What does DVDRip/BDRip/BRrip/HDRip mean and comparing the quality difference between HDRip vs 1080P vs DVDRip vs BDRip or BRRip?
Ripping is the process of copying video, audio and subtitle content from removable media like DVD.
Through compression and other approaches such as re-encode and others, the content will be
recombined into a new multimedia file. This new multimedia file is called DVDrip.
Normally, DVDrip is composed of multimedia files(such as AVI format files and subtitle files).
Here is an example:
Batman.v.Superman.Dawn.of.Justice.2016.THEATRICAL.DVDRip.x264.AC3-iFT
Let me show you the quality of this movie file looks like,
HDRIP=HD-DVD Rip, the quality of HDRIP is better than DVDRip.
eg. Zootopia 2016 1080p HDRip x264 AC3-JYK
eg.Batman.vs.Superman.Dawn.of.Justice.2016.1080p.HDRip.x264.Dual-NDL
Picture below shows the quality of this movie file,
BDRip = BRRip = Blue-ray Disc Rip, it ensures better quality than HDRIP
eg. Batman.v.Superman.Dawn.of.Justice.(2016).EXTENDED.iNT.BDRip.1080p.AC3.X264-TLF
Now you can compare the quality difference among BDrip,HDrip and DVDrip through the picture
below.
Many people are wondering how’s the visual effect and quality of DVDRip, HDRip, BRRip or BDRip
while comparing with 1080p.
First, there is conceptual confusion about the comparsion. DVDRip,HDRip,BRRip or BDRip are
actually the form or name of video files, and they did not express any meaning of the resolution.
1080p is one of the factors that judge the resolution of videos, but there are other factors available,
and they play decisive roles in video’s resolution. Even two videos are 1080p, they may come with
different resolutions/qualities because of different decisive factors such as re-encode, bit rate, frame
rate, original source and etc.
So, if we want to compare the quality of DVDRip, HDRip, BRRip or BDRip and 1080p, we need to
set some preconditions. According to the resolution, BDRip can be divided into 720p and 1080p.
If they have same original source (blue-ray), encode as well as bit rate, BDRip 1080p offers better
quality than BDRip 720p.
If the original source is DVD, videos can also be divided into 720p and 1080p based on the
resolution. In the case of same original (blue-ray), same encode (H.264) and same bit rate, the
comparison results of quality are as follows:
HDRip 1080p > DVDRip 1080p
HDRip720p > DVDRip 720P
What are the differences between two videos having same encode & bit rate, but different original
source & resolution? Normally,
BDRip 1080p > HDRip 1080p > DVDRip 1080P
BDRip 720p > HDRip 720p > DVDRip 720p
In addition to the original source, different encode and different bit rate will have big influences in
video’s quality.
Encode selection: H.265 = HEVC =VP 9 > H.264 > DivX > XViD
Bit rate selections
For 1080p, we suggest you choose 10M and above (above 10,000kbps).
For 720p, we suggest you choose above 4,000 or 4M kbps and above.
For example,
The.Internship.2013.UNRATED.1080p.WEB-DL.H264-PublicHD
Date ...............: October 1 2013
Runtime ............: 2:05:15
Size ...............: 4.09 GB
Video ..............: 1920x8104
Bitrate ............: 4139 kbps (H264 High@L4.0)
Audio 1.............: English DD5.1 Ch 384 kbps
Audio 2.............: Spanish AAC 2.0 Ch 160 kbps
Source .............: iTunes (US)
The.Internship.2013.UNRATED.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-WiKi
RELEASE DATE..............: 2013-10-11
RELEASE SIZE..............: 11 GiB
SOURCE....................: 1080p Blu-ray AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1-HDClub
RUNTIME...................: 2h:05m:01s
VIDEO CODEC...............: x264 @ 11021 Kbps
RESOLUTION................: 1920x816
DISPLAY ASPECT RATIO......: 2.35:1
FRAME RATE................: 23.976M fps
AUDiO CODEC...............: English DTS 5.1 @ 1509 Kbps
AUDiO CODEC...............: English AAC 2.0 @ 60 Kbps (Commentary)
As You can see, two 1080p videos generate different video volumes in the condition of different
original sources and different bit rates. As the result, you can make your choice based on these
factors when you download videos.