Software for ''ripping'' DVD to other format?

[The_LED_Museum]

Is there any software (shareware or freeware) for the PC (Windows XP format) that will "rip" a DVD (or just a small segment of one - but I can do that post if necessary) file with the .vob extension into a common video format such as .avi, .dvix, .mpg, .mpeg, .mpv, .m1v, etc.?

The DVD file would be stored on my hard drive, not on the DVD itself.

 

[TigerhawkT3]

A little while ago, I created a webpage with exactly that as the subject for a technical writing class. I tried emailing it to you as a "web archive file (.mht)", but it's not going through, so I'll publish it to my website and post the link. It should be up at around 8-8:30 tonight.

 

[Coop]

Auto Gordian Knot is what I use. if I have a lot to rip I first rip to HDD using smartripper and then have Auto Gordian Knot encode the lot when I'm sleeping.

 

[LukeA]

Handbrake

 

[nerdgineer]

+1 on Handbrake. Do a google search for a free download.

 

[Brock]

It's not free but I really like Pocket DVD. You can set what it "rips" the DVD to, wmv, avi, mpg, what ever and set the screen size from really, really small, up to 740 x whatever the other ratio is. You can also set the end file size by size or kbps. The shareware version can rip like 1 minute max.

 

[Lightmania]

you might be interested in this too.

http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html

Its a little dated, though.

 

[Radio]

+1 on DVD Shrink and it's brother DVD Decrypter

 

[tiktok 22]

Might want to try AutoGK. It works well and its free.

 

[TigerhawkT3]

I put up the page. Here's the link:

http://www.tigerhawkt3.com/ripping.htm

I didn't even remember that I put in alt text for the images. Cool. It also has handy anchors and image maps.

Enjoy.

 

[AlexGT]

DVDfab platinum is the one I use the most, excelent results and has the option for burning using Nero software. All in one package and one click rip is foolproof.

www.dvdidle.com

AlexGT

 

[Gaffle]

+1 on DVD Shrink and it's brother DVD Decrypter

DVD Decrypter has been my fav.

I think ImgBurn is the new version of Decrypter. It is free.

 

[James S]

handbrake, best way to do conversions to movies. There are other programs better for making new dvd's, but handbrake. Definitely give it a try!

 

[The_LED_Museum]

I tried all the suggestions offered, but only one did what I needed, and it only converted the first ~2 minutes of the file (the desired segment was located 6:54 in).
So I "cheated" as it were, and took the following action:

1: Used my digital camera in movie mode to record the segment I wanted.
2: Stripped the video information out of it.
3: Saved the resulting file in .WAV format.

This procedure netted me the results I was after.

 

[Coop]

uhm, if you just wanted to rip audio, why didn't you say so in your first post??

oh well, glad to see you got what you wanted

 

[Groundhog66]

Do any of these work with Mac, I was using "Mac the Ripper" but it kinda crapped out.

Tim

 

[LukeA]

Do any of these work with Mac, I was using "Mac the Ripper" but it kinda crapped out.

Tim

Handbrake was initially developed only for Mac, and is currently actively developed for both Mac and Windows atm.

 

[James S]

MacTheRipper is still the best free Mac solution for just unencrypting DVD's so you can copy them to your HD for playing without the DVD. but it doesn't let you make movies of them to play in anything but the DVD player app, like moving them to an iPod or something. and the disk folders it creates are usually the same size as the disk, meaning that most wont then fit if you try to reburn them to a single layer DVD+R. SO you need something to recompress. For that I like DVDRemaster on the Mac. It works very well, and doesn't require MacTheRipper first, it uses some other interesting solution to remove the copy protection first.

I have kids using their DVD's, there is no WAY that I'm paying $15 to $20 for a DVD and then handing it to the kids to scratch up and loose under the couch. They get LEGALLY produced backup copies. At least it should be legal, how stupid is that.

But for making actual movies of them to watch on your iPod or elsewhere Handbrake is the best free solution.

 

[Neg2LED]

for my mac i use an old version of MediaFork (now HandBrake) - i use the old version because the new one confuses me...

--neg

 

[LuxLuthor]

Best ap for ripping audio is ImToo's "Audio Ripper 4" Second choice is Yasasoft's DVD Audio Ripper

Best ap for decrypting is Slysoft's AnyDVD. Second choice is DVD Decrypter (MPAA put out of business)

Best ap for converting formats is WinAVI, or one of ImToo or Yasasoft's aps.