Hello. I havnt ripped any of my dvd's to my computer for a long time now, and i need some help. first, what program should i use? can you list both a good free one and a good pay for one.
the other thing i really need to know, if you know how a dvd has the VIDEO_TS folders and all that stuff, well, i want to rip an entire DVD to just one single AVI or MPEG-4 (whatever the best format is) instead of having all of these videoTS stuff...
For ripping the DVD to a folder on the hard drive, use DVDFab HD Decrypter.
To convert the DVD files to AVI, arguably the best is AGK.
Run AGK and load the .IFO file associated with the main title. (probably - not always, VTS_01_0.IFO).
Choose an output size - 700MB if you don't mind lower quality or something over 1400MB for better quality.
aaron, you can also buy AnyDVD, if you want. It's got a better security override than DVDFab (not that there's much DVDFab can't take care of), and it's fairly easy to use. In case you're interested. And as for ripping to one file, if you don't want to deal with the IFOs like attar suggests, then I believe DVDShrink has an option for you to create one big VOB file, which you can then convert using AutoGK (like attar said) or most other converters.
And sorry to hijack a thread, but does anyone know if AutoGK does a better job than VDubMod? 'Cuz I remember downloading AutoGK once, and it automatically installed VDubMod as part of its installation process. (That installation of all those other programs irritated me, because AutoGK never really felt like an actual program. More like... outsourcing work to other programs.)
A large majority of the "Good" programs are simply pretty GUIs for the advanced programs. Examples include: RipIt4Me, AutoGK, Exact Audio Copy, DVDRebuilder, and so forth.
And as for creating one large .vob instead of file splitting. My question would be why? Its not hard to click the .ifo file and then it loads all the .vobs of that title set. Plus you have the files in a DVD format ready for burning to disk if you so desire. Once you create the single large .vob, and someone may correct me on this, I don't know how to go back to having it compatible for dvd. Just my opinion. :)
Well, I suppose it would be simpler to work with if you're doing direct video editing or so. Y'know, wouldn't have to worry about making changes across ten, twenty different VOBs.
