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Hi

I have a bunch of dvds that I would like to rip to my pc and copy to my hard drive for personal use only and i would like to store the physical dvd as we bearley use our dvd player.

What program do I use or can I use to copy them to my pc?

Thanks
 
Many years ago I ripped several hundred of our DVDs and even more CDs. It was a laborious job as every video was transcoded. The whole aim was to reduce size because of limitations in storage. Disk was expensive and limited. And ripping with transcoding always compromises quality.

Today that no longer applies.

Were I to start again I'd simply use an ISO maker to convert the entire DVD. That way you lose nothing.

It's easier to have ten or twenty terabytes of disk. And it's cheap.
 
Hazelbag said:
Hi

I have a bunch of dvds that I would like to rip to my pc and copy to my hard drive for personal use only and i would like to store the physical dvd as we bearley use our dvd player.

What program do I use or can I use to copy them to my pc?

Thanks
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What format do you want to store it in? ISO disc images or as movie files?
If it is Disc images then DVD Shrink is still the easiest and simplest.
DVD Shrink will rip copy protected discs.
 
How to back up Your DVDs and rip your DVD collection to your Hard Drive!

1) Remove Region Protection...
Install this program first... it will remove the copy protection and macrovision while you decrypt... (and will also allow you to watch region protected discs in the future)...
http://www.dvd43.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD43

2) To make a backup of a DVD to another DVD...
DVD Decrypter can rip the DVD to your hard drive or make an ISO image...
http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/
(Note: DVD Decrypter removes the CSS encryption on the DVD)
If DVDDecrypter has problems with a newer DVD install DVD43 (above).
If you have ripped the DVD files to your hard drive, you can then use DVD shrink to make the image smaller and turn it into an ISO file that I can fit onto one DVD... Note: you have to select ISO image as the target file from the drop down menu.
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/cd_dvd/copy_dvd/dvd_shrink.cfm
Once you have the ISO image you can use this program to burn it back to a DVD...
http://www.imgburn.com/

3) To Rip a DVD to an AVI or DivX (XviD) file...
The free version of this program Fair Use Wizard can rip any DVD to a 700 Mb AVI (XVid) File... with just one click...
http://www.fairusewizard.com/
but.... I find I get a much better quality rip, when I follow these steps...
i) Use DVD Decrypter to rip the DVD to your Hard Drive.
ii) Use DVD Shrink to make an ISO image of the DVD, but turn the compression off completely, in other words, the ISO image will be an exact image of the DVD. Also enable the two extra read options in DVD Shrink to get a better quality image, it is slower, but it pays off. Put that image on a different drive to the one you are going to rip to.
iii) Now use Fair Use Wizard to rip from that unencrypted image in your hard disk. You will get a very high quality rip with no artifacts and no "streaking".
Compare that to a rip straight from the DVD and you will see what I mean. Of course the quality of your DVD drive and speed of your processor is also a factor. 3.0 Ghz strongly recommended!

4) Ripping Tutorials...
How to rip a DVD using VLC...
http://jaypeeonline.net/tips-tricks/rip-dvd-with-vlc/
The last DVD and Blu-Ray Ripping Guide you will ever need!...
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/rip_your_movie_dvds_and_watch_them_anywhere
Here is a Tutorial on how to Back-up a DVD using DVD Shrink...
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9425/How+to+Use+DVD+Shrink
...and a tutorial on backing-up using Auto-GK...
http://dailyapps.net/2008/08/hack-attack-how-to-create-axxo-quality-dvd-rips/
... and a tutorial using DVDFab Decrypter....
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews/Specific.aspx?ArticleId=15715
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/03/26/turn_your_pc_into_a_dvd_ripping_monster-2.html
How to convert TV Series DVD episodes to DivX/XviD with ease using freeware... (thanks Charlie82)
http://forum.videohelp.com/topic301015.html
A nice illustrated tutorial for DVDDecrypter and AutoGK...
http://www.rita.lt/guides/AutoGK_DVDtoAVI.htm
How to copy a DVD using VLC...
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2686/how-to-copy-a-dvd-with-vlc-1.0/
TechSupportAlert has an article on the Best Free DVD Rippers...
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-dvd-ripper.htm

5) Other Ripping Programs...
DVDFab is an all-in-one DVD ripping/decrypting/burning software....
http://dvdfab-decrypter.en.softonic.com/
SimpleDivX is a fairly basic tool to convert DVDs to DivX
http://simpledivx.org/
English Guide for SimpleDivX
http://www.simpledivx.org/Guides/SimpleDivX_Guide/English Guide.htm
AVI2DVD Freeware...
http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareAvi2Dvd.php?b2=1
DVDSmith...
http://www.dvdsmith.com/
Amok DVD Shrinker...
http://www.amok.am/en/freeware/amok_dvd_shrinker/
DVDRip Automates DVD ripping...
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/02/13/dvd_rip_automates_oneclick_dvd_ripping-2.html
Check out this all in one solution...
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/free-dvd-video-software.htm
http://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-ripper/
http://www.formatoz.com/
http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/
http://www.tools4movies.com/
http://dvd-mp3.org/index.html
http://www.free-star.org/free-dvd-ripper-freeware.html
http://thoggen.net/

6) To turn video files back into a DVD...
http://www.dvdflick.net/ or here http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdflick/
Tutorials here...
http://lifehacker.com/software/dvds...t-any-video-file-to-a-playable-dvd-232322.php
http://lifehacker.com/5082262/how-to-burn-any-video-file-to-a-playable-video-dvd

7) Other Video Tools (Editors and Converters) here...
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showpost.php?p=1592441&postcount=16
 
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Hazelbag said:
Hi

I have a bunch of dvds that I would like to rip to my pc and copy to my hard drive for personal use only and i would like to store the physical dvd as we bearley use our dvd player.

What program do I use or can I use to copy them to my pc?

Thanks
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You can try these...

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I want to rip the to avi so I can copy them to my hdd that is connected to my tv and watch it like that. Im not going to upload my movies as I stated its for my own use only.

Thanks @Garyvdh and everyone else with the info so far
 
I just use ImgBurn to create an ISO image from the disk and then I'll use the ISO file by mounting it to Daemon Tools or Virtual CloneDrive.
 
DVDFAB = powerful & easy, I even managed to rip a full 20gb+ 3D bluray to HSBS for my tv.
 
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