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DVD Ripping, VOB Question
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GBizzle
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26. June 2004 @ 13:32 |
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I have just bought a DVD Rom and now im trying to rip a movie to my computer, i think ive done that because I saved just the main .vob files to my computer using DVD Decrypter.. I have 6 .vob files and one .ifo, im able to watch all of these .vob files but i was wondering how to i save them as one .avi?
im sorry if this is a stupid question but im really new to this, once again thank you all for taking the time to look this over and answer my question!
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GBizzle
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28. June 2004 @ 09:15 |
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can somebody plz help me!!!!!!!! the .VOB files are good quality, i just want to know how to keep that quality but make them into one .AVI file?
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EliteHB
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28. June 2004 @ 18:42 |
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GBizzle
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28. June 2004 @ 23:40 |
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well is there another file that i can put all the .vob's into 1 big file so i can watch the movie continiously?
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The_OGS
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29. June 2004 @ 11:50 |
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Your VOB files are MPEG2. Yes the quality is good, it is the DVD standard.
An AVI is an audio/video interleave, typically it is MPEG4. FAT has a maximum filesize and even NTFS has a maximum 4GB filesize, you don't want all those huge files on your hd do you Bizzle? So you can compress them by encoding them to MPEG4 with something like DivX (or XviD, which is open-source).
Check out the guides
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/dvd2divx_anamorphic.cfm
And while we're at it
http://www.doom9.org/divx-encoding.htm
You can also encode to VCD or SVCD which play on TV with standalone DVD player. DivX has better quality/smaller filesize but mostly plays only on computer.
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karen2003
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30. June 2004 @ 18:11 |
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One quick thing ... NTSF doesn't have a 4gb maximum. A lot of us burn .iso files that are larger than that, and as long as our hard drives aren't FAT32, it's not a problem.
Karen H.--Dell Optiplex GX240, P4 1.50ghz, 256mb RAM (yeah, I need more), Windows XP Pro w/SP1, 80gb c: drive (replaced the 20gb c: that crashed), 126gb i: drive, 124gb j: drive, 500gb external hard drive partitioned into k: and l: drives, Sony DDU1621/C1 DVD-ROM to rip/encode, Sony DRX-530UL to burn, new Sony DRX-840U to burn DL discs ... need a new computer to go with it!!
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prechaun
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2. July 2004 @ 03:26 |
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I am VERY new to all this. I hope that someone can help me for a quick second. I have a big hard disk, 240gigs, and many dvd's. Is there a way that I can record my dvds on to my computer and be able to watch them on my computer without saving the dvd in?
Thanks a million
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prechaun
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2. July 2004 @ 03:27 |
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without *having* the dvd in
oops
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karen2003
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2. July 2004 @ 09:02 |
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You CAN watch your DVDs on your computer without having the DVD in your burner if you have PowerDVD or a similar program. In PowerDVD, open the program, click on "select source" (ctrl-O), click on "open DVD file on hard drive," browse until you find the .iso file OR the video_ts folder that contains a bunch of files (.VOB, etc.), and PowerDVD will play the DVD file(s). BTW I know it's counterintuitive to click on "open DVD file" (singular) when you have a folder full of files, but choosing the whole folder is the only way PowerDVD will play the whole ripped DVD. If you click on "open media files" instead of "open DVD file," you can then browse to find individual files, but if you want the whole DVD, just choose the video_ts folder.
One caveat, though: even with a 240gb hard drive, you'll run out of space pretty quickly. If your DVDs average 7gb each (some are bigger than that, some are smaller), you'd take up 210 gb with only 30 DVDs, leaving you just 30gb for everything else on your computer. So if you go this route and don't burn the DVD files, you'll have to remember to delete the files after watching the DVD on your computer.
Karen H.--Dell Optiplex GX240, P4 1.50ghz, 256mb RAM (yeah, I need more), Windows XP Pro w/SP1, 80gb c: drive (replaced the 20gb c: that crashed), 126gb i: drive, 124gb j: drive, 500gb external hard drive partitioned into k: and l: drives, Sony DDU1621/C1 DVD-ROM to rip/encode, Sony DRX-530UL to burn, new Sony DRX-840U to burn DL discs ... need a new computer to go with it!!
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prechaun
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5. July 2004 @ 03:09 |
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Thanks for your reply Karen. But how do I actually get the dvd on to the hard drive? Is that what you call "Ripping"? I've been readin up a bit. Do I have to use DVDDecrypter or somethin? Or can I simply copy and paste all the files from the dvd to my hard drive?
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karen2003
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5. July 2004 @ 09:24 |
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Yes, you can use either DVD Shrink or DVD Decrypter (both free downloads) to "rip" the DVD to your hard drive. For your purpose, if you just want to watch them on your computer and don't plan to burn the DVD, Decrypter would probably work best. It will copy the files to a folder on your hard drive, so have that folder ready (e.g., "DVDs / The_Matrix" or whatever). (Shrink is useful for compressing a large DVD so it fits on one DVD-R or DVD+R disc.)
Without Decrypter or Shrink, your computer might not even let you cut & paste because of the copy protection -- these other programs remove the protection.
Karen H.--Dell Optiplex GX240, P4 1.50ghz, 256mb RAM (yeah, I need more), Windows XP Pro w/SP1, 80gb c: drive (replaced the 20gb c: that crashed), 126gb i: drive, 124gb j: drive, 500gb external hard drive partitioned into k: and l: drives, Sony DDU1621/C1 DVD-ROM to rip/encode, Sony DRX-530UL to burn, new Sony DRX-840U to burn DL discs ... need a new computer to go with it!!
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acoustic9
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1. August 2004 @ 13:49 |
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Hi karen..one question. How do i open the .iso folder...the only thing it allows me to open is .ifo folder. When i clicked on "select sources" and browse..i dun see the .iso folder because it only would open an .ifo folder. Plz help. thx
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karen2003
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1. August 2004 @ 15:18 |
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I'm assuming you're using PowerDVD? If you have a video_ts folder full of files, you open the folder to watch the film with the command "open DVD file on hard disk drive" (seems counterintuitive since it's a folder full of files, but it works). For an .iso file, which I don't usually use, the only thing I can think to do is click on "open media files" and browse to the .iso file. Sorry I can't check this but I don't have any .iso files on my hard drive.
BTW when you say "it," are you referring to DVD Shrink? (I just noticed you're a new person, not the one who'd asked me earlier about PowerDVD.) If you're trying to open the .iso file in SHRINK so you can compress it and then burn it to DVD, go to file / open disc image.
Karen H.--Dell Optiplex GX240, P4 1.50ghz, 256mb RAM (yeah, I need more), Windows XP Pro w/SP1, 80gb c: drive (replaced the 20gb c: that crashed), 126gb i: drive, 124gb j: drive, 500gb external hard drive partitioned into k: and l: drives, Sony DDU1621/C1 DVD-ROM to rip/encode, Sony DRX-530UL to burn, new Sony DRX-840U to burn DL discs ... need a new computer to go with it!!
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2. August 2004 @ 08:49 |
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The best program for dvd ripping is Movie Jack!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Socol
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2. August 2004 @ 13:05 |
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Has anybody tried DVDFab as a ripper???
I use it myself, and I'm very satisfied.
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