How do I convert already ripped DVD files to play on ipad apple tv
I have a bunch of dvds I ripped to my hard drive - the video and audio foldes (audio is empty) with the files with the vob, ifo and bup extensions.
how do I convert them to play on ipad? mp4 format?
I guess I'll just get the movie, not the menus, right?
how do I convert them to play on ipad? mp4 format?
I guess I'll just get the movie, not the menus, right?
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oh, none of the rips are hd quality... I just don't want to have a grainy mp4 when I started with a standard dvd quality
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thanks. 'aiming at an mp4 that looks the same on ipad as tv. actually, what sparked this is wanting to watch the movies on our 52" tv through apple tv. so I want to keep as much quality as I start with (yeh, dvd quality won't be upgraded to HD, but I don't want to lose anything). much smaller? I gave the app the 4GB of data from the ripped dvd and got a 2GB MP4. so is a lot smaller a 50% drop? that's with the extras, so I suppose if I just gave it the movie to convert, the mp4 would be smaller still.
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minder: I think I have the process down now. it's now more the disappointment that I need to keep the mp4s for apple and want to keep the original vobs for other things? : (
more the disappointment that I need to keep the mp4s for apple and want to keep the original vobs for other things?Vobs and the codec inside mpeg2 is pretty old. The only reason I would be keeping this is if you like your DVD menu etc. The newer codecs are much much better at coding and are a lot smaller.
If you can get away with just having the movie then moving to a single file is always going to be easier to handle.
Once you make this step the codecs Apple uses for iPad etc is not a bad choice.
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Good point about 1 file, etc. no love for the menus : ) I just know the files are in the best resolution possible in that vob format as they came off the dvds.
'the codecs that apple uses' - I think how their music protocol is aac? but I was told to rip CDs in mp3 format for versatility. don't want to convert everything to mp4, toss the vobs and then find out that 'everyone else' uses some other video codec?
Good point about 1 file, etc. no love for the menus : ) I just know the files are in the best resolution possible in that vob format as they came off the dvds.
'the codecs that apple uses' - I think how their music protocol is aac? but I was told to rip CDs in mp3 format for versatility. don't want to convert everything to mp4, toss the vobs and then find out that 'everyone else' uses some other video codec?
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So once I get the movie into mp4, do i want to keep both the dvd format AND mp4? the dvd format would seem to be more versatile?
and how long should a 2 hour movie take to convert? I am using dmd to ipad paid app in trial and it says for ipad hd quality, it's 8+ hours!?