smaller dvd rips in lmce & adding existing meta data & jacket cover art?

[schaferj]

Hello,

Two quick questions.

1)  I've ripped a few dvd in lmce and they have nice cover art and meta data, but they are 7-8Gb in size.  Any thoughts on making them much smaller while retaining the meta data?

2) Ripping inside lmce results in good meta data.  How can you import or add this data to files ripped elsewhere?

Our forum has good info on the iso / dvd issue
http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=2295

And some discussion on dvd jacket cover art
http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=2405

thanks,
joseph