Dvd Ripper

dragon2309

dragon2309

P.I Dragon
Im not too sure if this is against forum rules or not, if it is then i apologise now and you can delete this thread immedeiately.....

I need a dvd ripper, to either rip DVD's into DivX or Mpeg-2, either is fine. But it has to be free, i dont want to pay anything for it.

Anyone have any ideas??
 
Yeh, i got an LG DVD-RW (Dual Layer DVD-RAM 16x) its a good one, it came with Nero6 and all the InCD stuff. There is stuff to "copy a DVD" but it wouldnt do it. Thats why i am looking for a seperate DVD ripper to get the actual movie off of the disc........

And yeh, i think i might have just broke forum rules saying that........

dragon2039
 
dragon2309 said:
Im not too sure if this is against forum rules or not, if it is then i apologise now and you can delete this thread immedeiately.....
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Well your making the copies for your own backup purpose only right ;)
 
Well your making the copies for your own backup purpose only right
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Yeh, thats the one, my own personal use.

*EDIT* and that fairuse wizard thing is aweome, sweet dude, thnks
 
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I've tried three different ones: Auto GK, Fairuse, and some other freeware called DDR. The DDR one was the fastest, but it had next to no options, and many times the audio tracks would be screwed up. Fairuse took too long (like 5 hours, compare to >=2 for the others) so I only used it once. Auto GK is my preferred and the one I'm using now, my only complaints are that 1) sometimes it likes to rip things like alternate scenes (like director's comments in the case of Die Another Day or if there are two sets of opening or closing credits say english and french, it rips them both and switches between them every second or so, for example in The Rock). Number 2) sometimes the audio and video aren't syncronized (like Con Air and National Lampoon's Vacation). Also make sure you select the movie audio track, I've had to re-rip a couple movies because the default selection was director's commentary. I haven't found one that works flawlessly yet, so if you do keep me informed
 
ok, mencoder is a load of crap, doesnt work at all, AutoGK installs but doesnt run and FairUse Wizard works fine but has a limit of 700Mb file sizes, i want to make hige file like 4.7Gb to actually justify the buying of these DVD-R discs.....

Any other suggestions on a free dvd ripper that will rip into files larger than 700Mb.....


dragon2309
 
i want to make hige file like 4.7Gb to actually justify the buying of these DVD-R discs.....
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That kinda defeats the purpose of Divx. If you want to copy DVDs just use DVD Shrink.
 
ya, mencoder

since your not accustomed to command line try this:
unzip into a folder on your desktop
open a command prompt
cd into that folder ie cd Destop\mplayer
then type: mencoder.exe dvd://1 -aid 128 -o movie.avi - oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vqmin=2:vbitrate=2150

all one line which will wrap around

that will rip title 1 of the dvd into an mpeg4 avi file @720x480 resolution with mp3 audio

mencoder has about a bazillion options, had you read the documentation available for it you would have learned this

mencoder is one of the most used decoder/encoders on the planet, you will find mencoder.dll in a whole bunch of windows apps, and its freeware
 
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That kinda defeats the purpose of Divx. If you want to copy DVDs just use DVD Shrink.
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or dvddecrypter for dvd 4.7's, for dvd9's you have to re-encode at a lower bitrate or use a dual layer disk
 
grr..... I'm trying to do the same thing... divx dvd ripper 1.5 works fine except it's got a copyright protection... is there some way to get around this? (All I'm trying to do is put it on my ipod)
 
AnyDVD will remove copy protection from discs. Just install it, let it run on startup and forget about it. It isn't free, but there is a trial you can download. DVD Decryptor is a free program, but requires you to rip the DVD to the hard drive to remove the copy protection, thus taking longer.

If the DVD is a DVD-9 (most are) you will need to reduce the file size. DVD Shrink is free, and will do this. My favourite is CloneDVD, but again this isn't free.

In conclusion:

Free way: DVD Decryptor and/or DVD Shrink
Arguably the best way: AnyDVD & CloneDVD
 
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AnyDVD will remove copy protection from discs. Just install it, let it run on startup and forget about it. It isn't free, but there is a trial you can download. DVD Decryptor is a free program, but requires you to rip the DVD to the hard drive to remove the copy protection, thus taking longer.

If the DVD is a DVD-9 (most are) you will need to reduce the file size. DVD Shrink is free, and will do this. My favourite is CloneDVD, but again this isn't free.

In conclusion:

Free way: DVD Decryptor and/or DVD Shrink
Arguably the best way: AnyDVD & CloneDVD
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alright, I'm using DVD shrink..

when all this is done, I want the file as an avi or mpeg.... when it's finished what type of file will it be and how can i get it to one of the forementioned?
 
dvdshrink just makes a dvd compliant set of vob's with standard dvd file structure

if you want an mpeg or avi, it has to be re-encoded, although vob's are nothing more than an mpeg2 stream with either ac3 or mpeg2 audio muxed togther with nav packets added
 
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