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DVD to AVI

DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
edited March 2007 in Games and Technology
Are there any free decent programs out there for converting DVDs to AVI? I invested in the Red vs Blue seasons but I'd rather rip them to the HDD then swap out discs since I tend to leave them running over night...they help me sleep and scare away the darkness.

Or any decent programs that cost but not a lot. Thanks for your help.

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  • mastmanmastman Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    not really good for a whole dvd, but for videos ~100 meg

    http://www.zamzar.com

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  • DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2007
    That's sounds interesting for future reference. But yeah, the DVDs are 4 gig.

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  • QuintileQuintile Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    http://handbrake.m0k.org/

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  • DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2007
    Sounds good but says they're only working on a Windows Port. Should've probably specified I;m on windows.

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  • TheBosZTheBosZ Wut? Hillsboro, ORRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I personally use a combination of DVD Shrink and AutoGK. http://www.videohelp.com is your best resource on this.

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  • bobmyknobbobmyknob 3DS Friend Code 4553-9974-2186 Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Check out MediaFork, it uses Hanbrake's source code and they've made ports to most operating systems. http://mediafork.dynalias.com/blog/?page_id=8

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  • polaris314polaris314 Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    TheBosZ wrote: »
    I personally use a combination of DVD Shrink and AutoGK. http://www.videohelp.com is your best resource on this.

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    This sounds like a porn manuver.

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  • DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2007
    Its been a while but thanks for your help people. It all worked thanks to AutoGK and that videohelp forum. Though I'm still having some trouble converting my RvsB dvd's. Can't get it to stay tall enough to keep Lopez's subtitles in there.

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I use TMPGEnc, but... not free and you have to use it in conjunction with DVD Decrypter if your disc is copy protected.

    It is a super kickass program though.

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  • Mr.BrickMr.Brick Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    premiere pro 2??

    I never have to go backwards like that..

    why avi?

    Quick Time Sorenson 3 for the win.

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  • RandomEngyRandomEngy Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Just tried out handbrake. It's my favorite DVD ripper so far. AutoGK takes forever and seems like a messy hack to me. However I could probably write a much nicer frontend to handbrake than the garbage they have now.

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  • yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    RandomEngy wrote: »
    Just tried out handbrake. It's my favorite DVD ripper so far. AutoGK takes forever and seems like a messy hack to me. However I could probably write a much nicer frontend to handbrake than the garbage they have now.

    Then...Do so?

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  • devoirdevoir Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Sounds like I'm too late to help the OP, but for other people's reference I always found www.doom9.org to be the best source of information on ripping, editing and converting of all kinds. Very healthy forums too.

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  • RandomEngyRandomEngy Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    yalborap wrote: »
    RandomEngy wrote: »
    Just tried out handbrake. It's my favorite DVD ripper so far. AutoGK takes forever and seems like a messy hack to me. However I could probably write a much nicer frontend to handbrake than the garbage they have now.

    Then...Do so?

    I'm considering it... I found out that the "Queue" function doesn't even work.

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  • bashbash Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    DVD rippers tend to be a bit convoluted because the DVD spec is rather convoluted and every damn DVD authoring package tends to handle things just a little differently, remember DVDs were never intended to be ripped. The worst are episodic DVDs (TV shows etc.) that sometimes arrange the video into a single title with different chapters demarking different episodes (Samurai Champloo Geneon US discs) while others use a single title per episode (Futurama boxed sets). MediaFork probably has the most simplified interface possible while remaining actually functional and it is still confusing to people. Doom9 is a great starting point for information on what rippers' options actually do. There's a lot of options with various encoding scheemes as well as disc structures for DVDs as I mentioned. Learning a little about the whole system will put you on better footing for getting good results.

    As an aside, I'd recommend ripping to MP4 files if you're using Handbrake/MediaFork or anything else using ffmpeg as an encoding back end. If you stick with Handbrake/MediaFork's "MPEG-4 Video / AAC audio" option you'll get as good or better quality at the same bitrate as an AVI with DivX/MP3 audio but you'll actually end up with an ISO standard MP4 file. WMP and other DirectShow players handle MP4 files as well or better than DivX files since no third party components are required but they'll also be compatible with QuickTime and ffmpeg based players (iTunes, VLC, MPlayer). If you're ripping a DVD for archival purposes using an ISO standard is going to be wiser in the long run than a hacked together AVI container.

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