The split MKV can easily be rejoined at a later data. If your output is MKV you can split the MKV file using MKVMergeGUI to burn it onto two discs. I either keep the original AC3 audio or convert the DTS audio to AAC.Īnother option to consider is splitting the encode over more than one DVD, should the CRF value and resolution you use result in a file size larger than DVD5. I generally don't keep DTS audio though as that tends to be over 1GB on it's own.
#Mkv 264 in 1080p or 720p movie
I generally use x264's default settings and a CRF value of 18 and most/many 720p movie encodes will still come in under DVD5 size. Personally I always use CRF encoding because you can pick a quality you're happy with and every encode will be of a fairly consistent quality relative to the source. I don't use Vidcoder so I don't know what sort of noise filtering it offers. As noisy video is harder to compress using a noise filter can help keep the file size down while maintaining quality. I'd not been big on noise filtering until I started encoding Bluray discs, but these days I often run a noise filter before resizing to 720p. Whats more it can convert DVD to portable devices like iPhone, iPad, iPod, HTC, Samsung, Archos, Nokia, PSP, Xbox 360, Zune, etc. To make it fair, use the same encoder settings each time and use single pass, CRF encoding, rather than 2 pass encoding.Īs many Bluray discs tend to be fairly noisy, you might consider running some sort of noise filter when encoding. Aimersoft best DVD converter is a decent DVD to HD converter that allows you to convert DVD to HD MKV, MP4, WMV, AVI, MOV, etc.
#Mkv 264 in 1080p or 720p 1080p
Maybe pick a movie you consider to have a high amount of fine detail and re-encode a section of it at both 1080p and 720p to see how much difference you can see. However rather than take my word, or anyone else's word for it, it really comes down to what you can see yourself. Or it could even be smaller than a Mpeg 2 encoded VOB file and look way better. Maybe 1080p worth of noise, but not "detail" as such. It may very likely be a MP4 file with HEVC (H265 or such) encoding at 1080p can match the size of a 720p H264 MP4 file and seem to still be better quality.
In my opinion the majority of Bluray discs don't contain 1080p worth of detail.