Administrators Brad Posted January 24, 2009 Administrators Share Posted January 24, 2009 Does anyone have a simple point & Click dumbarse way to rip DVD's to DivX? I want to get decent quality into a 700meg filesize. I've tried a few products but none seem to do it right or give you enough options. I used DVDFab and specified 700meg but the final size from 730meg and the quality is not as good as most others I've seen. I bought Wall-E for my daughter and the way she treats DVD's I like to back them up and give her the crap copies. Since our DVD Players can play DivX I'd like to use them. Any pointers or GOOD software? I tried AutoGTK on Wall-E but it doesn't like it :unsure brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator Foot Posted January 24, 2009 Super Moderator Share Posted January 24, 2009 Lol, I used dvdfab to rip wall-e last night 742mb for use on an portable player. Looks alright on the small 3" screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Arcade King Posted January 24, 2009 Administrators Share Posted January 24, 2009 yep DVDfab is the go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acejas Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 3rd that :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon_A Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I use NeoDivX to go from dvd to divX and its literally one click conversion. And WinAVI to go the other way back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmworking247 Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Thanks for the tips I've been looking for a simple solution too. I use dvdshrink a lot but had only found overly complicated applications for converting to avis. A 700 divx avi is quality enough for my xbox on CRT TV., and saves a lot of space. Like brad, my kids don't repsect discs... I'm still trying to salvage most of my PS1 games for the same reason (I hate discs!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narf_ Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 all i do is use the wifes dvd recorder. copy onto its HD and then record a copy to dvd later on just a idea if you have one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sairuk Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I tried AutoGTK on Wall-E but it doesn't like it :unsure brad you need to rip/decrypt the DVD to the HDD first (dvd decrypter or the newer one that came out, forgot the name). Can't say i've ever known of a retail disc that has worked straight off the the original in autogk. I've rarely used autogk tbh.. maybe 5 times. I stopped doing my own rips well before autogk was released. Easier just too leech 'em most of the time. One of these days I'll start a project to rip my dvds to avi. I shouldve done it to my fight club originals which have now rotted ... WAMMO discs, waste of money .. and they think piracy is the problem ... :o. Check for WAMMO around the center ring of the disc (goldish line). These discs are prone to rot. I had two, fight club and the matrix (i think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 ripit4me (free) with dvddecrypt to ript to HDD it works against newer copy protection measures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmworking247 Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Its all too hard. Step1: Put source tape in deck 1. Step2: Put destination tape in deck 2. Step3: Press play on deck 1, and record on deck2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Brad Posted January 24, 2009 Author Administrators Share Posted January 24, 2009 Thanks for all the tips guys =) Used DVDFab5 and it works.....just not as good quality as a few I've downloaded. I'm trying to save bandwidth by ripping them myself. I wonder what the pros are doing to make them look so good :unsure Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmworking247 Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Dumb question Brad, but I assume you ripped the 'main movie' and not the whole DVD? The more you squeeze in the 700mb, the worse its going to look. Can you rip out other things like subtitles and other audio tracks too? Maybe try using DVD shrink first THEN DvdFab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sairuk Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 just not as good quality as a few I've downloaded MP3 audio or AC3? compressing it to mp3 will give you more space within the 700mb for the video data, allowing for better quality at the cost of only keeping stereo sound. If you are going to keep ac3 best looking at one of the larger standard xvid sizes like 1200mb(ish) depending on the length of the movie. Also I'd question the 1click profiles in dvdfab (any software) as I doubt they are running the best settings, theres not really one generic set of 'best'. If you can, go to xvid over divx, free and for my money better quality w/more options (if you so choose) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirk123au Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 You can use AutoGk pretty basic works well you get great rips with it and its free http://www.autogk.me.uk/ :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Handbrake: http://handbrake.fr/ Open source, $0, and produces awesome quality rips/videos in a single click. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamC Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Its all too hard. Step1: Put source tape in deck 1. Step2: Put destination tape in deck 2. Step3: Press play on deck 1, and record on deck2. Too many steps.... Just use a photocopier. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sairuk Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Handbrake: http://handbrake.fr/ Open source, $0, and produces awesome quality rips/videos in a single click. forgot about that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Brad Posted January 24, 2009 Author Administrators Share Posted January 24, 2009 Again thanks for all the replies. Quick question, is it safe to assume that XVid is a variant of DivX? Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sairuk Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Again thanks for all the replies. Quick question, is it safe to assume that XVid is a variant of DivX? Brad yeh, it broke away from the divx project when they decided to go commercial and do the whole 'its ours not yours' thing. In January 2001, DivXNetworks founded OpenDivX as part of Project Mayo which was intended to be a home for open source multimedia projects. OpenDivX was an open-source MPEG-4 video codec based on a stripped down version of the MoMuSys reference MPEG-4 encoder. The source code, however, was placed under a restrictive license and only members of the DivX Advanced Research Centre (DARC) had write access to the project CVS. In early 2001, DARC member Sparky wrote an improved version of the encoding core called encore2. This was updated several times before, in April, it was removed from CVS without warning. The explanation given by Sparky was "We (our bosses) decided that we are not ready to have it in public yet."[3] In July 2001, developers started complaining about a lack of activity in the project; the last CVS commit was several months before, bugfixes were being ignored, and promised documentation had not been written. Soon after, DARC released a beta version of their closed-source commercial DivX 4 codec, which was based on encore2, saying that "what the community really wants is a Winamp, not a Linux."[4] It was after this that a fork of OpenDivX was created, using the latest version of encore2 that was downloaded before it was removed. Since then, all the OpenDivX code has been replaced and Xvid has been published under the GNU General Public License. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xvid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Juice Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Rip with DVDdecrypter Encode with AutoGK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Again thanks for all the replies. Quick question, is it safe to assume that XVid is a variant of DivX? They're both based on the MPEG4 specification. x264 is another (an open source version of H.264, which is similar to Apple's "Quicktime Pro" format, Microsoft's WMV-HD format, and is one of the 3 formats supported natively by Blu-Ray players). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X264 x264 output is supported by Handbrake (with any container format, including AVI, MP4, MKV, and others), and is open source / free. Note: don't confuse the container (avi, mkv, mov, mp4, etc) with the internal compressor (x264, mpeg2, divx, xvid, etc). It is possible to mix and match them to get different features. My current favourite combo is the MKV (Matroska Video) container with the x264 compression codec. x264 gives awesome picture quality, and small file sizes (even for high def video). Matroska allows all sorts of features like DVD-style menus, multi-track audio (different languages, director's commentory, etc), multi-language subtitles, chapter markers, etc. So with the two of them you get all the cool features of a DVD with near identical sound/video quality, but a file that ends up taking 1/4 to 1/8 the size. And again, Handbrake supports all of that with very easy to use pre-set functions and sensible defaults, which means it's great for people who just want a simple program that works. It also allows for near-infinite tweaking for those who prefer their apps totally customisable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolspot Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 i use dvd shrink or i just burn them straight to 8gig dvds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootar75 Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Its all too hard. Step1: Put source tape in deck 1. Step2: Put destination tape in deck 2. Step3: Press play on deck 1, and record on deck2. sounds like my first experiment with Commodore 64 games piracy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 i use dvd shrink or i just burn them straight to 8gig dvds DVDShrink creates far worse quality files, and doesn't save much space. It re-encodes with MPEG2/TS but at a lower bitrate. Why have a low-quality file at 4.5GB when you can have a high quality (near-equal quality to your input media) file at 1-2GB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_AVD Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 I just tried Handbrake to go from DVD to mp4 and it's taking forever. The first phase was approx real time but the second phase is taking even longer. What PC specs do you need for fast transcoding? My PC isn't the latest and greatest, but is reasonable. There must be a faster way to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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