Wanting to rip DVDs to HDD

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Hi all,

I will be going to the UK for a year as a student and want to rip a couple of my DVDs to a HDD to save baggage space. Can you recommend any good programs? Preferably one where I can limit the DVD size?

Thanks in advance
 
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.mrbass.org/dvdrip/
(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.mrbass.org/dvdshrink/
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!
Here is a guide for Fair Use Wizard... if you need one...
http://www.mediafire.com/?uluiwhkxetc

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/

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

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
 
Is it really a good idea to have DVDRips with you when traveling to another country?
 
yeah rather get a netflix account or something while you're there...


you are not going to want your old dvd's if you have access to Sky anyhow...iirc they have video on-demand "decoders".
 
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Such a lot of words for an extremely easy task

DVD Shrink is the one. Download the latest version
 
Keeper said:
Is it really a good idea to have DVDRips with you when traveling to another country?
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Never been a problem for me before. Had plenty of movies on my laptop when I went through customs.

If you really want to prove ownership take a photo of yourself with each DVD cover.
 
Customs has never stopped me for to search my external hard drive.

They rather search me for drugs or thoroughly inspect the lunch bars/chocolate bars I take overseas.

Can't beat South African made chocolate!
 
AstroTurf said:
or just download dvdfab...
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lol. That pretty much sums it up. It might not give you the best rips but it's easy to use.

If you want better quality though, use something like AnyDVD and Handbrake. Handbrake will convert to h264.mkv and if you choose a size of about 1.4gb per movie the quality will be just as good as the DVD. Also whenever encoding always use 2 pass encoding, it takes longer but that's one of the prices for quality.
 
Garyvdh said:
Never been a problem for me before. Had plenty of movies on my laptop when I went through customs.

If you really want to prove ownership take a photo of yourself with each DVD cover.
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Why on earth would customs stop you and ask to view the files on your hard drive? Unless of course they suspect you of being an international spy with top secret military plans...
 
TheMightyP said:
Why on earth would customs stop you and ask to view the files on your hard drive? Unless of course they suspect you of being an international spy with top secret military plans...
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There are other reasons.
When you try the Green Line with a laptop in each hand and a tower PC strapped to your back, with an LCD monitor on chest, they stop you. That's the part Garydvh left out. ;)
 
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