EDIT: Thank you so much everyone! There’s so much help for me here, and I’ll recommend anyone with similar question as me to read the comments

Basically title.

I have the DVDs and I have the hardware to burn them to my PC.

But the file size is too much. What software would be ideal to get the best quality with the lowest file size?

I’m going for file sizes per movie at around 2-3gb max.

    • notfromhere@lemmy.mlEnglish
      91·
      6 months ago

      I would advise Handbrake over ffmpeg. I have spent months in both and Handbrake yields the best results with the least hassle. Crop, anamorphic pixels, quality, etc.

      H265 nvenc is supported on Handbrake now and works great. Very fast.

      • yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        I actually had problems using Handbrake a few years back, ffmpeg has really good documentation and almost every software uses it under the hood

        • notfromhere@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          6 months ago

          I have a custom ffmpeg script to automate what Handbrake does in a few clicks. Newer versions of Handbrake are great imo. I was on the fence and spent a lot of time trying to get ffmpeg going but there’s just too many variables for me to continue down that path.