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Zen-Chan
 Post subject: Ripping a DVD to avi
PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 20:17 
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Due to an impending several week trip to America, I was planning to rip a couple discs of some TV show box-sets I am currently working through onto my laptop. Having never actually done this before, I googled "dvd to avi" and have tried the first few recommended programs but none of them actually seem to work properly (horribly glitching video and popping audio). I am increasingly tempted to simply torrent the assorted episodes safe in the knowledge that they would be fine but surely I don't have to resort to such lengths.

What programs are recommended to do this, and do I have to download the latest encoder packs from somewhere as well?
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Dimrill
 Post subject: Re: Ripping a DVD to avi
PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 20:18 
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Magic DVD Ripper. Does DVD-Xvid quickly and simply.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 20:42 
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The two things i've used successfully to do this are :

Handbrake http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php
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FormatFactory http://www.formatoz.com/download.html

The only real problem i've had with either is that they sometimes dont grab the audiotrack you want (i've ripped stuff to find i have french language or the commentary track instead of the standard english track that i wanted)
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Grim...
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 21:12 
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+1 for Handbrake, or just grab a torrent.

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DavPaz
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 21:52 
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Handbrake also.

I tend to do a DVDShrink first to rip out the main movie and english audio
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Trooper
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 21:56 
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I use handbrake, but as Grim... says, just grab a torrent. It'll probably be quicker than ripping yourself.
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asfish
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 21:49 
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DVDFab will rip a DVD to just about anything you could want (avi, MKV, IPAD etc )
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Plissken
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:52 
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Does Handbrake do all that DeCSS removal stuff as well?

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DavPaz
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:53 
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Plissken wrote:
Does Handbrake do all that DeCSS removal stuff as well?

Good question. I'll have to check.
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Grim...
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:51 
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Trooper
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:01 
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Seriously, downloading the files will be easier and quicker. You own the disks anyway.
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Grim...
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:02 
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Trooper wrote:
Seriously, downloading the files will be easier and quicker.

:this:

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DavPaz
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:32 
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Attachment:
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Dimrill
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 15:53 
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AnyDVD running in the background will strip that out. It'll also rip a DVD to an .iso if you want to go that route instead.

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DavPaz
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 16:00 
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Trooper wrote:
Seriously, downloading the files will be easier and quicker. You own the disks anyway.

:this:
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Plissken
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 16:14 
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Dimrill wrote:
AnyDVD running in the background will strip that out. It'll also rip a DVD to an .iso if you want to go that route instead.


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 23:18 
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I never liked Handbrake.

RipIt4Me.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:31 
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Rip it yourself if you don't like it, beefcake.

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