Ripping DVD's

wez1981 · 10 May 2011 at 09:06

What do people recommend these days for ripping DVD's to M4v Format?

My plan is to rip my 100+ DVD's which i watch less frequently to about 600mb m4v files. Anything which i consider more frequent to a higher file size (if not full size but m4V).

The reason behind this codec is so it makes life easier steaming and transferring to the apple devices in the house...

Ive come across DVDFab which lets me rip the DVD and convert single pass to M4v and it takes about 10 mins per DVD when CUDA is enabled.

Whats everyone elses experiences? Any other suggestions for software? This DVDFab wont be lasting much longer until i buy it, however i would like to know of other options before i do...

Sirrel Squirrel · 11 May 2011 at 09:32

DVD Shrink for ripping and Handbrake for encoding.

Tysonator · 11 May 2011 at 14:19

there a few applications you can use for Ripping, and Handbrake for encoding.
Are you using an Apple TV ! ?

sHo0sH · 11 May 2011 at 15:53

I've used DVDFab for my Bluray collection, works a treat. a tip though if you are doing that many discs, rip a load of them as entire discs to your HDD - then set it to batch them as you could burn your disc drive out if you are encoding from the disk the whole time.

wez1981 · 13 May 2011 at 11:00

some good suggestions! - ive also come across Freemake Video Converter which is free, but very very easy to use!

Magic_x_uk · 27 May 2011 at 22:35

could someone put this into laymans terms for me as simple as possible please

I have a PS3 and a external HD x1TB connected to the PS3. If I want to rip my DVD's that i own to my computer and then put onto the HD, What do I need? i am using Windows 7.

Dont understand all this mkv, m4v, flac stuff.
Just need it simple please.

Thanks

A.N.Other · 27 May 2011 at 23:02

Obligatory: DVD's what?

Magic_x_uk · 27 May 2011 at 23:32

A.N.Other said:
Obligatory: DVD's what?

huh ?

My films.

alle · 28 May 2011 at 11:09

alle · 28 May 2011 at 11:10

A.N.Other said:
Obligatory: DVD's what?

Magic_x_uk said:
huh ?

My films.

...Whoosh

Magic_x_uk · 28 May 2011 at 21:32

cheers for help !

lemoon · 3 Jun 2011 at 09:46

Magic_x_uk said:
could someone put this into laymans terms for me as simple as possible please

I have a PS3 and a external HD x1TB connected to the PS3. If I want to rip my DVD's that i own to my computer and then put onto the HD, What do I need? i am using Windows 7.

Dont understand all this mkv, m4v, flac stuff.
Just need it simple please.

Thanks

Rip DVD movies to HD videos? You could get iFunia DVD ripper pro to have a try, which is stated can rip DVD to HD video such as HD MOV, HD FLV, HD AVI, etc.

For the video formats info, MKV, M4V, Flac and more you can turn to Wikipedia.org.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.mkv
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.m4v
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.flac

Tysonator · 5 Jun 2011 at 15:46

Are going to be using Apple TV ! ?

As I have thought about this very situation with my DVD collection !