TonyP Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I know this will sound like a really dumb question to some but how do you do it? I thought, naively maybe, that it would be as easy as ripping an audio cd. I guess not. Do you need special software? If so can you get it free? Etc etc. Thanks Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meko Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 DVDshrink.. easy to use and free to download. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyP Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 DVDshrink.. easy to use and free to download. Thanks. I'll try that.............tomorrow:yawn: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Depends what format you need them in at the end. DVD Shrink will rip the DVD, but leave it on disk as .VOB files. Do you want it to be a .avi for example? A good site for learning how to do this is http://www.videohelp.com Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I use MakeMKV, works very well for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseys Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Handbrake is very good and has a nice easy range of settings for output Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Plethora Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I use magic DVD ripper, well worth buying a license for. I ripped all my DVD to disk into divx / xvid. I dont even use the DVD player anymore, I just chuck it in the PC and rip it straight away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyP Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 Depends what format you need them in at the end. DVD Shrink will rip the DVD, but leave it on disk as .VOB files. Do you want it to be a .avi for example? A good site for learning how to do this is http://www.videohelp.com Paul. No idea what format I need it in. Just want to be able to watch movies on my netbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 MP4 will be your best bet I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 MP4 will be your best bet I think I disagree, xvid in an AVI container. Low CPU requirements and much more widely supported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I disagree, xvid in an AVI container. Low CPU requirements and much more widely supported. I use MP4. Works on laptops, iPhone/iPod, XBOX360 without transcoding. A lot of Android apps support MP4 video playback. TVersity doesn't get arsey with it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I use MP4. Works on laptops, iPhone/iPod, XBOX360 without transcoding. A lot of Android apps support MP4 video playback. TVersity doesn't get arsey with it either. MP4 is technically just a container though, not a video codec. AVI is supported on many more devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty71 Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 DVDshrink.. easy to use and free to download. DVDshrink is an awesome freeware program but they stopped doing updates after ver 3.2.0.15 so if the dvd you want to rip to your HDD is a newish dvd (ie in the last 2 years) 95% chance it will have ARccOS protection system on the dvd which DVDshrink will not be able to rip. I used DVDshrink for 5 odd years and would use no other ripping tool for older dvd's, has an easy to use interface, I used it to rip the non ARccOS protected discs to my media server. Newer dvd's I use Slysofts Anydvd and DVDfab HD Decrypter as this gets round the newer copy protection. For older dvd's go with Meko's and the others advice (DVDshrink) but for newer dvds there are many many programs available:D Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 MP4 is technically just a container though, not a video codec. AVI is supported on many more devices. MP4/H264 then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 MP4/H264 then... H.264 which has a fairly high CPU requirement when he's stated it's a netbook he wants to play videos on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 He has asked for an opinion - you gave yours, I gave mine. My old XBOX can play MP4/H264, through XBMC, so I don't think the CPU cost is what it's made out to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 rite click on the DVD drive on my computer, copy and paste the files into a new folder that (name the new folder same as the dvd title displayed were the DVD rom drive used t be on my computer) and look for the rite file for the film, that usaly works for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyP Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 rite click on the DVD drive on my computer, copy and paste the files into a new folder that (name the new folder same as the dvd title displayed were the DVD rom drive used t be on my computer) and look for the rite file for the film, that usaly works for me That works? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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