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jim64
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11. December 2008 @ 12:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi,

Want to rip commercial DVDs, and DVDs from TV recordings to computer HDD as backup.

To view in Media Player Classic on PC.

Also will be converting some of these with SUPER/Videora to view on mobile.

Been doing some trial and error (mostly the latter) with some of usual known apps - DVDDecrypter, DVDShrink etc.

TV recorded disc either couldn't be read or failed at last stage (read error, or time remaining reaches zero then starts counting up again but not doing anything). Only success was MagicDVDDecrypter ($35 to buy and you only get 4 trial uses!), although failed at end .avi file was intact in destination folder, maybe got lucky.

Main prob with commercial DVD rips was being stuck with several VOB files to process, or if output as single IFO file sound was awful, full volume to hear anything.

Followed all recommended app instructions.

This's currently unfamiliar territory for me and there's a lot of good/bad software out there. Sure is a time consuming business.

Can anyone recommend a preferably free ripper/method that'll convert the above to .avi or similar? I've noticed DVDFab and AutoGK being mentioned.

Thanks.
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11. December 2008 @ 12:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Rip the disk with DVDFab HD Decrypter.
Convert to AVI using AGK.

Run AGK.
For the source file:VIDEO_TS folder, choose 'VTS_01_0.IFO'.

http://www.dvdfab.com/free.htm
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_...pers/autogk.cfm
olyteddy
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12. December 2008 @ 10:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Or rip it and drag one of the VOBs into AVIDeMux. It will find the rest.
jim64
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12. December 2008 @ 16:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks for replies, guys. I'm testing as time allows, will post back with results/any queries.
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jim64
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17. December 2008 @ 11:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
DVDFab and AutoGK both excellent. AGK takes it's time (3.5 hrs for 2hr movie, probably due to my 3.06GHz Pentium 4!) but worth the wait.

Will give Avidemux a whirl, with it's editing abilities, and see how encoding time and quality compare.

Would've posted back sooner but got distracted, not least by this I've posted here: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/730179

Cheers.
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