Copying dvds to pc
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Phoenix said:
I thought ISO was something to do with photography. VOB files? It's getting a bit complicated.
Is there anything SIMPLE that I can use that will let me put a dvd into my machine, and copy the dvd to my computer so that I can drag and drop to phone and external memory devices?
Phoenix said:
But how would I know what a suitable format is? Sorry, I have no knowledge of these type of things.
depends on the device. Most phones play MPEG, AVI or WMV, some play MPEG4/DivX. Find out what your device can play and convert it into that. What device do you want to put it on? Hopefully it'll play MPEG4/DivX as that pretty good quality and quite a small file format. Get hold of AnyDVD as well, it removes copy protection from DVDs. Also conveniently makes the machine entirely region-free as well.
I use Alcohol 120% if I want an image, DVD Decrypter if I want the original VOB files.
Can anyone recommend me any good software for ripping to AVI and formats compatible with a Nokia N95? I used to have some but it was a bit rubbish.
I use Alcohol 120% if I want an image, DVD Decrypter if I want the original VOB files.
Can anyone recommend me any good software for ripping to AVI and formats compatible with a Nokia N95? I used to have some but it was a bit rubbish.
Phoenix said:
N95 8gb. Got to watch something decent while clocking up the miles on the bike at the gym. All they have is crappy housewife tv channels.
The N95 should support MPEG4. Use PSP Video 9 to convert your ripped DVDs to MPEG4 and off you go. Be prepared to wait a while though, it takes ages even on a quick PC! You could try Super, its free and it seems to convert any video input into any format you want. I've found it useful for converting stuff from youtube into avi files.
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
Phoenix said:
So if I understand correctly, I need some software to copy the dvd to my computer and then another to convert if from whatever format it is in now to whatever format I can use on my n95?
DVD to a VOB file VOB file to MPEG4You can get some software that will do the whole thing in one go but the way I do is free,
Tried Fair Use Wizard which didn't work - got half way through and gave me the message - run time error/abnormal program termination.
Used DVD Decrypter which put a load of files onto my desktop with extentions of .bup .ifo .vob but when clicked on it says 'windows cannot open this file as it doesn't know which program created it.....' Help menu on this program is non existent and the links to the forum and homepage do not work either.
Used DVD Shrink which has sort of worked after following a website tutorial (they all make it seem so easy, but I guess it is when you actually know what you are doing. A bit like me stripping/rebuilding an engine or gearbox but I couldn't write it up). At least I can see the copied dvd being displayed within DVD Shrink but it is nowhere to be seen on my computer desktop where I wanted it.
Have spent hours searching for, reading and following various tutorials but I am now more confused than ever.
Time wasted so far - over 3 hours and a bad headache.
Burning? Ripping? File formats? I just want to copy a dvd to my computer and phone, surely it can't be this f
king complicated.
Anyone got any suggestions before I throw this computer out of the window in frustration.
Used DVD Decrypter which put a load of files onto my desktop with extentions of .bup .ifo .vob but when clicked on it says 'windows cannot open this file as it doesn't know which program created it.....' Help menu on this program is non existent and the links to the forum and homepage do not work either.
Used DVD Shrink which has sort of worked after following a website tutorial (they all make it seem so easy, but I guess it is when you actually know what you are doing. A bit like me stripping/rebuilding an engine or gearbox but I couldn't write it up). At least I can see the copied dvd being displayed within DVD Shrink but it is nowhere to be seen on my computer desktop where I wanted it.
Have spent hours searching for, reading and following various tutorials but I am now more confused than ever.
Time wasted so far - over 3 hours and a bad headache.
Burning? Ripping? File formats? I just want to copy a dvd to my computer and phone, surely it can't be this f
king complicated.Anyone got any suggestions before I throw this computer out of the window in frustration.
Phoenix said:
Have spent hours searching for, reading and following various tutorials but I am now more confused than ever.
Burning? Ripping? File formats? I just want to copy a dvd to my computer and phone, surely it can't be this fking complicated.
Anyone got any suggestions before I throw this computer out of the window in frustration.
Well it's not easy - as your actually decrypting the encrypted video files from a DVD - breaking a copy protection , not just copying the files off....Burning? Ripping? File formats? I just want to copy a dvd to my computer and phone, surely it can't be this f
king complicated.Anyone got any suggestions before I throw this computer out of the window in frustration.
DVD Decrypter is the easiest thing ever to use... once you have the VOB files from a movie, then if you want to play them directly ( considering it will be about 5gb for a film ) then you need something like PowerDVD that can play VOB files directly.
Or you can use the VOB files and point DVD Shrink to it - plenty of guides on the internet , DVD Shrink will then convert the VOB file to a AVI or similar compressed video format , but as we said, it can take ages......... especially on a slow pc, it has to compress every single frame of the film.
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/dvddec.htm
http://www.dvdshrink.info/imgburn.php
http://www.dvdshrink.info/reauthor_basic.php
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