Travel Technology - Free DVD ripper

Can anyone reccomend a good free DVD ripper?
I have tried a search and came up with nothing, My Google searches come up with lots of rippers but none are truly free and wont rip my entire DVD unless I pay.

I have just one DVD of old super 8 movies I would like to rip and then edit together in a more reasonable fashion. When the movies were transferred to DVD it was done haphazardly so I've got 1955 movies followed by 1978. I would like to put them in more chronological order and edit out some stuff that is really dark or poor quality.

Thanks in advance

Dan

in this case do you need a DVD ripper?
i think you would need a program to edit the DVD.

your best bet is doom9.org

dp

From what I hear, its actually illegal in the US for someone to tell someone else about ways to circumvent copy protection...
But I cannot figure out why I shouldn't tell you about DVDShrink (for windows)...But since I cannot mention that one, then I guess I also cannot mention DVDbackup (a command line tool for linux)...and obviously I'm precluded from mentioning MacTheRipper (for OS X).

I really think it stinks that I cannot tell you about any of those tools, especially since you are trying to rip content you own.

Tactful :D

Ditto and I would never tell anyone about a free DVD Shrink program either.

MisterNice

From what I hear, its actually illegal in the US for someone to tell someone else about ways to circumvent copy protection...
But I cannot figure out why I shouldn't tell you about DVDShrink (for windows)...But since I cannot mention that one, then I guess I also cannot mention DVDbackup (a command line tool for linux)...and obviously I'm precluded from mentioning MacTheRipper (for OS X).

I really think it stinks that I cannot tell you about any of those tools, especially since you are trying to rip content you own.

I'm sorry you werent able to help,
Thanks anyway

Can anyone reccomend a good free DVD ripper?


While it's illegal for someone to rip pirated DVDs (ie, "borrow" a dvd from a friend or Blockbust), it is legal under the fair-use clause to view dvds on various devices (ie, laptops, computers, dvd players, and portable media devices)...but I could be wrong. <shrug>

If you're going to rip your own dvds under the fair-use clause and not resell the ripped versions, then give http://www.dvd-wmv.com/default.aspx a shot. It's a fairly easy to use program and works good for created .wmv files. And it's free!

as i understand the OP he doesnt want to rip the DVD but he wants to edit the chapters and cut scenes .

for this i think he needs a video card and a programm from pinaccle or something to do this?

if it is only ripping, there are plenty of easy to go ripping programs.

and it is not forbidden to rip a DVD if it is your own DVD as this one has not copyrights.

but it may be forbidden to have programs which delete the CSS protection of your DVD,

dp

as i understand the OP he doesn't want to rip the DVD but he wants to edit the chapters and cut scenes .

for this i think he needs a video card and a programm from pinaccle or something to do this?

if it is only ripping, there are plenty of easy to go ripping programs.

and it is not forbidden to rip a DVD if it is your own DVD as this one has not copyrights.


The way I understand the post is that he has a DVD of home movies and he wants to re-edit them but doesnt have the video files anywhere else. If that is the case, the way to get those files onto his computer with the highest quality is to rip them from his DVD.

As far as the legalities are concerned, its my understanding that it is perfectly legal to manipulate your own content however you want. However it is illegal for one party to tell another how to circumvent copy protection...and since the only rippers I know include DeCSS code, then I cannot mention any dvd shrink programs or anything on the mac that might be a ripper.

Ok, I do home video editing and creation as a hobby. Mostly to capture life moments and such. However, this is what my experiences have to offer.

If your movies are not copy protected. You can use a tool like Nero Recode to convert the DVD to a format you can edit (ie moviename.avi). After you have done that you can use the free tool Windows Movie Maker (part of Windows XP) or you can use Nero Vision (part of the same suite you get recode with). Nero's product is rather affordable and ok to use. If you really want to get into editing and want to spend a lot of money, you can buy Adobe Premier to edit with. After you have edited the video content and created the outputs as AVI files (or something similar), you need a way to put those back on DVD. I personally use either Nero Burning Rom (another piece of the Nero Suite) or Adobe Encore (another piece of expensive software). So in short that is what I use to edit video and put it on DVD. If I had to pick one to recomend to you it would be Nero's Suite of products. You will get the most bang for your buck. You can buy Nero at Best Buy or similar store or online at http://www.nero.com

The way I understand the post is that he has a DVD of home movies and he wants to re-edit them but doesnt have the video files anywhere else. If that is the case, the way to get those files onto his computer with the highest quality is to rip them from his DVD.

As far as the legalities are concerned, its my understanding that it is perfectly legal to manipulate your own content however you want. However it is illegal for one party to tell another how to circumvent copy protection...and since the only rippers I know include DeCSS code, then I cannot mention any dvd shrink programs or anything on the mac that might be a ripper.

I don't think DVDShrink is able to circumvent copy protection. If you had some other program running on your box that decrypts everything coming from the DVD player you might mistakenly think that DVDShrink was doing it ...

Whatever you do never ever search for a program called ANYDVD for no hassle copy protection breaking.

Can anyone reccomend a good free DVD ripper?
I have tried a search and came up with nothing, My Google searches come up with lots of rippers but none are truly free and wont rip my entire DVD unless I pay.

I have just one DVD of old super 8 movies I would like to rip and then edit together in a more reasonable fashion. When the movies were transferred to DVD it was done haphazardly so I've got 1955 movies followed by 1978. I would like to put them in more chronological order and edit out some stuff that is really dark or poor quality.

Thanks in advance

Dan
You probably don't need a ripper. Copy the files with a .VOB extension to your hard drive and then rename the extension to .mpg.

I don't think DVDShrink is able to circumvent copy protection. If you had some other program running on your box that decrypts everything coming from the DVD player you might mistakenly think that DVDShrink was doing it ...
DVD Shrink does circumvent DECSS copy protection, which is why it, and programs like it, such as DVD Decrypter, though still found around the internet, are no longer maintained or distributed by their authors.

I just installed DVD Shrink on my home PC and it does a good job of sending a movie (that I own) directly to my MP3 player (20 gig Iriver). I can't install any software on my work computer and don't want to fill it up with movies anyway. With them stored on the Iriver it just looks like another hard drive and I can play them directly over USB without storing them on the work machine.

I don't support ripping to 'share' commercial DVD's with friends. Sorry, I think it's only fair to pay people for their work. I guess I'm funny that way...

I do, however, convert the DVD's I own to a Palm format so that I can watch them on the plane. Since it's a single-use of the product and I don't share, I think I'm okay. After all, even the DVD makers are offering tools for such conversions.

If you're looking for something to do a conversion, I recommend Fair Use Wizard. It works pretty well, though it's a bit slow. If you're willing to start the conversion right as you go to bed, it's a great tool.

I do, however, convert the DVD's I own to a Palm format so that I can watch them on the plane. Since it's a single-use of the product and I don't share, I think I'm okay. After all, even the DVD makers are offering tools for such conversions.

If you're looking for something to do a conversion, I recommend Fair Use Wizard. It works pretty well, though it's a bit slow. If you're willing to start the conversion right as you go to bed, it's a great tool.

Thats just it, you may feel ok about that (as do I) but its illegal under the DMCA. You don't own the content on that DVD, you have purchased a license to play it (in a manor they see fit).

I'm not chastising you at all. To the contrary, I'm pointing out the absurdity of the law. Lets say I had a 1.5 TB RAID array and lets imagine I had written a linux program to automatically copy a DVD's content to my raid array...and imagine if you will that I had Mac Minis on each TV... wouldnt it seem reasonable that when I buy a DVD I could stick it in and 'rip' it so I can watch it over my network? Well too bad thats all imaginary b/c its illegal for me to do that :D ... so i have a bookshelf in my office with 230 some DVDs...its ugly and a dust collector. Funny enough they never squeaked that in regarding CDs... so all of my CDs are neatly packed in soft cases and stored away.

wouldnt it seem reasonable that when I buy a DVD I could stick it in and 'rip' it so I can watch it over my network?

To me, yes! I look at things as if you own a copy of a book.

To me, yes! I look at things as if you own a copy of a book.
yeah, me too...its just to bad what I described is totally imaginary in my house :rolleyes: