So the output is an EXACT bit-for-bit copy of the title from the disc, at exactly the same quality, file size, and codecs, just repackaged into a different container. MakeMKV just copies the DVD/Blu-ray title into a. I've read x264 is a solid encoding format I should be using and then to encode on slow or very slow, but can anyone please direct me to the rest of the settings I should try? I'd like to keep my videos in the 5gb to 10gb range and retain solid quality and all and I've heard handbrake might be what I want to try next, but I'll be honest, even after trying to do my own research I still don't fully understand what I should be doing.

The files generally come out at around 5.6gb to 8gb and look and sound pretty good, but I'd say one out of every five movies or one out of every eight or so episodes will have ugly grey artifacts in dark scenes. I've been using makemkv to make an initial lossless rip (dump?) of my movies, then using DVDFab at 'best quality' with 2 encoded passes and for the most part this works out.

The short version is my blu-rays are taking up way too much space, so before sticking them into storage I've been ripping and encoding them to put on my media server. Thank you all in advance I know this can be subjective and there's lots of people asking for help on these matters.

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