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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay
Hoping a few of you Plex users can help me out. Got a good rig up and running with Plex but have some questions regarding software you use for ripping Blu-Rays:
Make MKV:
What are you guys copying off of this? I watched a tutorial where the guy basically said to deselect everything in the list and just select the one that has the largest file. When you open the tree on that, there are a ton of other languages and subtitles in there that I don't think I need?
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The movie is usually the largest file, but after some trial and error you should quickly figure out what to choose. I keep the English subs and any commentary audio and uncheck everything else. TV shows are more difficult because there are separate files for each episode and they're often not numbered in the correct order.
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Handbrake:
What settings are you guys using? Hoping it's one of the available pre-selects? I tried one of them out and it reduced at 34 Gig file down to 4. Quality has to take a massive hit being reduced that much?
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I don't use presets but H.264 MKV 1080p30 is a good one to try. I like to get to around 12-15GB per movie, or more if it's a movie with lots of special effects and action.
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Lastly, and I think this is a common issue. Sound volume is very low on the first couple of movies I've ripped. I realize with mixed equipment, this may be a bit hit and miss. Primarily I'm watching shows on a TV with no HDMI ARC. Only digital optical feeding a Vizio soundbar. One TV upstairs does have HDMI ARC but don't have a media extender to stream to yet.
Is there anyway to fix this? I don't have a true quality receiver in my house as of yet.
Any tips/tricks for the above?
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For audio I choose Auto Passthru so it stays the same as on the disc. I have a decent audio setup so I like taking advantage of the best possible source. I'm not sure what is causing your issue but I'd guess it's using a crappy codec.