Good video converter

Several years ago I took my physical DVD and Blu-ray collection and converted them to video ts and uploaded them to my synology NAS.  I use Kodi to stream them via an HTPC for my living room.

The HTPC is nearly EOL and my xbox one seems to be doing a fine job posting the few MKV movies and TV series that I have.

Anyone have a great video converter to use on my video ts collection?  I think MKV would work best.  I need to preserve the quality and sound as I have a nice 5.1 system and 65″ UHD set.

Conversation 5 comments

  • 6599

    05 February, 2017 - 1:33 pm

    <p>What about Handbrake? https://handbrake.fr/</p&gt;

  • 5416

    Premium Member
    05 February, 2017 - 2:27 pm

    <p>Handbrake is not only the best, it’s also open source and free. If your CPU has QuickSync be sure to change the video encode to use it.</p>

  • 180

    10 February, 2017 - 8:36 am

    <p>Third vote for Handbrake.</p>

  • 223

    Premium Member
    10 February, 2017 - 9:34 am

    <p>I use Freemake Video Converter and it does decent work. It’ll output to MKV and several other formats.&nbsp;It’s free, but you can also purchase ‘upgrades’ that will improve conversion time, add some features, and the like.<br /><br />The only thing you have to be aware of is that in the installation, they try to sneak in crapware. It’s a bit hard to notice due to how they have the installation screens designed. But other than that – I’ve found it acceptable.</p>

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