Originally posted by: Cogman
Originally posted by: Noobtastic
Originally posted by: bruceb
Just a note about DVDFAB ... an excellent program, which once you pay the License fee
has Free Lifetime Upgrades to any new version. They are going to Version 5 on May 3, 2008
They also are always updating the program to account for new copy protection schemes.
And, yes, I do own a copy and it works excellent.
dvdfab is nice but it WONT let me copy over the audio. it isn't selectable. wtf??
im on vista btw.
ive tried tons of "free" programs but all of them only let you copy part of the program. i already have a decent encoding software, i just need a program to rip the actual dvd (and whatever format it's in).
help!?
What do you mean by rip the DVD? Do you want to keep it as is, or do you want to put it in one nice playable file? Or do you want to change things like sounds and video patterns?
If you just want to rip the dvd, then DVD Decrypter is my decrypter of choice, DVD Fab Decrypter is very nice as well.
If you want to transcode the DVD, then you need to first rip it, then use a transcoding program, I like Megui for that.
If you want to get the Audio only, then you need to Demux the DVD file, Megui has a tool for that (D2V creator).
If you use DVD decrypter make sure you are in IFO mode so you can select the correct video. DVDs usually contain many videos and a weird encoding scheme that spreads them through the VOB files. By using an IFO mode you can select the individual videos you want to use (DVD Decrypter displays video length for you, so it isn't purely guess and check).
A good resource for DVD Ripping is Doom9.org, browse the forums there and youll probably find what you are looking for.