DVD ripping.

ThatJagoGuy

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I'm fed up with having so many DVD's so I'm going to rip the lot onto my shiny new HDD and chuck the outmoded discs in the attic to gather dust.

My question is... what is the best way of doing this? Is there a decent, comprehensive freeware program that will do the job quickly and easily?

Oh, and as an after-thought, what's the legality regarding downloading films/ISO's you already own in hard copy? I know it's pretty trivial, but I could really do with a clean record.

Cheers!!
 

Clashero

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DVD Shrink, definitely. It's what I use and it works perfectly, even for DVD-9's. And yes, it's legal as long as you don't hand out copies to your friends or something like that.
 

beddo

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ThatJagoGuy said:
I'm fed up with having so many DVD's so I'm going to rip the lot onto my shiny new HDD and chuck the outmoded discs in the attic to gather dust.

My question is... what is the best way of doing this? Is there a decent, comprehensive freeware program that will do the job quickly and easily?

Oh, and as an after-thought, what's the legality regarding downloading films/ISO's you already own in hard copy? I know it's pretty trivial, but I could really do with a clean record.

Cheers!!
It's illegal to download the material irrespective of whether you own the material.

Moreover, it's illegal to circumvent the copy protection on DVDs in the US and I'm pretty sure in the UK too although there are fair use arguments if they are solely for backup.
 

shadowstriker86

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beddo said:
ThatJagoGuy said:
I'm fed up with having so many DVD's so I'm going to rip the lot onto my shiny new HDD and chuck the outmoded discs in the attic to gather dust.

My question is... what is the best way of doing this? Is there a decent, comprehensive freeware program that will do the job quickly and easily?

Oh, and as an after-thought, what's the legality regarding downloading films/ISO's you already own in hard copy? I know it's pretty trivial, but I could really do with a clean record.

Cheers!!
It's illegal to download the material irrespective of whether you own the material.

Moreover, it's illegal to circumvent the copy protection on DVDs in the US and I'm pretty sure in the UK too although there are fair use arguments if they are solely for backup.

people actually abide by copyright laws? i havent bought music/games/dvd's in over 7 years cause of downloading. you know how much money ive saved? how much ammo saved not having to shoot crap that i spent my money on?
 

ThatJagoGuy

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Thanks for your help guys.

I guess it makes sense that it's technically illegal to download. I mean, otherwise they'd have to practically give up fighting online piracy. Right, I'm in for a long night of arduous ripping. *sigh* I need a few extra disc-drives!!
 

Rigs83

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Well legally speaking under fair use laws you can make a copy but according to the Millennial Copy Right Act you don't have the right to break the DRM to actually make a copy. You have to love how lobbyist push laws that negate others for the benefit of their employers.
 

beddo

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shadowstriker86 said:
beddo said:
ThatJagoGuy said:
I'm fed up with having so many DVD's so I'm going to rip the lot onto my shiny new HDD and chuck the outmoded discs in the attic to gather dust.

My question is... what is the best way of doing this? Is there a decent, comprehensive freeware program that will do the job quickly and easily?

Oh, and as an after-thought, what's the legality regarding downloading films/ISO's you already own in hard copy? I know it's pretty trivial, but I could really do with a clean record.

Cheers!!
It's illegal to download the material irrespective of whether you own the material.

Moreover, it's illegal to circumvent the copy protection on DVDs in the US and I'm pretty sure in the UK too although there are fair use arguments if they are solely for backup.

people actually abide by copyright laws? i havent bought music/games/dvd's in over 7 years cause of downloading. you know how much money ive saved? how much ammo saved not having to shoot crap that i spent my money on?
It's not that simple though, there are many things that you would not have purchased. I find that people who download things like games get nowhere near the same satisfaction as those who purchase them. I think this may be because they don't have to limit what they play to the same extent and hence place more value on the games.
 

pigeon_of_doom

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Ignoring the dubious legality of the action, its a stupid idea anyway due to the size of the things. If you want to keep the same quality of the dvd, thats 4-8gb for the film alone. I'm sure you're very chuffed with your new hard-drive, but I doubt it's that large.
 

ThatJagoGuy

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Well, I think dl'd a dodge copy of DVD Shrink because I just had to do a system restore. The damned thing took my drive access! Ack... and now antivirus is playing up. EVer get the impressiont that the anti-pirates are playing dirty?? :p
 

tk1989

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I use Handbrake. It's amazing; has so many different settings on it and its easy to use.
http://handbrake.fr/
You are given control of everything, from the final size of the rip, to the sound quality, to the different formats used etc. I use it on my mac and it has never let me down (it also has a windows version), its relatively quick and it supports most file formats (H.264, AVI, etc). It also has loads of presets on it, such as Ipod, Xbox 360, PS3 so you can rip your DVDs to the optimum format and bit rate for those devices.
 

Prvt.Church

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pigeon_of_doom said:
Ignoring the dubious legality of the action, its a stupid idea anyway due to the size of the things. If you want to keep the same quality of the dvd, thats 4-8gb for the film alone. I'm sure you're very chuffed with your new hard-drive, but I doubt it's that large.
A 700mb DVD rip is identical in quality to a full ISO the only difference is that a 700mb rip only contains the movie.
 

pigeon_of_doom

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Prvt.Church said:
A 700mb DVD rip is identical in quality to a full ISO the only difference is that a 700mb rip only contains the movie.
A 700mb rip would be heavily compressed. Big difference in quality picture and sound quality.
 

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pigeon_of_doom said:
Prvt.Church said:
A 700mb DVD rip is identical in quality to a full ISO the only difference is that a 700mb rip only contains the movie.
A 700mb rip would be compressed. Big difference in quality picture and sound quality.
A DVD is about 4 GB. You're looking at a *massive* drop in bitrate. The only way you're going to get full ISO quality is if you copy the .VOB files from the DVD - because with any lossy compression, you're going to lose quality.
 

pigeon_of_doom

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ThrobbingEgo said:
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A DVD is about 4 GB. You're looking at a *massive* drop in bitrate. The only way you're going to get full ISO quality is if you copy the .VOB files from the DVD - because with any lossy compression, you're going to lose quality.
Also, if the OP is thinking about copying from commercial DVDs, then they are very often dual-layered so that's even more compression/storage space needed.