free video compressor/converter?

You beat me to it! Darn it. +1

Does the video have a good quality?

Best answer right here.

I've tried to use handbreak to convert a 5GB DVD with 17 chapters to a 800MB MP4 file (or 17 files that sum up to 800MB would have been ok, too), but it didn't work. Instead it converted each chapter to a 800MB file, which was kind of not exactly what I wanted.

I stoped after several tries and went with the "screw this, just lend the DVD to my friend, don't him a copy" approach.

Yep, Handbrake is good, it is open source, actively updated and puts out great quality videos.

The only downside is it only outputs in different versions of Mpeg4, it even has the new x265 codec it can encode into but that one is SLOW as it is still a work in progress. And it works across multiple processors as well. I have an 8 Core CPU and it distributes the load across all 8 of them.

Edit: Also, if you are encoding into MKV format, it supports it along with multiple subtitles, multiple audio tracks, and even chapter breaks all in the file. Great way to take a Blu-Ray or Dvd, use DvDFab to rip the whole disc to your computer and then encode the whole main movie with all the stuff to a single file for use in a media player or network media drive.

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Since you're not answering to me on Steam, maybe you'll answer me here:
You've won my GA, yet you're not talking to me on Steam to receive it - do you want the game or should I ask for a re-roll?

+1 i use this to play videos in my phone

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Nice, thanks! :)