Ripping DVD’s

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October 9, 2007 at 9:03 am #1042577
starlaugh
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I have a pile of DVD’s that my girlfriend would like me to rip into .avi files to go on her external hard drive media player.

Can anyone recommend good software too do this? I have been trying to use No1 DVD Ripper but i cannot get the files at a sensible size because there are so many options to choose from.

At 500mb the quality is too poor to be honest so i was wanting to make the files about 900mb/1GB in size.
October 9, 2007 at 11:02 am #1121423
BioTech
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I’m only a novice myself but aim for about 750 – 800mb so you can fit them on a CD if needed and encode with Divx.
October 9, 2007 at 11:02 am #1142197
BioTech
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I’m only a novice myself but aim for about 750 – 800mb so you can fit them on a CD if needed and encode with Divx.
October 9, 2007 at 5:46 pm #1121434
starlaugh
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right i have been trying with soo many different pieces of software and cannot get any too work,

any recommendations? I don’t mind paying for the software :biggreen:
October 9, 2007 at 5:46 pm #1142208
starlaugh
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right i have been trying with soo many different pieces of software and cannot get any too work,

any recommendations? I don’t mind paying for the software :biggreen:
October 18, 2007 at 12:53 am #1121428
noname
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DVDFab is pretty good, and does DVD to mobile formats (and can get rid of those pesky region encryptions etc:wink:)
October 18, 2007 at 12:53 am #1142202
noname
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DVDFab is pretty good, and does DVD to mobile formats (and can get rid of those pesky region encryptions etc:wink:)
October 18, 2007 at 9:01 am #1121424
BioTech
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Can’t remember what I use. “DVD Encrypter” I think. It’s fairly simple and easy to use. It’s shareware so you’ll have to buy after about 10 trial runs.
October 18, 2007 at 9:01 am #1142198
BioTech
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Can’t remember what I use. “DVD Encrypter” I think. It’s fairly simple and easy to use. It’s shareware so you’ll have to buy after about 10 trial runs.
October 18, 2007 at 9:15 am #1121435
starlaugh
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I ended up using #1 DVD Ripper and after playing about with it I have found it too be a good bit of software, its shareware but I have “registered” it so I now have the full version.

It turned out to be really easy to get the films to the size you want, all I had to do was choose the film length and the size of the file I wanted and it got it pretty much spot on. There are loads of other options to playwith but I really don’t understand them so though it was best not to play about too much.

Apparently it can get around some of the copy protection found on some DVD’s too, which is handy as i think its wrong too stop you ripping your own DVD’s to watch.

I now have a good collection of kids films to watch :biggreen:
October 18, 2007 at 9:15 am #1142209
starlaugh
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I ended up using #1 DVD Ripper and after playing about with it I have found it too be a good bit of software, its shareware but I have “registered” it so I now have the full version.

It turned out to be really easy to get the films to the size you want, all I had to do was choose the film length and the size of the file I wanted and it got it pretty much spot on. There are loads of other options to playwith but I really don’t understand them so though it was best not to play about too much.

Apparently it can get around some of the copy protection found on some DVD’s too, which is handy as i think its wrong too stop you ripping your own DVD’s to watch.

I now have a good collection of kids films to watch :biggreen:
October 18, 2007 at 3:40 pm #1121425
globalloon
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while we’re on the subject, can anyone recommend some free software that will convert ogg vorbis files to a format that, when i burn it to dvd, will play on a regular dvd player?
October 18, 2007 at 3:40 pm #1142199
globalloon
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while we’re on the subject, can anyone recommend some free software that will convert ogg vorbis files to a format that, when i burn it to dvd, will play on a regular dvd player?
October 18, 2007 at 3:43 pm #1121430
Raj
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you will need an ogg to mp3 converter I think for most standard dvd players [as most only play mp3]
think you can do that in audacity
October 18, 2007 at 3:43 pm #1142204
Raj
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you will need an ogg to mp3 converter I think for most standard dvd players [as most only play mp3]
think you can do that in audacity
October 18, 2007 at 3:46 pm #1121431
Raj
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yes you can 🙂

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/features
October 18, 2007 at 3:46 pm #1142205
Raj
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yes you can 🙂

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/features
October 18, 2007 at 5:59 pm #1121426
globalloon
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Raj wrote:

you will need an ogg to mp3 converter I think for most standard dvd players [as most only play mp3]
think you can do that in audacity

i meant for film, rather than audio
October 18, 2007 at 5:59 pm #1142200
globalloon
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Raj wrote:

you will need an ogg to mp3 converter I think for most standard dvd players [as most only play mp3]
think you can do that in audacity

i meant for film, rather than audio
October 18, 2007 at 6:04 pm #1121436
starlaugh
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i could actually do with a video file converter as i have a few videos that don’t work on the external hard-drive/media player and only on me PC
October 18, 2007 at 6:04 pm #1142210
starlaugh
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i could actually do with a video file converter as i have a few videos that don’t work on the external hard-drive/media player and only on me PC
October 18, 2007 at 7:26 pm #1121432
Raj
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http://forum.videohelp.com/topic222005.html
October 18, 2007 at 7:26 pm #1142206
Raj
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http://forum.videohelp.com/topic222005.html
October 18, 2007 at 9:05 pm #1121427
globalloon
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thanks Raj… but that makes my head hurt
October 18, 2007 at 9:05 pm #1142201
globalloon
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thanks Raj… but that makes my head hurt
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