Ripping all my dvds

[twitchee2]

I know this has been discussed but im still kinda confused. as of right now I'm using DvD dycripter and just taking the ISOs and yea that works but its gonna eat up space real quick. not that it is really an issue because i can always add more, but i would like to be efficient. What program do you suggest and what format. I want to keep it as good of quality as possible. I was reading about autogk but im really confused on how to use. Thanks for your help.

 

[Schadenfroh]

You could always convert them to Divx (most $50+ DVD players that I see now support it) and save a crap load of space, I prefer AVI.NET to convert my video files.

 

[XBoxLPU]

ripit4me + dvd decrypter/dvd shrink + AutoGK

All of my DVD rips result in a 700 MB xvid file

 

[TheStu]

I would suggest using h264 as it yields IMO a higher quality file at the same file size. For that you might want to try RipIt4Me -> DVDDecrypter -> Handbrake.

 

[twitchee2]

what formats do i rip from ripit4me >decyper> autogk?

 

[mc866]

I just have started messing around with this too and I have been using DVD Dycryptor ISO --> fairuse for x264.


Seems to work well fairuse free version limits your output size to 700MB so it keeps space down but also compresses more, so it may take a bit longer. I guess if you buy it for $20 you get around the size limit and can utilize multiple cores if you have them.

Not sure if this is the best way to do it but the best/easiest combo I have found so far.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

I use DVDDecrypter+MeGUI as per this guide but I think I will try out Handbrake (just to familiarize myself with options).

And trust me, you don't need to have super-vision to detect quality differences betweem Xvid and H.264, especially if you are going for small sizes (less than 1GB for a 2 hour movie). In my testing, I have seen pretty awesome quality using XVid (1Mbps-2Mbps range) but H.264 is newer and highly recommended, particularly if you are going to keep a video bitrate less than 1Mbps (for a 720x304 @ 23.976 FPS movie).

 

[0roo0roo]

again, the question..why. a lot of work to degrade the quality of films using compression or use up a ton of space for very little benefit. shuffle mode doesn't exactly work as well for films as it does for music.

 

[Bu11Dawg]

is anyone haveing problems running these programs on vista?
Ive been using them without any problems for years now on my xp desktop, but i just bought a vista laptop and still have problems ripping my dvds.

also, my nero seems incompatable with vista...........dammit....

the laptop comes with light scribe, but havnt tryed it as i still havent had any luck ripping on the new laptop

any ideas as to whats going on?

 

[kamikazekyle]

Personally, I'm doing the same thing, but using the following method:

DVD Decrypter to make an ISO > Handbrake to make a h.264 m4v file. I use AAC audio, 44.1 kHz, 128 bit (or thereabouts), no downmixing. Video I set to approximately 400 MB per 30 minutes, sometimes upping it to 425 for 5.1 sound, using 2 pass encoding and chapter markers. Rinse and repeat for each individual Title on the disk you want to rip. So far, from curiosity testing, artifacts are minimal and the resultant is sometimes identical to the input (though this does, of course, vary on bitrate and DVD). As a side effect, the encoder in Handbrake will suck up your cores like no tomorrow. I've got a quad core, and it pegs each one if I'm recalling correctly, so I usually process at 90-110 FPS as an average. I do have a problem with an encode not completing every now and then for some reason. Usually, about a quarter or so of my conversions just fail to convert, but it gets them on the second pass.

Plus, as a side bonus, the resulting file seems to be playable on the 360 without transcoding, though I've got a gut feeling this isn't true. TVersity is acting all crazy recently, so take this with a grain of salt. It may have well been transcoding and I didn't realize it. The reason I say this is because (1) the 360 downloaded the AAC codec, and (2) I could seem to stream these h.264 files but not Xvid files. Again, please take this with a grain of salt.

If you want better quality, I'd say head for 500-600 MB per 30 minute segment, though you'll start hitting diminishing returns. Still, it's a heck of a savings over your average 1.5 hour MPEG 2 DVD movie. Personally, I'm still fine tuning, but +/- 100MB here and there on each 1.5 hour rip doesn't matter much. Also keep in mind I run this on Vista x64 with 4GB RAM and a QX6700. DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0, Handbrake 2.4/CLI 0.9.0.