Ripping

[krtxmrtz]

I'm looking for a decntly good & free software tool to rip a DVD. I just need the audio part (but I'd like to know how to get the video too, for the future).

Googling around I get lost in a jungle of apps, most of the time they say you've got to install more than just one prog.

[Atheist]

http://www.videohelp.com/ Is a great site for everything thats got to do with video (just click "tools" to the left to find the software).

Personally I like FairUse Wizard, its extremely easy to use, and the quality is brilliant.

[litlewiki]

http://www.vbforums.com/showpost.php...88&postcount=7

[krtxmrtz]

http://www.videohelp.com/ Is a great site for everything thats got to do with video (just click "tools" to the left to find the software).

Personally I like FairUse Wizard, its extremely easy to use, and the quality is brilliant.

Looks good, I'll take time to try out some of those goodies. Thanks.

[krtxmrtz]

http://www.vbforums.com/showpost.php...88&postcount=7

Thanks for reminding me about my own thread!

[litlewiki]

Don't waste your time trying out demo versions unless you are ready to spend bucks.

[Atheist]

There is a light edition of FairUse Wizard that is free. Thats the one im using.

[krtxmrtz]

There is a light edition of FairUse Wizard that is free. Thats the one im using.

Well, I guess I'll have to try this one out.

I made an attempt with DVDDecrypter following the detailed instructions I found in the site linked to in your earlier post and it produced *.vob and *.iso files, but no *.ac3 file...

[litlewiki]

DVDDecrypter only removes the protection(if any) from the original DVD and dumps it to your hard drive .You then need autoGk or guardian knot to rip them.

[dclamp]

Ripping DVD's is illegal

[litlewiki]

Making personal copies and storing it in other formats is not illegal .At least not in all countries.

[krtxmrtz]

DVDDecrypter only removes the protection(if any) from the original DVD and dumps it to your hard drive .You then need autoGk or guardian knot to rip them.

All right, so the tutorial I found has been misleading me.

[dclamp]

Making personal copies and storing it in other formats is not illegal .At least not in all countries.

so if i made like 500 copies of a movie and kept them in my closet, that would not be illegal..

[litlewiki]

That depends on how you define a backup-is it one copy or 500 copies.

[dclamp]

That depends on how you define a backup-is it one copy or 500 copies.

They are all backup copies

[Atheist]

Ripping a dvd isnt illegal, copying copyrighted material is illegal.

[litlewiki]

Under fair use ,a person has the legal right to make one backup copy of the original provided he is the owner of the DVD .

[krtxmrtz]

DVDDecrypter only removes the protection(if any) from the original DVD and dumps it to your hard drive .You then need autoGk or guardian knot to rip them.

Can I rip just the audio part with autogk?

[rory]

Ripping DVD's is illegal

Yes its illegal in countries that follow Copyright laws ..

[litlewiki]

Can I rip just the audio part with autogk?

AutoGk can extract audio but it is used for both Audio+Video encoding.Instead you can do this:
1.Download DGMPGdec ~ 286 KB
2.Load your VOB
3.Click File>Demux Audio Only to extract the audio(all streams) to the same folder as your VOB as .ac3

next

1.Download Besweet 1.4(Command line ac3 encoder) from here and Belight 0.21(GUI for besweet) from here

2.Extract contents of besweet and belight and copy all the files of besweet folder into the belight folder(belight requires besweet files).
3.Run Belight.exe and the rest is self explanatory.

Ps:1.You can use your own audio encoder to convert the ac3 files.
2.All the files are free or open source and contain no adware/spyware.

[krtxmrtz]

AutoGk can extract audio but it is used for both Audio+Video encoding.Instead you can do this:
...

Wow...! Are you sure it won't take longer? Just kidding, I suppose it's worth trying.

[litlewiki]

Yes,but since it also encodes the video(the audio files are generated temporarily),you will have to wait till the entire process gets completed.Normal duration of video+audio encoding takes 5-6 hours.

[krtxmrtz]

Yes,but since it also encodes the video(the audio files are generated temporarily),you will have to wait till the entire process gets completed.Normal duration of video+audio encoding takes 5-6 hours.

Then I may be better off if I just use autogk to make the avi and then extract the audio with virtualdubmod.

[litlewiki]

As you wish, but if you don't want to create an avi you could use the other set of tools i suggested .

[krtxmrtz]

No way I can have autogk do the job, it started off nicely and then after a few minutes a minimized dgindex window appeared. Then I decided to leave it for a few hours and let it do the whole process, but as I minimized autogk there was this ugly error window behind stating that "the video file was not found". Apparently dgindex was looking for a video file in the agk_temp folder which was empty.

What's wrong with me, am I jinxed by the pharaoh curse or something...?

[krtxmrtz]

As you wish, but if you don't want to create an avi you could use the other set of tools i suggested .

All right, then I'll have a go at those... what kind of file do they produce?

[litlewiki]

The first one creates ac3 files which can be converted to ogg,mp3,aac and other formats by besweet.

btw did you first dump the vob's with dvddecrypter before using AutoGk?

[krtxmrtz]

The first one creates ac3 files which can be converted to ogg,mp3,aac and other formats by besweet.

btw did you first dump the vob's with dvddecrypter before using AutoGk?

Sure I used dvddecrypter and the *.ifo and *.vob were created. Thereafter I loaded the *.ifo file in dgindex (or dgmpgdec, whatever its name is) and left it overnight... just to find out this morning that it was all hung and when I ctrl/alt/del-ed it said "not responding".

As I said, I must be jinxed.

[kregg]

If you want backup, Use DVDShrink. It produces a ISO file that can fit onto a normal CD incase under any cirucmstances your DVD has been lost/damaged.

Also make sure that backing up DVDs is really legal in your country. You don't want to be sued now do you

[krtxmrtz]

If you want backup, Use DVDShrink. It produces a ISO file that can fit onto a normal CD incase under any cirucmstances your DVD has been lost/damaged.

Also make sure that backing up DVDs is really legal in your country. You don't want to be sued now do you

I want to rip the audio track(s) of a DVD, not to back it up.

[kregg]

Use Windows built in sound recorder

Serious note though, see littlewiki's post. Think it might have something for you.

[litlewiki]

Sure I used dvddecrypter and the *.ifo and *.vob were created. Thereafter I loaded the *.ifo file in dgindex (or dgmpgdec, whatever its name is) and left it overnight... just to find out this morning that it was all hung and when I ctrl/alt/del-ed it said "not responding".

As I said, I must be jinxed.

I just tested it with one of my DVDs and it worked just fine.Why don't you try demuxing individual vob's ?

[krtxmrtz]

I just tested it with one of my DVDs and it worked just fine.Why don't you try demuxing individual vob's ?

I'm not following you now, do you mean load the vob file in dgindex rather than the ifo file?

[litlewiki]

yea,start dgindex.exe or dgmpegdec ,go to file>open>load the vob>select 'Demux Audio only' menu and a small window will open up showing the channels and the progress.

[krtxmrtz]

yea,start dgindex.exe or dgmpegdec ,go to file>open>load the vob>select 'Demux Audio only' menu and a small window will open up showing the channels and the progress.

Well, something's wrong with my vob or my computer or myself. Rather than a small window it's a large window that pops up but it's all blank, and the mouse pointer turns to hourglass, whereupon I ctrl/alt/del to find out that the program is not responding. I'm not sure what to try at this point, probably I'll take the vob to another computer and try there... or maybe I'll have to re-create the vob with dvddecrypter. Unless you guys can think of something I may be overlooking.

[litlewiki]

Here are my screen shots .I ripped a 37 minute vob file in under 10minutes.

[krtxmrtz]

Here are my screen shots .I ripped a 37 minute vob file in under 10minutes.

Your first shot is like I saw in my pc but in the second shot I got a blank (white) window...

But I've tried with "#1 DVD Audio Ripper" which works like a champ and does not require any other app: it rips directly from the DVD. Unfortunately it's not freeware and the trial version is limited to a max. of 5 min. per track, but I could make do with that because all tracks were under that. I'm even considering buying it, I think it's only 29 bucks.

[litlewiki]

In that case,go for it.