Edit: No longer cap'd, help on video encoding still needed

[MaxFusion16]

Hi,
I have just purchased the lord of the rings dvd and watched it for the first time last night (awesome movie) and now I would like to back it up, but don't know the best way of doing so. I have done 2 previous back ups, but I was displeased with the quality. I have read the guides on doom9 and vcdhelp but I'm still confused. What is the best dvd ripper? I have used smartripper, it seems to work fine. And also I would like to retain as much quality as possible and ac3 5.1 sound is a must. What codec should I use? Divx? Windows media 9?(I heard the new version includes support for 5.1 audio)
thanks in advance

edit: sorry about the caps guys, I just wanted to get more attention. Now I would really appreciate it if someone would please help me out.

 

[fatbaby]

divx

 

[budice]

Buy two copies

 

[mk52]

whats with the all CAPS title??

 

[iamme]

Try DVD2SVCD. Straight forward and you'll be able to play it on your DVD player (if it supports SVCD's)

edit: nevermind, you said you wanted 5.1 sound

 

[stev0]

I'M SORRY BUT I CAN NOT HELP YOU ON THIS SUBJECT. . .

 

[LordMaul]

Originally posted by: budice
Buy two copies

Why should he have to do that?

 

[MaxFusion16]

Originally posted by: MelikK
whats with the all CAPS title??

just wanted to get some attention

 

[mithrandir2001]

Originally posted by: budice
Buy two copies

In all honesty, it's probably the most cost effective. Ripping and encoding and then burning to multiple CD-Rs just takes a lot of time and manual tending.

 

[mithrandir2001]

Wait until the Extended version comes out in November. There'll be a TON of used theatrical version DVDs on the market.