Confused by Video RF value

[OlatheGregg]

I've burned maybe 1000 movies using an RF value of 18-20 but read that increasing the RF value will provide a better quality version of the burned DVD. One movie at RF 18-20 is a file size of 1,145,575 KB but when I burned the movie again at an RF of 23, the file size is 883,653 KB. I would think the higher RF value would make for a larger file, not a smaller one, or am I just not understanding it properly? I am burning these DVDs to put on my Plex server for streaming in home so I'd like the best quality I can obtain.

[Woodstock]

MakeMKV doesn't have "RF value". Perhaps you are asking a question that should be posted on the forum for the software you're asking about?

[OlatheGregg]

OMG!! I'm using HandBrake - sorry - my bad - wrong forum. I use MKV to rip the DVD