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How do you rip DVDs?

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How do you rip DVDs?
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DVDShrink is a popular favourite, and what's more it can quickly and efficiently downsize/compress dual layer DVDs to single layer. It all really depends tho on what you want it for.

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VideoHelp.com will answer all your newbie questions about DVD ripping.
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I prefer DVDShrink, myself.

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5 replies and no one has mentioned Doom9.org ?

the guides on doom9 are excellent. with links to all the apps u need and screenshots of all the important bits. hope that helps.
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And don't forget Afterdawn.com and Bitburners.com
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Absolutely , Doom9.org, Videohelp.com, and Afterdawn.com are all great STARTING resources for how to rip DVD's. I personally feel the best program to rip DVD's is DVDDecrypter (if you can still get your hands on it), as it defeats all copy-protection quickly and efficiently, and creates perfect images and backups of your DVD's. DVDShrink may be an acceptable means of ripping, but it is slow as a snail compared to DVDDecrypter. I would also sincerely recommend NOT using DVDShrink to actually recompress your backups, as it is based on an archaic encoder that leaves alot of bitmaps, blockiness, and image degradation behind. It is only an acceptable means of re-encoding if your movie will be retaining 90% or more of it's initial bitrate/quality, as it is a very fast program when it comes to encoding (hence the reason it does a half-ass job!) DVDDecrypter is the greatest thing to happen to the DVD scene ever. Not only can it create perfect .iso's of your DVD's, but also it is capable of ripping into VTS folders for easy re-encoding preparation. Last, but certainly not least, it is again, in my opinion, the best program for burning your DVD images as well, as it has a configurable buffer that out-sizes and out-performs virtually every other burning program there is. Long answer short:

DVDDecrypter is king!





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I use DVDDecrypter to get just the main file. Then use TMPGEnc DVD Author to author a simple dvd with out menus. Most movie will fit on a dvdr this way with out recompression.
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How do you rip DVDs?


Bingy13 if your asking about how to RIP fan created DVD's....

First, most fan created DVD's are on standard single layer DVD's so you can either right-click copy and paste the VIDEO_TS folder onto your hard-drive so you don't need to use any ripper program, you can also simply drag and drop the VIDEO_TS folder to a new folder (name it the same name as the DVD your coping) also if there are any DVD-ROM, CONTENT or EXTRAS folders drop them in the same folder.

Second, Most ripper programs will not copy or include the extra folders and you NEED that stuff as they keep the DVD's intact as the creators intended.



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My best advice is to use DVD Shrink to rip the video, VirtualDub MPEG-2 to convert it to .avi, then an editing program to edit the video the way you want it. DVD Shrink and Virtual Dub MPEG2 can be found at Doom9.org
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Womble MPEG Video Wizard lets you edit the MPEG2 stream without the need to convert to AVI or recompress back to MPEG2. Preserves the original video perfectly. If you need to manipulate the video in any way, then converting to AVI is necessary. However, just converting the pieces you need to change is recommended unless you have terabytes of hard drive space to use for all the iterations.
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Shrink can't read certain DVDs, so it's been advised by experts it's best to use Decrypter and rip to your HD, and then use Shrink. You can save to a different folder then burn with whatever program you use. I use this method and it works well-the only downside is that you need about 12-13 GB free per disc.
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OK, use DVD Decrypter to rip the video, then Womble Video MPEG wizard to edit the files. I tested it out, and it works perfectly when editing a source file. The Womble program is found at Womble.com.
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Hi! I have mastered using DVD Decrypter and/or Slysoft AnyDVD, but now I'm having trouble making a quality DVD file for editing on Adobe Premiere. When I use AoA DVD Ripper to rip a DVD file as a large "Pinnacle DV" file, I have to deinterlace it so it doesn't look jittery, and either way, the Pinnacle AVI is a mere shell of its original DVD quality, in terms of sharpness and color. Is there any way I can fix this with AoA, or is there a better program for making an AVI that I can edit with Premiere (my only choice for an editing platform at the moment). Any thoughts, folks?
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"...unless you have terabytes of hard drive space..."



You might want to try using different AVI codecs, to see if that makes a difference.

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>

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I would suggest Handbrake for any Mac users.
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Originally posted by: What.Cobbler?

Hi! I have mastered using DVD Decrypter and/or Slysoft AnyDVD, but now I'm having trouble making a quality DVD file for editing on Adobe Premiere. When I use AoA DVD Ripper to rip a DVD file as a large "Pinnacle DV" file, I have to deinterlace it so it doesn't look jittery, and either way, the Pinnacle AVI is a mere shell of its original DVD quality, in terms of sharpness and color. Is there any way I can fix this with AoA, or is there a better program for making an AVI that I can edit with Premiere (my only choice for an editing platform at the moment). Any thoughts, folks?


I never heard of AoA DVD Ripper, so I can't help you there.

If your version of Pinnacle Studio handles regular mpeg2, then that'd be a lot better.

Converting to DV (and converting back for authoring the dvd) will lose a lot of quality (you'll get blocky color, because they handle color differently, and the recompressions will mess things up, a lot). You can rip with DVD Decrypter and/or AnyDVD, the way ADM's Guide says. The M2V files will be mpeg2 files, I'm sure you could just rename them to mpeg and Pinnacle would be happy with them.

Your jitteryness might be from interlacing. If the DVD is from pure film, You might need to get rid of the pulldown flags with DGPulldown.

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