My goal is to rip my collection of DVDs and Blu-ray discs into a file format that is compatible with the new Western Digital WD TV-HD Media Player.
The Media Player can play files from a 2TB MyBook USB drive in any of the following file formats : MPEG1/2/4, WMV9, AVI(MPEG4, Xvid, AVC), H.264, MKV, MOV (MPEG4, H.264). The Media Player plays the files from the portable drive onto the HD TV via HDMI cable.
The movies will be viewed on a large television 52" so I want to retain the highest possible video and audio quality. I am a novice - simple is best...I have no idea where to go once I use AnyDVD HD to rip the contents into a Video_TS folder. So any help from anyone more experienced than me on what the best of the above formats would be to use and what the simplest way would be to get this done would be really appreciated.
my setup is close to yours. What I do is use the h.264codec, ac3 5.1 sound track in a MKVcontainer for everything.
The main thing I could suggest, is encode to your setup. Keep a happy ratio between "hard drive space" and "video/audio quality". And really only you can answer what that ratio would be because everyones taste is different.
Once you make a decision, I would look thru the guides section here. A lot of help available.
