amp via HDMI.

    I ripped a DVD with the PS3 profile, h264, 2-pass encoding, aac audio, 128kbps 5.1 Surround Audio to an MP4.

    This sounded awful on all systems, and although I thought the PS3 would do the mutli-channel decoding before sending to the amp via HDMI, I still don't think I had separate channels.

    Can anyone clarify what would the "best" choice of options for me if I would like to keep 5.1 discrete channels that still sounds okay on systems with stereo speakers or an amp not connected via HDMI. I am not bothered specifically about the codecs being an DivX/XviD, h264, aac, mp3 etc. I just want something that looks good, sounds good and uses around 1Gb for each 1 and a 1/2 hour film.

    My guess would be an MP4, H.264 2-pass with audiocopy - but I am sure I have had a download with 6 channels that sounded good on all my systems, so I'm not sure!

    Thanks in advance!

    kD
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    #2
    Audiocopy from a DVD will sound as good as it can on all systems. The PS3 will convert to stereo when needed and should pass the 5.1 signal directly to the amps.

    I believe you can also now use MKV as a playback format with the PS3 with the latest firmware update but I have not tried it.

    Using audiocopy will take up more room for the AC3 5.1 audio track. You may need to increase the intended size of your file to compensate. Rather than file size, you might want to find a bitrate that you are happy with. Video quality is subjective and dependant on the environment you watch it. For example, on the TV with stereo speakers you may see more video defects because you are closer (I'm guessing). There are lots of threads on bitrate that you can read in the forums.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Complication View Post
      I believe you can also now use MKV as a playback format with the PS3 with the latest firmware update but I have not tried it.

      I can't make it play an MKV?
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        #4
        Originally posted by 90312 View Post
        I can't make it play an MKV?
        I have not tried an mkv yet, but perhaps its the used for the mkv...4.0, 4.1, 5.1 etc?

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          #5
          Maybe but the PS3 does not recognize the .mkv extension and when changed to .avi the data is corrupted.
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          Things should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.
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            #6
            My bad. Everybody keeps asking for it and Sony just ignores them.

            MKV H264 Audiocopy is still my format of choice and then I just use the free mkv2vob program (google it).

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