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kingb33
10-07-2008, 03:48 PM
I found an EASY and FREE way to rip DVD's at a very high quality...

Download this:
http://dvd43.com/

Download this:
http://handbrake.fr/


Pop in a DVD and dvd43 will read and prepare it.

Then start up Handbrake and just follow the directions. >Browse to Source (which is the Video_TS folder on any DVD > then Save File Name

The only other thing you really need to change is under the "video" tab is change the constant quality to "70%"

then click "Start"

Sit back for about 45 minutes - 1 hour depending on the DVD and speed of your system and all done. A very high quality copy of your DVD!

Have Fun!

*Ripping Casino Royale while I'm typing this :)
SomewhatLost666
10-07-2008, 06:05 PM
silly question, but what is wrong with just using DVDShrink, or DVDDecrypter, or [insert favorite free app here]... and leaving them as full quality MPEG2's? hard drive space is cheap these days...
I have my whole collection ripped (only like 400 movies, but still...) its only a little over 2Tb...
I tried the compressing thing before, but I could always see a difference...
kingb33
10-07-2008, 06:45 PM
oh..lol i dont know. im new to ripping DVD's and an article in Maximum PC said it was best FREE solution to doing it.
BadBoyBill
10-07-2008, 07:07 PM
Ya dvd decrypter and a good reencoder , you cant go wrong.
kingb33
10-07-2008, 07:25 PM
is AutoGK a good re encoder?

how fast does dvd encrypter rip a DVD? i
BadBoyBill
10-07-2008, 07:26 PM
autogk isnt bad for certain tasks, but I recommend dvdshrink or the nero reencode portion of nero.
kingb33
10-07-2008, 07:28 PM
does dvd encrypter work on Vista? i read somewhere it doesnt
BadBoyBill
10-07-2008, 07:29 PM
not sure, I havent tried it on vista yet, being busy with this stuff and all that.
Aabra
10-07-2008, 09:19 PM
While space may be cheap... it's not cheap enough to just throw it away. A DVD is around 4 gigs in size... reducing it to 700 megs or maybe 1.4 gigs goes a long way to saving space while maintaining very good quality. Sure you can see a difference on a giant HDTV but for most people it's more than good enough.
joebells
10-08-2008, 03:41 AM
eh space is cheap just leave it at the full size is what I say. Once you get a large hdtv you'll want that extra information that was stripped away by trying to save some space. When we tried to encode to a smaller file size, and I tried many programs and settings, It just looked horrible on our 55" You can get a terabyte drive for around 100-150 bucks pretty easily nowadays if you just wait for a deal to pop up at one of the deal sites. Thats what 10-15 cents a gigabyte. So by downsampling the movie you are saving what, 50 cents at the most?
scrapple
10-08-2008, 05:28 AM
so these methods produce a 1:1 copy... all the menus, extra content, etc???
joebells
10-08-2008, 06:04 AM
for 1:1 copies just go to www.dvdfab.com in the bottom right hand corner is a link that says free stuff, download dvdfab hd decryptor and it works great. Creates a folder on your hd containing the whole movie.
IG-88
10-08-2008, 07:02 AM
So with the folder created, do you just burn it's contents over to a DVD then it's ready to play?
joebells
10-08-2008, 07:50 AM
well I just play them from the hd, thats kind of the point otherwise I have the dvd I can just stick in.
BadBoyBill
10-08-2008, 08:45 AM
I havent notice the difference when reencoding down from a standard 9 gig DVD down to 4.7 gig after removing the extras. But then again I never watched it on a large tv either.
SomewhatLost666
10-08-2008, 08:54 AM
While space may be cheap... it's not cheap enough to just throw it away. A DVD is around 4 gigs in size... reducing it to 700 megs or maybe 1.4 gigs goes a long way to saving space while maintaining very good quality. Sure you can see a difference on a giant HDTV but for most people it's more than good enough.

I don't know if my 'TV' is giant as such, its only 110", there are much bigger setups out there... and mine is only a 16:9 SD display (hey 110" for only $400, so what if it aint HD, of course, now, you can probably get at least 720P for $400)...
but still even being SD, any compression, or even just reencoding is very noticeable...
as said a 1TB drive is in the $100 range, why screw yourself later, just to save a very small amount today? I am not against being cheap or anything... just not when it can come back and bite you... ripping movies is a PITA... better do it once and be done... not to find out later you need to re-rip with higher quality...
SomewhatLost666
10-08-2008, 08:57 AM
so these methods produce a 1:1 copy... all the menus, extra content, etc???
they can, or you can just rip the movie itself with just the audio track you want... cuts down on space required on the HDD doing this...
besides, then when you hit play, the movie just starts...
SomewhatLost666
10-08-2008, 09:18 AM
So with the folder created, do you just burn it's contents over to a DVD then it's ready to play?
no... why bother?

just for an example, here is what I do, maybe a bit extreme example, but still an example...
in the crawl space in my basement, I have my HTPC and a couple of infrant ReadyNAS's with all my movies on them.
up stairs, next to my couch, I have a UMPC (Samsung Q1 refurb, got from Woot fairly cheap)
the UMPC runs a program called CQC (very expansive, but easy to setup, there are free programs that do the same, but I never could figure them out)
anyway, I just press the 'I want to watch a movie' button then I just pick the movie I want to watch, and like magic, the HTPC downstairs turns on, the projector turns on, my audio gear turns on (and sets itself to the proper input/volumes/etc), and the movie starts playing... yes, it is the height of laziness... but it makes me happy...

here is what my Q1 screen looks like, keep in mind, I am not at all good at creating user interfaces...
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc281/Somewhatlost_2007/q1movies.jpg
Aabra
10-11-2008, 06:48 AM
I still maintain that using Hyperspin to select movies is the best. :) All these other programs do is show the boxart and maybe some info on the movie if it's a good program. None of them show you the trailer like Hyperspin. :D The only problem is that adding movies is admittedly a pain.
joebells
10-11-2008, 12:29 PM
and you have to name your movie exactly like the theme creator named his, I don't have a keyboard handy for my htpc, I imagine alot of us don't, a huge pain I personally think.
Aabra
10-11-2008, 02:08 PM
Not really. You can name the movie anything you want. Simply rename the image files and database entry. The naming scheme I use for my movies however is extremely complicated.


Some.Like.It.Hot.1956-.325x875.Marilyn.Monroe.h264.avi

becomes.....

Some Like It Hot.avi

Craziness I know. :)
SomewhatLost666
10-13-2008, 01:49 PM
I still maintain that using Hyperspin to select movies is the best. :) All these other programs do is show the boxart and maybe some info on the movie if it's a good program. None of them show you the trailer like Hyperspin. :D The only problem is that adding movies is admittedly a pain.

well, when I want to watch a movie, i just want to watch a movie, i don't want to mess with reviews/previews/info... I just want to watch a movie...

that said, i did consider using HS as my 10' UI for movies (ie best of both worlds, cool HS on the big screen, or just use the Q1 to quickly get something going), but two things are holding me back:
1) it is a pain to add new movies to HS...
2) I imagine that the themes will quickly eat up my little 8GB SSD on my htpc...
3) it is a pain to add new movies to HS...