What is a good DVD ripping program?

[jwhicks727]

I currently have DVD Decryptor, which works well except that it creates a bunch of files. Is there a way I can switch those files into .avi or .divx or something, or just rip directly to one of these formats? Also, is there a "single file" way to encode DVD data that preserves the menues and special features and stuff?

 

[hans030390]

http://www.xilisoft.com/

That's worked pretty well for me in the past.

 

[episodic]

The new best is dvd fab decryptor

 

[duragezic]

I use DVD Decrypter in IFO mode to rip, then use AutoGK to encode to xvid/divx. This is pretty automated and only requires me to insert the DVD and click rip, then when done its only something like 3 clicks to encode. Not the greatest method overall, but it works for me.

I'll be watching this thread though, to see if theres better solutions out there.


One way to keep it a single file with menus and everything else is to use DVD Decrypter in ISO mode-Read and load that ISO/MDS with whatever virtual software you use. Note this is still uncompressed and will be about 8GB, but I like to do it when I want to keep certain features but I don't know what ATM so I rip the whole thing to ISO, then I can write IFO files from that ISO that I encode.

 

[JackBurton]

DVD Decrypter. For the newer movies that DVD Decrypter can't handle, DVDFab Decrypter. And yes, the best way to keep it as a single file is to have DVD DEcrypter dump it as an ISO file. If you want to compress it to another format like xvid or divx, you can do that later.

 

[CHfan4ever]

dvd shrink is my favorite

 

[Evander]

I'm told that if you rip to an iso format in dvd decryptor, you can load that iso into Media Player Classic and it will work just like a dvd

Converting to divx/xvid will take alot more time, but AutoGK (already mentioned) will pretty much automate the process. But no menus and stuff

Instead you might like RatDVD, I think it compress to a single file (*.ratdvd) and it will be much smaller than the original dvd but still retain the menus and such.

 

[BladeVenom]

I also change it to an ISO file if I plan on playing it on a PC.