Since you are asking in c/piracy, just download it. Either Blu-ray RIP or Web-DL (ripped from streaming services) will have far better quality than a DVD RIP. Unless is something unique, there is no real benefit in doing the leg work yourself.

If you want max bit-rate or lossless sound get a Blue-Ray remux. Otherwise WEB-DL looks as good for most people and weights a fraction.

[–] themurphy@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, my content is unique and in a language not found at any public trackers.

I'm asking here because some people may be uploading files themselves, and may have experience in compressing. And how to do it.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Handbrake will be what you want. I would just Google the recommended quality settings for it for DVD.

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There is a third option for you - as others have suggested, you can use a tool like Handbrake to extract the content from your DVDs, but from there, if you're feeling adventurous, you can acquire a higher quality release from... Somewhere else... Get it in .mkv format, and you can use a tool like MKVToolNix to extract the audio from your DVD copy and "mux" it onto your HD copy.

MKV files are great because they are really just containers (like a fancy .zip), keeping the audio and video independent, allowing you to easily swap one out for the other.

The only downside is you may have to edit the audio slightly to sync up with your video

[–] themurphy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

That's very clever! I'll try that. Thanks!