So I'm trying to put all of my DVD's on to an external hard drive and the whole process is driving me nuts. I've got three computers ripping DVD's right now and this is still going to take forever. [bang] [bang] [bang]
I'll check on the software that my friend uses. He likes it a lot and it doesn't take very long to burn.
I like DVD Shrink
Here's what my friend says he likes and considers very reliable:
http://www.dvdfab.com/ (http://www.dvdfab.com/)
the ripping itself shouldn't take too long at all... it's the re-encoding/transcoding to other formats that takes massive cpu cycles.
Quote from: derby on January 03, 2011, 09:45:15 AM
the ripping itself shouldn't take too long at all... it's the re-encoding/transcoding to other formats that takes massive cpu cycles.
Yup.
Ripping takes very little time compared to the million billion years you spend waiting for it to become an avi, or whatever. :P
Handbrake is the best for the money ... it's free! Easy to use with one-click presets. Frequently updated (new release today). Has a command line version for those who like to script (like me). Multi-threaded (runs fast on my 8-core mac pro). windoze, mac, and linux ubuntu versions.
It's a winner!
www.handbrake.com [ooops! corrected. thanks.]
http://handbrake.fr/ (http://handbrake.fr/)
Quote from: LoneStar on January 04, 2011, 11:25:01 AM
Handbrake is the best for the money ... it's free! Easy to use with one-click presets. Frequently updated (new release today). Has a command line version for those who like to script (like me). Multi-threaded (runs fast on my 8-core mac pro). windoze, mac, and linux ubuntu versions.
It's a winner!
www.handbrake.com (//http://) (//http://) (//http://)
+1
I love handbrake
Ah, but alas it won't do Blu-ray.
Quote from: LoneStar on January 04, 2011, 11:25:01 AM
Handbrake is the best for the money ... it's free! Easy to use with one-click presets. Frequently updated (new release today). Has a command line version for those who like to script (like me). Multi-threaded (runs fast on my 8-core mac pro). windoze, mac, and linux ubuntu versions.
It's a winner!
www.handbrake.com (//http://) (//http://) (//http://)
Is that link right? All I see is one of those annoying pages with ads for other pages that go to ads for still other pages.
Quote from: superjohn on January 04, 2011, 04:21:11 PM
Is that link right? All I see is one of those annoying pages with ads for other pages that go to ads for still other pages.
nope:
http://handbrake.fr/ (http://handbrake.fr/)
Quote from: Monster Dave on January 04, 2011, 01:00:36 PM
Ah, but alas it won't do Blu-ray.
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/handbrake_adds_blu-ray_support/ (http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/handbrake_adds_blu-ray_support/)
Not that I support this (officially at least), but it's probably far quicker to torrent them in mkv format than to sit there and try and rip them. If you use a good private tracker, and have a decent connection, a 2-hr mkv-formatted movie takes about 20 min to d/l.
Quote from: Monster Dave on January 04, 2011, 01:00:36 PM
Ah, but alas it won't do Blu-ray.
it does not de-crypt blu-ray. but the latest release added some support for handling blu-ray.
http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/01/04/handbrake-video-conversion-tool-adds-blu-ray-support-more-device-presets/ (http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/01/04/handbrake-video-conversion-tool-adds-blu-ray-support-more-device-presets/)
Quote from: LoneStar on January 05, 2011, 06:36:11 AM
i use handbrake to convert my massive DVD collection to use on my media player in the same way we once coverted our massive CD collections to MP3. perfectly legal when used this way.
[thumbsup]
Except for that pesky dmca crap about unencrypting...
Quote from: Punx Clever on January 05, 2011, 08:42:24 AMExcept for that pesky dmca crap about unencrypting...
DMCA...
make the beast with two backsing with your ability to use your purchased goods since 1998.
Quote from: darylbowden on January 04, 2011, 08:27:52 PM
Not that I support this (officially at least), but it's probably far quicker to torrent them in mkv format than to sit there and try and rip them. If you use a good private tracker, and have a decent connection, a 2-hr mkv-formatted movie takes about 20 min to d/l.
I agree, handbrake is the way to go....as far as torrenting goes.... you can cut that time down to under 5 min if you use hotfile, rapidshare, fileserve, etc links....very efficient, or so I've heard ;)
Quote from: djrashonal on January 05, 2011, 10:47:56 PM
I agree, handbrake is the way to go....as far as torrenting goes.... you can cut that time down to under 5 min if you use hotfile, rapidshare, fileserve, etc links....very efficient, or so I've heard ;)
Yeah, I don't trust those things though. I only use private trackers a whole lot of other steps that I won't list here. The gov't is pretty serious about going after such things, so I take as many precautions as I can. Err, this hypothetical person does I mean...