[Lancaster] DVD ripping software

[John Scott]

Thanks for all the responses so far.

I tried dvd::rip and found it very complicated. It failed to rip the 
dvd, which I think has more to do with incorrect settings than the dvd 
itself. I also tried k3b and found it easy to use but it also failed to 
rip the dvd.

To answer the question about the output. All I want is an avi file of 
the main feature. The kids have a load of dvd's and no respect for them. 
I want to get them all onto a pc for them to watch then hide the dvd's 
away from them :)

I will let you know if/when I succeed.

Cheers
John


On 13/06/11 10:28, Simon Hobson wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> Whilst I haven't got any actual experience with this to confirm if it 
>> should work or not, my best bet would be look at Handrake - 
>> <http://handbrake.fr/>http://handbrake.fr/ - which is a lovely little 
>> cross-platform transcoder that I've used to transcode all my DVDs 
>> into Matroska file containers for playback via XBMC frontends.
>
> IIRC Handbrake has come up fairly regularly on the Myth TV users list. 
> On the other hand, AnyDVD is frequently recommended for it's ability 
> to handle stuff that others don't.
>
>> It's my understanding that, under Linux (with libdvdcss2) the 
>> decoding should already be done for you (as it's needed to play the 
>> DVDs) so you just just be able to open the disc in Handbrake and go 
>> on from there.
>
> Indeed. In theory all you need to do is copy the disk (either dd it to 
> an image file, or copy the video_ts folder). Watching the comments on 
> teh Myth list, it's clear that most commercial DVDs have something 
> 'broken' so as to stop this. Hence the variety of tools to work around 
> this and "fix" the breakages.
>
> The other thing to consider is ... do you want a video file of the 
> main feature, or a complete copy of the DVD with menus, extras, etc.
>