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You're confusing ripping with encoding. Ripping from DVD and Blu-rays is a lossless process involving the removal of DRM. Encoding is where the space-saving m

You're confusing ripping with encoding. Ripping from DVD and Blu-rays is a lossless process involving the removal of DRM. Encoding is where the space-saving magic happens, and where settings, and more importantly, bitrate, can lead to varying levels of quality.

j_s 10y ago
It may be slightly more accurate to refer to this "space-saving magic" as transcoding rather than just encoding. DVD/BluRay content is compressed (already encoded).
Jaruzel 10y ago
For most people, 'ripping' infers 'encoding'.