[MEncoder-users] using acidrip+mencoder to rip dvd

[Rich Felker]

On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 01:32:28PM -0700, Phil Ehrens wrote:
> Roger D. Vargas wrote:
> > > 
> > > You don't say what vbitrate is being specified by default.
> > mencoder uses 800 if no bitrate is specified, and indeed, it is about
> > 800 or some more.
> 
> Well, try 1800, and watch the quality soar.

You definitely don't need such insane bitrates. Ditch the acid (sorry
bad pun :) and read the mencoder manual in detail. It's impossible to
produce a decent encode without either using insanely high bitrate
(and most people would not consider a huge file decent anyway) or
having a thorough understanding of the factors that affect quality.
The docs team has done a really good job improving the mencoder docs
lately, so please take advantage of that.

At the very least you need to crop the black borders and noise/crap,
and you probably also want to denoise and possibly scale the video...

Rich