• Ripping DVD's for your Ipod
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Is there an easy to use program to get the movie from a DVD and onto my computer (and onto my ipod needless to say) in MP4 format or a format that can be converted into MP4? And Windows XP
OS?
This [url]http://www.magicdvdripper.com/[/url] Then this. [url]http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/[/url] That's how I put movies onto my ipod.
Videora is one of the best.
I use handbrake, and then videora to convert
If you've got an NVIDIA GPU use Badaboom, it's fantastic, and amazingly fast.
[b]BrettJay's incredibly verbose and pedantic method for ripping DVDs[/b] So you bought that iPod touch for it's screen so you could watch films. Hey wow, look at those prices on the iTunes store for films - wouldn't you rather spend the same on a physical DVD copy rather than a compressed digital copy? Well, here's a tutorial for ripping DVDs using Handbrake. [b]1.[/b] Download and install [url=http://www.dvd43.com/]DVD43[/url]; a 500kb tray icon application which decrypts DVDs on the fly. This allows applications such as Handbrake and Nero Recode to access the DVD. Your computer will need to be restarted after installing DVD43. [b]NOTE:[/b] DVD43 adds itself to the startup group by default. It is not very taxing on a system, but if you would rather it not startup with your computer, after rebooting, hit Windows + R, type msconfig, and uncheck dvd43.exe from the startup tab. [b]2.[/b] Download and install [url=http://handbrake.fr/]Handbrake[/url]; a multithreaded DVD ripping application available for PC, Mac and Linux. There are plenty of other DVD rippers, I've tried a lot of them, before finally finding Handbrake. Many of them have poor encoding, resulting in large files for mediocre quality, frame rate drops, and even audio desynchronization. For this reason, I strongly encourage Handbrake. [b]3.[/b] Find DVD43 tray icon in the notification area. If it is not there then run it, and it'll sit in the notification area. When DVD43 does not detect a DVD, it will look like this: [img]http://imgkk.com/i/9kJtbPCp.png[/img] Insert a DVD, and if DVD43 detects it (which it almost always will), it will turn to a green smiley face [img]http://imgkk.com/i/yC7UJKgW.png[/img] [b]4.[/b] Open Handbrake. When it's finished loading, click the source dropdown box below the File menu, and choose the appropriate source; you can convert video files (like a regular video converter), a DVD/Video_TS folder, or a DVD source. In this instance I'm converting DIG! from my Notebook's DVD drive. [img]http://imgkk.com/i/g0dx3lY.png[/img] If for some reason, Handbrake does not detect the DVD drive, choose the second option, DVD/Video_TS Folder, and navigate to the Video_TS folder on your DVD. You will then get a Reading Source... dialogue, wait for this to process. [img]http://imgkk.com/i/vZ3uFs0j.png[/img] [b]5.[/b] Now it's time to specify some settings. [img]http://imgkk.com/i/YgeebUXW.png[/img] Handbrake automatically chooses the longest Title on the DVD; most of the time, this is what you want - the feature film. Sometimes, however, it is not the right one - for instance if there's a longer version with commentary and bonus features or something. If this is the case you can change the title used by going to the dropdown box. You can also specify what chapters to encode - this is useful for episodic DVD box sets, where episodes are sometimes one large file with chapter markers. Once you're happy about what you're converting, choose where the output file will go. I've just used my desktop for this example; I have a converted folder in My Videos. As for format, choose whatever you like. iPods play .mp4s and .m4vs. The latter has the ability to have chapter markers - this is great because you will be able skip to chapters on your iPod just like on a DVD. [b]5.b Profile and encoding[/b] [img]http://imgkk.com/i/a2AmrvUc.png[/img] I use the built-in iPhone/iPod touch profile, because this delivers excellent results with a decent file size - important for a device with a nice screen but limited storage space :buddy: There is only one thing I change from this profile, and that is the width/height setting under Picture settings: [img]http://imgkk.com/i/J62hV6z5.png[/img] I set then width to 640 pixels. This is purely my choice; you can use 480 pixel width and it'll still look great on an iPod touch or iPod, but the 640 pixels allows you to use video out and carry around a pocketful of DVDs with you. Don't fill in the other box; the great thing about Handbrake is that it [b]automatically finds the vertical dimensions and cuts out the black bars[/b]. I won't go into a huge thing about aspect ratios but basically, there's a lot of them :buddy: 4:3, 16:9, 2.35:1, 2.39 ~ 2.4:1 are the most common. 4:3 and 16:9 are used a lot for broadcast media. 2.39:1 is a typical aspect ratio for theatrical films; this is [i]wider[/i] than widescreen; which is why there are still black bars on supposedly widescreen televisions. Most DVDs have letterbox black bars on the picture, so that a 2:39:1 aspect ratio film fits 16:9 dimensions. Anyway, it's prudent to cut out these black bars because that way you can use all the video bitrate bandwith on actual video, rather than black. Thankfully handbrake does this automatically, but before using Handbrake, I found the magical dimensions to crop out all black bars was 640 * 272 px. If you really want to, you can crop the video, but I don't bother, I like watching things as intended :dance: There are also Deinterlacing filters, but these are usually unnecessary and slow down conversion time. [b]6.[/b] Some Miscellaneous stuff [b]Advanced Video 1[/b] [img]http://imgkk.com/i/DnK5uKgj.png[/img] The video tab allows you to have more direct control over the output video. You can specify a numerical value for a target size, or average bitrate. The iPhone & iPod touch format has the quality slider set to 59%. Believe it or not, this is all that's needed in most situations, it looks clear and sharp, and gives modest file sizes. [b]Audio and Subtitles[/b] [img]http://imgkk.com/i/hkgW9WYG.png[/img] Here you can choose the audio track to encode (there are usually different audio tracks for different languages, as well as director's commentary; make sure to choose the one you want), and the quality settings. I use 128kbps at 48 khz; almost good enough to listen to if it were an .mp3. If you're very conscious about filesize, reduce it to 96 kbps or lower to achieve lower file sizes. You can also choose to include subtitles. I've never used this feature myself. [b]Chapters[/b] One of my favourite features of Handbrake. It has the ability to encode chapter markers where the DVD has chapter flags, making it much easier to skip to certain scenes on a handheld device. This works with all iPod models, and Quicktime and iTunes, and only in the .m4v file format (as far as I know). [img]http://imgkk.com/i/vMMQgmLZ.png[/img] You can double click on the Chapter Names to give them a name. This is a lot more helpful than Chapter 1, Chapter 2. etc. For example, when playing it back on an iPod touch/iPhone, there'll be a chapter button while the onscreen display is showing. Tap this to bring up a menu of the chapters: [img]http://imgkk.com/i/r49MjRm9.jpg[/img][img]http://imgkk.com/i/9raTGsFz.jpg[/img] [b]Advanced video options 2[/b] [img]http://imgkk.com/i/S7yRvidx.png[/img] Here you can tune the compression algorithm even more. I don't understand it myself, other than it's a bunch of clever tricks to try and eliminate detail our eye doesn't notice. It works well as-is, so I leave it alone. [b]And finally[/b] [img]http://imgkk.com/i/4vV1sSxF.png[/img] Click the start button. A command prompt window will pop up detailing the progress. Handbrake isn't the fastest DVD ripper, but it does produce the best results in my experience with various DVD ripping solutions. The higher the quality, the slower the progress. For instance using the iPhone/iPod touch with quality set to 59% averages about 80fps for me, but set it to 80% or higher and I get around 30fps. If you're converting a TV show, click Add to Queue instead, choose the next title, give it a different output name/path, and rinse and repeat. After a Queue is assembled you can encode the entire queue. This can take some time. [b]The completely unnecessary part[/b] I then add them to my iTunes library (I only use iTunes because it syncs with my iPod, don't judge me! :eng99:) To finish it off, I give the DVDs appropriate tags, and embed some cover artwork. My favourite site for this is [url=http://www.impawards.com/]IMP Awards[/url]. From there you can find very high resolution images of film posters. And then bask in the glory of your movie collection :dance: [img]http://imgkk.com/i/BO5IVdLW.jpg[/img] Here's an example of a DVD converted using the method above with Handbrake: [img]http://imgkk.com/i/BUlaK2T.png[/img][img]http://imgkk.com/i/eczM0aK0.jpg[/img] a screenshot doesn't really do it justice; in motion, it looks very nice and sharp, and more than acceptable quality on a standard definition TV. The file size for this 2 hour film is 851.21MB. [b]That little disclaimer:[/b] This guide is intended for individual purposes only; don't steal. Also I promise my next infrequent post won't be about Handbrake. Seriously.
[QUOTE=Ajacks;16029239]If you've got an NVIDIA GPU use Badaboom, it's fantastic, and amazingly fast.[/QUOTE] Ide use it if it only has SLi functionality
That's some awesome stuff there BrettJay, for the longest time I was using DVDFab to decrypt but it looks like I'm going to use DVD43 from now on. I didn't realize there was software that decrypts on the fly. Good tutorial!
BrettJay... I love you. Amazing tutorial, thanks. Saving to my computer.
So does it bypass the copy-protection on the DvD? I assume its pretty easy to do.
[QUOTE=lemongrapes;16041048]So does it bypass the copy-protection on the DvD? I assume its pretty easy to do.[/QUOTE] Late reply is late; DVD43 (the tray icon application) bypasses the copy protection on DVDs - a legally gray area. You can also use DVD43 to play other region-coded DVDs - just load it up, wait for it to scan, and then launch your favourite media player. A side note, the MPAA don't like copy-protection circumventing software, they suggest [url=http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/mpaa-suggests-teachers-videotape-tvs-instead-of-ripping-dvds-se/]people should film their TVs rather than circumvent copy protection[/url]. Completely ridiculous, I'm surprised that guy in the video could suggest such a thing with a straight face.
After installing Slysoft's AnyDVD, just use badaboom, since it's the fastest.
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