best dvd ripping software??

[newarkhiphop]

What the best software to rip dvds ?

Also whats the most compact format being used now that preserves a good amount of the quality?

Planning on ripping about 150 + regular dvds and have them saved on my laptop/external

 

[R=G]

DVD Shrink or DVD Fab 8 will always get the job done

Megui or Handbrake will always get you the correct quality in MP4 or MKV format. I rip DVDs all the time and these have been my tools over the last two years.

 

[Theabbot]

DVD Shrink or DVD Fab 8 will always get the job done

Megui or Handbrake will always get you the correct quality in MP4 or MKV format.

This man knoweth of what he speaks!

 

[newarkhiphop]

yea am using handbrake now i tried to rip on orginal copy of fast n furious and it only did 16 secs worth? dunno why, am tryin to rip a bootleg of the adjustment bureau now lets see...

 

[yaga]

Dunno if you'd be interested, but if you have a lot of space or want all the special features, chapters, etc... Rip the entire DVD as an ISO. A desktop media player like VLC will play the ISO itself (no need to mount it). There are other media players (like WD TV Live) that will also be able to play the ISO with no problems.

To do it this way you could use DVD Decrypter (if the studio has encrypted the DVD, a lot of Hollywood films are), and ImgBurn, which will create an ISO of the files you rip from the DVD.

 

[newarkhiphop]

Dunno if you'd be interested, but if you have a lot of space or want all the special features, chapters, etc... Rip the entire DVD as an ISO. A desktop media player like VLC will play the ISO itself (no need to mount it). There are other media players (like WD TV Live) that will also be able to play the ISO with no problems.

To do it this way you could use DVD Decrypter (if the studio has encrypted the DVD, a lot of Hollywood films are), and ImgBurn, which will create an ISO of the files you rip from the DVD.

yea i was going to ask about this, because i have XBMC and i read somewhere it plays ISO, so the benfits of ISO are you get the speacial features etc? what about size wise, i mean i have the space my laptop has 980 gigs of free space and my external has about 150 gigs or so, but i would rather save space, how big are iso files?

 

[2gunsup]

Depends on DVD, can be either 4GB or 8GB.

 

[yaga]

yea i was going to ask about this, because i have XBMC and i read somewhere it plays ISO, so the benfits of ISO are you get the speacial features etc? what about size wise, i mean i have the space my laptop has 980 gigs of free space and my external has about 150 gigs or so, but i would rather save space, how big are iso files?

Like dude said. Some are 4.37 gigs, some go up to 8Gigs+. The ISOs for these will be the same size. BluRays are completely different.

If you're just putting shyt on your laptop (like you said) fukk all of that and just Handbrake it to MP4s or MKVs using x264 (that's the default encoder on Handbrake). Just back that shyt up, man. Those little laptop hard drives aren't meant to be playing hours and hours of movies all day.

If this is for your home, and you have a nice TV, the best thing to do IMO is rip to ISO and not compress it. If you're low on space, get a media player and a hard drive and make it happen. It's worth it (especially since a lot of media players also upscale).

 

[Super Cheech]

DVD Shrink da gawd

 

[R=G]

You can get the special features or WHATEVER is on the disc with DVD Shrink or DVD Fab too..trust me, I take EVERYTHING off of DVDS when I upload them for everyone. Extras..all of that shyt.

 

[Schmitty]

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