dvd backup software

shaynel200 · **11th July 2008, 06:24 PM**

Hi
i have just completed my htpc finally
and would now like to get rid of the piles of dvds off the floor
could you please give me the name of the best software program to do this
eg dvd to mpeg or avi or div x
i would like to have the best quality copy of my dvds
Thanks

My System is
Motherboard gigabyte ga-ma 790 ds4
Phennom 9500
4 gig ram
hvr 2200
9600 gigabyte video
logitech di novo mini
blu ray
2 terrabyets

ApoLakay · **11th July 2008, 07:28 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by shaynel200

Hi
i have just completed my htpc finally
and would now like to get rid of the piles of dvds off the floor
could you please give me the name of the best software program to do this
eg dvd to mpeg or avi or div x
i would like to have the best quality copy of my dvds
Thanks

I used DVDFab HD Decrypter. It's free, very easy to use and various copying options. You can download it from http://www.dvdfab.com/free.htm

cheddo7 · **13th July 2008, 08:40 PM**

DVD Decrypter for ripping to your hdd - then AutoGK to convert to DivX/XviD
Google will help you get both - they rock!

rushN · **14th July 2008, 01:37 PM**

If you want the best quality DVD rips (audio and video), then don't re-encode to another format. Copy the VOB's of the main movie title to your hard drive (you may need something like AnyDVD to bypass copy protection) then use VOB2MPG to merge the VOB's into one MPEG. As they are MPEG format, they'll play on almost any device.

I like to have the best cinematic experience with my DVD rips, so I don't re-encode to lose quality of picture and sound.

Cheers

audiophile · **14th July 2008, 03:00 PM**

i used DVDFab HD Decrypter to dump the blade series to HDD last night.

I ripped them at 100% as i like the best quality so the movie and the DTS soundtrack.. what is the next step to play them ?

emigrating · **15th July 2008, 10:17 AM**

My recommendation would be a two-step process and somewhat more time consuming than any of the others mentioned - but it will give you the best possible quality to space ratio available.

First, use DVD Decrypter to copy the actual DVD onto your harddrive, then use MeGUI to encode these into x264 files in a MKV (or if you must, for backwards compability a MPEG4) container. Doing this will allow you to keep all soundtracks (eg Directors Commentary), subtitles and chapterpoints in your encoded files and best of all, you can get a 'transparent' encode in around 1.4GB compared to (on average) 5GB by simply copying the VOBs. If you are willing to sacrifice some quality (which, since you mentioned divx/xvid, I presume you are) you could even get away with around 700MB per movie. These sizes are including the original DD5.1 soundtrack - including a DTS track will take more space. However, you could also further encode the audio into multichannel AAC and save even more space.

Just my $0.04

markc3012 · **25th September 2008, 06:14 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by rushN

If you want the best quality DVD rips (audio and video), then don't re-encode to another format. Copy the VOB's of the main movie title to your hard drive (you may need something like AnyDVD to bypass copy protection) then use VOB2MPG to merge the VOB's into one MPEG. As they are MPEG format, they'll play on almost any device.

I like to have the best cinematic experience with my DVD rips, so I don't re-encode to lose quality of picture and sound.

Cheers

I have been using this method and I have to say as long as you dont mind the size of the file, it is brilliant. It can take a little time to copy the files over, then convert them but well worth it!!
There are so many converters out there this is a easy method that keeps audio/video quality.

markc3012 · **12th October 2008, 06:29 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by rushN

If you want the best quality DVD rips (audio and video), then don't re-encode to another format. Copy the VOB's of the main movie title to your hard drive (you may need something like AnyDVD to bypass copy protection) then use VOB2MPG to merge the VOB's into one MPEG. As they are MPEG format, they'll play on almost any device.

I like to have the best cinematic experience with my DVD rips, so I don't re-encode to lose quality of picture and sound.

Cheers

I have been using your method for a while now and about 95% of DVDs it works on. Just a few that it simply wont do the job.
I agree that the quality is there as well.
Have you found that???

rushN · **12th October 2008, 08:17 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by markc3012

I have been using your method for a while now and about 95% of DVDs it works on. Just a few that it simply wont do the job.
I agree that the quality is there as well.
Have you found that???

What part of the process won't work for you on these odd occasions? I've had one DVD out of around 150 that VOB2MPG hasn't been able to process the ripped VOB's (for what reason, I'm unsure). For this particular DVD I used VOBMerge, then renamed the resultant single VOB to *.MPG and all was well.

Cheers

markc3012 · **16th October 2008, 07:35 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by rushN

What part of the process won't work for you on these odd occasions? I've had one DVD out of around 150 that VOB2MPG hasn't been able to process the ripped VOB's (for what reason, I'm unsure). For this particular DVD I used VOBMerge, then renamed the resultant single VOB to *.MPG and all was well.

Cheers

When I start the encoding I get a message "FFmpeg.exe Stopped working" and the process just wont happen.
This is after I have copied the files successfully to my HDD.
It has done it with some DVDs and not others.