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Steve's Preferences
My personal rule-set when ripping DVDs.
Some references / general rules:
- Always use film or animation tune options
- Always use medium preset; if you want to tweak, do it somewhere else
- DVDs minimum of high / 3.1; max at high / 4.1
- “New” animation is anything after Batman: the Animated Series
- “High quality” animation is anything starting with Samurai Jack, Teen Titans, Batman Beyond and newer – lots of movement, broad color range
- “New” TV shows on DVD anything contemporary with 7th Heaven and beyond
- Need a target filesize for older animation / TV shows – might be per-show or just per-length
Main title is 60+ minutes, or audio has more than 2 channels:
- Use -mtune film
- Copy DTS/AC3 main audio track
- Prefer DTS in every case
- High / 4.1
Old animation
- Use -mtune animation
- 2-pass encode, target filesize
- Baseline, Medium or High / 3.1
Old animation shorts (or favorites)
- Examples: Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry
- Use -mtune animation
- Higher quality encoding settings (need to spec out)
- Baseline, Medium or High / 3.1
Old movies – black and white or poor quality
- Use -mtune grain or it may make artifacts worse
New animation
- Use -mtune animation
- Need to spec out
- High / 4.1
High-quality animation
- Examples: Justice League, Batman Beyond, Teen Titans
- Use -mtune animation
- Copy AC3 track directly
- High / 4.1