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Can I copy a DVD onto my hard drive to watch on a laptop?
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jstabe
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1. January 2007 @ 06:35 |
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My daughter will be taking a trip with her father and wants to have some of her movies to watch. I don't want her to take her DVDs because she has a habit of losing them. I don't want to back them up onto a blank disc because she's limited in how much luggage she can take. Is there a way that I can put our movies onto her laptop so she can watch them on the trip?
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1. January 2007 @ 16:16 |
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Hi jstabe
Yes you can - you'll just need to rip the movies to the hard drive then play them w/ something like Windows Media Player (file>open>found the folder for the movie then pick the video_ts.ifo file) or Nero Showtime (click on select source>play from folder - pick the folder the movie is in)
There's others - these are just 2 examples.
Now to rip them to the hard drive use DVDFab Decrypter. You can do the whole movie or just movie only.
Check the hard drive space - movies can take up quite a bit anywhere from 4 gig to 7 gig approx.
Or after you rip them w/ DVDFab you can run them thru DVD Shrink to keep the file around 4.3 gig. Just delete the 1st file from DVDFab when Shrink has finished with it.
edit: typos :)
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jstabe
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1. January 2007 @ 16:31 |
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Thanks!
I'll give that a try.
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1. January 2007 @ 17:02 |
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You're welcome :)
Any problems just let us know
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jstabe
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4. January 2007 @ 16:04 |
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Originally posted by binkie7:
You're welcome :)
Any problems just let us know
Worked like a charm! Thank you!
I did have one more question. The ifo file is the one I need, correct? Do I need to keep the others? Also, can I rename that file? My daughter is 11. I want to keep this as simple as possible for her.
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Tech47
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4. January 2007 @ 16:44 |
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Make sure you download a program like "VLC Media Player" becuase windows media player can't read IFO files.
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collarme
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4. January 2007 @ 16:44 |
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Get a program called VOB2MPG ( http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=VOB2MPG ) and it will take all the VOBs in the VIDEO_TS folder and (quickly) join them up to make a seamless mpeg movie that can be played in Media Player.
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jstabe
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4. January 2007 @ 16:50 |
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Originally posted by collarme:
Get a program called VOB2MPG ( http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=VOB2MPG ) and it will take all the VOBs in the VIDEO_TS folder and (quickly) join them up to make a seamless mpeg movie that can be played in Media Player.
Thanks! I'll try that out.
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collarme
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4. January 2007 @ 17:16 |
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Also, you could convert the files from mpeg2 to XviD and save a lot of space.
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jstabe
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4. January 2007 @ 17:19 |
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Originally posted by collarme:
Also, you could convert the files from mpeg2 to XviD and save a lot of space.
If I do that, will I need anything special to play the movie? Any new codec or anything like that?
Sorry, I'm completely new when it comes to this stuff.
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4. January 2007 @ 18:29 |
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Yes wmp can read the ifo files at least in versions 10 & 11.
The ifo file is like the information that tells the player info on the video like audio, end of chapters etc.
It's the file I open when I play movies w/ it.
Don't rename them - open the video_ts.ifo
collarme has a good suggestion - convert to a smaller size format.
I don't think you would need to install any other codec - the player VLC Tech47 suggested should handle it if the other players don't.
Now for recommendations on program to convert to XviD - can't help much there. I usually just burn dvds to disc or convert them w/ Nero recode to put on an iPod.
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jstabe
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4. January 2007 @ 18:32 |
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Thanks to everyone for all the helpful suggestions. I really appreciate it!
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jstabe
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4. January 2007 @ 19:15 |
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Originally posted by collarme:
Get a program called VOB2MPG ( http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=VOB2MPG ) and it will take all the VOBs in the VIDEO_TS folder and (quickly) join them up to make a seamless mpeg movie that can be played in Media Player.
Okay, I did that and I've got about 6 mpeg files now. How do I put them together?
One of these days, I really will stop asking questions. I promise!
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collarme
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5. January 2007 @ 03:23 |
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If I do that, will I need anything special to play the movie? Any new codec or anything like that?
Install the (free) XviD codec and you'll be able to use it to encode & play . You'd be best using an easy-to-use program for the conversion; I'd recommend one called Mpeg Mediator SE (free). An advantage with Mediator is that you can just point it in the direction of your VOBs in the VIDEO_TS folder and it will convert them all at once and output the whole movie in XviD. I wrote a quick how-to on another thread (where it says 'Open MM and select your mpeg' you could also put '....and select your VOBset')
Here it is:
You can convert it to DivX or XviD to save a lot of space. Download Mpeg Mediator SE http://www.divxland.org/software.php (near the bottom of the page) and make sure you have the DivX or XviD codec on your PC.
Open MM and select your mpeg (File>Open Media File) and Add, and then OK. Choose your codec (Output>Configure Plugins) and your audio codec (usually mp3) and set your output file (Output>Set Output File). Then go to File>Add/Save to Joblist and then Start>Start Conversion. As this is a joblist you can repeat the process to add as many mpegs as you like to be converted (BEFORE hitting Start>Start conversion).
Ther are other settings to experiment with- you can change the size and shape of the picture, and crop the top, bottom or sides too (all with preview). The conversion is very quick and with excellent quality.
(Download & install the XviD codec *before* installing Mpeg Mediator)
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collarme
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5. January 2007 @ 03:32 |
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Okay, I did that and I've got about 6 mpeg files now. How do I put them together?
You'd be best converting to XviD first. Are they all different movies? If so, you don't want to join them up anyway.
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jstabe
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5. January 2007 @ 03:39 |
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[quote]Okay, I did that and I've got about 6 mpeg files now. How do I put them together?
You'd be best converting to XviD first. Are they all different movies? If so, you don't want to join them up anyway.[/quote]No, they're the same movie. After I used VOB2MPG, it left with me six different mpeg movies. Each has pieces of the movie- opening credits, the movie, etc. It's not all together.
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collarme
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5. January 2007 @ 03:44 |
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What size is each of these mpegs?
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jstabe
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5. January 2007 @ 03:46 |
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Originally posted by collarme:
What size is each of these mpegs?
10KB, 3.24MB, 3.42MB, 7.41MB, 3.63GB, and 137MB.
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collarme
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5. January 2007 @ 03:52 |
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It's the 3.63GB one that will be the main movie. You should be able to view this in Media Player as it is now. Converting to mpeg4 (XviD) would shrink the size to something like 1GB.
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jstabe
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5. January 2007 @ 14:29 |
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Originally posted by collarme:
It's the 3.63GB one that will be the main movie. You should be able to view this in Media Player as it is now. Converting to mpeg4 (XviD) would shrink the size to something like 1GB.
Thanks for clearing that up!
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jstabe
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5. January 2007 @ 18:19 |
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I've been playing around with this for a little bit now, but I'm going to really sit down this weekend and see what I can do since my daughter will be leaving next week. I think I'm a little confused now that there are so many suggestions. I was wondering if maybe someone could kind of give me a step by step.
1. I used DVD Decrypter to put the movie onto my computer. Do I also need to use Shrink?
2. Do I need to use VOB2MPG and Mediator or do I just use one or the other?
Also, Mediator seems very easy to use, but it's taking 3 hours. Is that normal?
Thank you all so much for putting up with me. I really appreciate everyone's help.
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collarme
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6. January 2007 @ 03:20 |
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I used DVD Decrypter to put the movie onto my computer. Do I also need to use Shrink?
No. You'd only use it if you were making a dvd.
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Do I need to use VOB2MPG and Mediator or do I just use one or the other?
Mediator will convert either a single mpeg or a VOBset.
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Also, Mediator seems very easy to use, but it's taking 3 hours. Is that normal?
This depends on your PC's specs. About 2 hours for a 2 hour dvd is average for a medium-spec computer. Make sure there's nothing running in the background (spyware or virus scan etc.) and turn off your screensaver.
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jstabe
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6. January 2007 @ 03:30 |
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Thank you! I'm going to play around with it this weekend.
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jstabe
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6. January 2007 @ 12:33 |
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[quote]I used DVD Decrypter to put the movie onto my computer. Do I also need to use Shrink?
No. You'd only use it if you were making a dvd.
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Do I need to use VOB2MPG and Mediator or do I just use one or the other?
Mediator will convert either a single mpeg or a VOBset.
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Also, Mediator seems very easy to use, but it's taking 3 hours. Is that normal?
This depends on your PC's specs. About 2 hours for a 2 hour dvd is average for a medium-spec computer. Make sure there's nothing running in the background (spyware or virus scan etc.) and turn off your screensaver.[/quote]I finished my first movie. Mediator turned a 66KB ifo file into a 1.57GB AVI file. I thought it was supposed to turn it into XviD. Did I do something wrong?
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collarme
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6. January 2007 @ 14:29 |
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The file extension you would get for an XviD movie is .avi
You're best using the 'Open Media File(s)' rather than the 'Open IFO File' when you are importing into Mediator as for some reason it gives more control.
The 1.5 GB file you've created is probably the finished movie. Have you tried to play it?
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