DVD ripping

[d1abolic]

Well, i figured that since my PC will be hooked up to my HT system, i might as well keep my DVDs on it. That way i won't have to deal with the actual discs - they will remain in mint condition along with the boxes. And besides, i have a few hundered GIGs of space available, so i might as well put it to use However, i'm still trying to figure out if learning how to do it is worth it for me. I mean, how good is the quality? I will have a pretty good system, with a CRT projector and all, so even a slight decline in quality would probably be noticable. And, how much time will it take me to learn how to achieve best results? I took a look at Doom9, it looks like my skills will determine the quality of my rips. The good news is that i learn software easily, i've been into computers ever since i was a kid. But what troubles me is that Doom9 mentions that it will be MONTHS before i can even begin learning how to use the most powerful apps. If it will take me many months just to learn how to achieve true DVD quality, it surely isn't worth it. A month or two maybe, but not triple that.

 

[BD2003]

If you have a few hundred gigs of space, theres no reason to compress them to Divx. Itll be a loss of quality no matter what if you recompress them.

 

[d1abolic]

I never said anything about Divx? I just want to copy my DVDs onto my hard drive.

 

[MikeO]

<< I just want to copy my DVDs onto my hard drive. >>



SmartRipper

 

[BD2003]

Oh, well Doom9 is all about DivX. Most people treat divx as synonymous with dvd ripping. If youre ripping with the intention to make super high quality divxs, it will take months, and will never be DVD quality. It can get damn good for a cd or two though.

If youre just ripping, its pretty painless, and there will be no loss of quality. Just download smartripper, and rip each movie into its own directory. Then just play the files with PowerDVD.

No techniques required. Not really anything to learn. Just rip and go.

 

[d1abolic]

Damn Big, that's what i like to hear!

 

[BD2003]

Just keep in mind itll take you near a half hour to rip each movie, and i'm not too sure how easy itll be to get the special features working. DVDs were never meant to be played off a HD, so expect some troubles with audio tracks, subtitles, etc...

 

[d1abolic]

I noticed SmartRipper has stream processing. I want to uncheck all the crap audio streams and only leave the AC3 6-channel. I was wondering though, how will it do it? Will it write the same number of smaller vob files, or a smaller number of same-sized files? Also is there any way to rip all the streams and then, in the future, get rid of the unneeded streams using the files on the HD only? Or would i have to re-rip the whole damn thing?

 

[Sepen]

Go here Guide and rip it tp the second one, MPEG2. I use this technique exactly and it produces great looking SVCD that I play on my Sony 53" tv. Much much better than vhs, but not as good as DVD quality. If you play them on your computer monitor, they will look DVD quality.

 

[d1abolic]

Can i remove unneeded audio streams after ripping, or can i only do that before, via SmartRipper?

 

[Nefrodite]

not worth the trouble if your playing back on a hometheater system. and you can't rip a disc with all special features and menus intact.

If you play them on your computer monitor, they will look DVD quality.

svcd never looks like dvd on a computer, unless you have really lousy software player or a 10" monitor from 1989 monitors hdtv level resolution makes flaws pop out.

 

[Ameesh]

keep in mind each dvd is about 4.5 gigs on average so a hundred gigs will be eaten up fast. i use windows media 8 to enocde dvds directly into wmv files which look great on tv, if your really worried about your discs being handled why dont you get a dvd changer then only the robot is touching your dvds much easier to deal with.

 

[Atlantean]

Just use smartripper to rip the dvds, then go to divx-digest.com and they have some players that will play the ifo, or whatever the ripped file is called, with perfect quality.