Hack Attack : How to Create aXXo Quality DVD Rips
photo credit: ryoichitanaka’s
DVD movies are the best way to pass time while you are at home and have nothing else to do. There are times though when the DVD you rented at the local DVD store has to be returned within 24 hours and you want to watch the movie again and again. In such situations ripping the DVD’s is the best way to go.
If you have been a P2P torrents user for any length of time, I’m sure you’ve heard of aXXo. A lot of people are in love with him and his releases on the internet (including me as well). The quality of his rips are always spot on, and many people have asked me to how he creates such wonderful rips at 700mb which is insanely small.
Sometime in the past aXXo had stopped releasing new movies, and many users were angry. Well you can’t blame him, because he had his own reasons. The purpose of this Hack Attack though is to reduce your dependency on guys like aXXo.
Its as simple as going to a DVD rental store or site, getting the DVD and creating a perfect 700mb DVD rip for the rest of us to enjoy. You don’t need to depend on guys like aXXo anymore.
Without further delay, lets get started with the process, of creating your super small high quality DVD Rip. Here are the tools you will require to get started…
- DVD Decrypter
- Auto GK
- K-lite Codec Pack (if you already have a codec pack installed you can leave this one out)
Install the above softwares, just like you would install any other software, and then grab yourself a cup of caffeine before you proceed. I am going to split this guide into two parts. Lets get started with the first part.
PART 1 : Ripping the DVD to your Hard Disk
Step 1
Fire up DVD Decrypter. It should like the screenshot above. Insert your DVD in your DVD drive and select the appropriate drive as Source, and a folder on your hard disk as the destination with atleast 3-4GB of free space.
Step 2
As you can see in my screenshot, my DVD doesn’t have any region protection, copy protection and RCE protection. It might not be the same with your DVD, and you need to get rid of the protection schemes.
To get rid of the protection schemes, click tools from the menu bar and select settings. The settings dialog should now appear. Now tick the “Remove Macrovision Protection” check box, this will remove the Macrovision flag of the VOB files on the disc. RCE
Protection Region should be set to the region your drive (or standalone DVD player) has.
You can find the regions below :
- Region 1 – 1: U.S., Canada, U.S. Territories
- Region 2 – Japan, Europe, South Africa, and Middle East (including Egypt)
- Region 3 – Southeast Asia and East Asia (including Hong Kong)
- Region 4 – Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean
- Region 5 – Eastern Europe (Former Soviet Union), Indian subcontinent, Africa, North Korea, and Mongolia
- Region 6 – Peoples Republic of China
- Region 7 – Reserved
- Region 8 – Special international venues (airplanes, cruise ships, etc.)
See the following screenshot for a clearer picture of what you are supposed to do.
Step 3
Now that you are done with everything, you are ready to rip the DVD to your disk. Make sure the drive containing your destination folder has enough free space on it. Select all the files on the right column if they aren’t already selected and hit the Start button as highlighted in the screenshot below.
It should complete ripping after a while and you should see something like this…
Yup that is it, you are done with the first part. Now that you have the ripped files on your disk, you can test them on your media player and when you are satisfied you can eject the DVD. Now lets proceed with part 2 of this guide…
Part 2 : Compressing the DVD to AVI format
Open up Auto GK. It should like the one shown above. Basically this is where all the action happens. I’ll guide you through the process of choosing the best settings through to the last step where you can watch your 700MB rip.
Lets continue then…
Step 4
(Click on the screenshots to enlarge)
Locate the input file from the folder you used to store the rips in DVD Decrypter… Here’s how you select the file. In the Open dialog box, select the details view. The input file that we are going to select is an *.IFO file.
As you can see from my screenshot VTS_00_0.IFO has three .VOB files under it with the maximum size, which means this is the movie we’re looking for. Select the IFO to proceed.
Now give the output file, whatever name you need to give by clicking the Output file field.
Step 5
As you can see from the screenshot above, the program lists the available subtitles and Audio tracks. On my DVD there are no subtitles, and there is only one Audio track, so I will select that.
On most DVD’s you have 2 Channel Sound (2ch), Surround Sound (6ch). I’d prefer Surround sound over normal 2 channel if available simply because they sound much better.
Now select the Target (Output) Size. I have selected 700MB here. Generally speaking, higher the size you select, the more clearer the picture is on the DVD will be.
Now click Advanced Settings button to show the Advanced Options window as shown.
Configure the settings as shown in the Screenshot. Choose XviD over DivX because it gives you higher compression for same quality compared to DivX.
Step 6
Now that you have finished configuring everything, just click the Add Job button and the Start button to start the conversion/compression process.
Just grab yourself some coffee, if you have finished the one you took before getting started. The compression process will take quite a while, so you could even have a nice nap meanwhile.
Note : You won’t much activity in Auto GK itself. A lot of programs will load including a couple of command prompt windows, do their jobs and exit. This is completely normal so don’t bother messing around with anything.
That’s it guys! You have made your first aXXo like DVD Rip!
Please share with is in the comments how the process went. I’ll be gald to hear your opinions out.
P.S : I am trying out a variety of settings, so I will write a follow up post sometime in the future detailing them as well.
If you have any ideas or suggestions please share with us in the comments …
85 Comments, Comment or Ping
Mike Ryan
Heh, I love aXXo rips. They are spot on awesome and the fact that his name is now branded upone a method is just cool.
Aug 11th, 2008
David Guinan
Thanks for this always wondered how they get the rips so small my goog quality ones are always well over a gig thank you
Aug 12th, 2008
Multi-Monitor Computer
axxo was the bomb! I wondered where he went. I use DIVX. Anyway, your blog is great! I will definitely be back!
Aug 12th, 2008
Thomas
There is nothing like autoGK as far as ease and quality.
I’m always travelling so there was no other option that backing up all my DVD’s to my portable hard drive, in order to always have my favorite movies with me.
Great guide
Aug 12th, 2008
Chris P
XviD lets you do 2-pass encoding, it takes longer but you get the best picture quality for the smallest file size.
Aug 12th, 2008
saga
It’s nice to have high quality rips. However, if one is doing this themselves why not make DVD-R copies? Pretty much all computers have DVD-R drives these days and the media isn’t that much more expensive than CD-R’s either. Add to that a person can still play it on their comp or their DVD player on a larger screen with minimal compression (if any) needed.
Aug 12th, 2008
David Guinan
Saga: because copying dvds is illegal so technically you cant just sling a blank disc in and if you was going away on holiday and you wanted to take say 10 movies with you and your laptop you would run out of space in your bagage taking 10 boxes or risk damaging them in plastic wallets where all you need is 7 gig on your hard drive and you can carry 10 movies anyway. you may also want to edit or batch movies if your into that
Aug 13th, 2008
Jack
Great post, I can sometimes not find movies for my Media Center PC online, this way I can rent them and still keep it in my Movie library while not losing space or quality, awesome site, every hack attack Rocks!
Aug 13th, 2008
Aravind Jose T.
I used FairUSE Wizard till now for ripping DVDs into Quality-700MB rips.
I’m perfectly satisfied with FairUSE, as it does all by itself.
With that, there is no need for DVD Decrypter.
You just have to select the DVD Drive and set the conversion rules (as we did in AutoGK).
But, the tutorial is nice, and I’ll surely use this, if ever, FairUSE fails.
N.B. A tutorial on ripping DVDs using FairUSE, could be found on my blog.
Aug 13th, 2008
Delighted
Thanks for the guide!
You really helped me out!
Aug 14th, 2008
DanielS
While I too love my xvid rips. I’ve found that using the newer h.264 codec even for normal dvd rips (normal being DVD-R not HD/Blueray which is where the h.264 codec was really intended for) the video quality is far superior. I’ve made a side by side copy. autogk set to 700MB and used Staxrip http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/ set to encode a 700MB file and the quality was still better. Like noticably better.
While I still use the Xvid codec when it’s called for via site rules, I encoded to h.264 for my personal collection.
B.T.W. I only used the 700MB setting for staxrip for the side by side comparison I still prefer a slightly larger encode for quality settings and use the mp4 container for compatability with a larger base of devices.
Aug 14th, 2008
varun
Quite a method dude…
)
I wonder why did u choose to tell us.. U could have been the next AxxO and earned a millions
Aug 14th, 2008
ArchAngel
I am curious to know if compressing down to 700mb loses any quality and would a 1080P LCD show these imperfections.
Aug 16th, 2008
FireFox
Archangel, a 1080 vertical lines screen would have to upscale the whole image. In facto you will see ‘errors’ larger. Ofcourse quality is lost. However this is only visible if you really go and compare still images of the same sequence.
Aug 18th, 2008
FireFox
I like this tutorial, really I do, but what about us linux guys? Is there a similar way to compress to h264 in let’s say Ubuntu. I’d be happy to see that:)
Aug 18th, 2008
xroblade
I think you did axxo a favor doing this cause he wont get prosecuted if everyone is doing it. Just like the music industry
Aug 19th, 2008
projectgrafix
Yea man I am also a fan of aXXo and download without reading comments, his name is enough! Thanks for telling how we can make such fine DVD rips, I was thinking to do so but didn’t knew where to start.
Aug 21st, 2008
Dave
In Step 2 you didn’t say what to do if the copy protection comes up with something. For example this DVD i just threw in reads: CSS/CPPM
Any ideas?
Aug 25th, 2008
someguy
Or you could just use DVD Shrink 3.1. . . . .
It’s really simple to use, and I’ve been able to burn any dvd with it.
Aug 28th, 2008
James
Hey! I’m from New Zealand (that little island next to Australia that we like to call a country).
I’m a programmer in Visual Basic and I’m wondering if you’d be interested in me creating a way to automate all of this, hit me back on this. I’ll check back weekly.
Aug 28th, 2008
Cybersupam
This is very simple to use, but still quality gets some way lower than axxo,..In this way axxo is great.
I also use Yasa VOB-AVI converter n select its size to 700 mb,..as well nice tools like Vidsplitter n Divx Converter
Aug 31st, 2008
Cybersupam
Yup again really Vidsplitter is also a free n easy tool to compress VOB files to 700mb avi files. Thats what I found lets us to customise size of the output file, n the remaining it does itself. So give a try to it!
Aug 31st, 2008
Bill Williams
Just use FairUse wizard. It gives you all the tools of the mentioned software, all rolled up in n00b format.
Sep 2nd, 2008
rippr
Yeah that or use Fairuse Wizard
http://www.fairusewizard.com/
Sep 2nd, 2008
shrek412
many many thanx…………..
Sep 3rd, 2008
ClaudioX
How about some Mac software?
Sep 4th, 2008
ONe321
I just converted scary movie 4, the quality is great but there is a probelm with the sound, the film is lagging behind the sound which means that you can hear the sound before you the movie on the screen,
Sep 4th, 2008
Kekabu
i used the autoGk software but the output still not the same like axxo. the quality still lower (sharpness & clear) . usually axxo version got the DIVX logo on the bottom right corner .. mine one dont have
Sep 12th, 2008
Robert
once i have copied the dvd to my hard drive,
can i just select all and burn to a dual layer disc?
or is part 2 an important step?
im not looking to compress, ill be using dual layer discs.
Sep 13th, 2008
Tanay
Thanks a lot for your post, it really helped a lot.
I was wondering that normally the movie is in parts, many VOB and IFO files.
So how to merge them into 1 file like aXXo does?
Sep 14th, 2008
Curtis
@ ROBERT – I have a program called DVDFab, which copies the disc and can burn it all in one step, the quality remains high, so there’s no need for the second step. Try and download the full version from a torrent site. The full version is called DVDFab Platinum. I have burned a fair amount of DVD’s and have never had problems with quality.
Sep 16th, 2008
Michael Garmahis
I doubt that automatic gives you perfect quality, it’s all about tweaking settings.
Sep 25th, 2008
Tarquin
My rip did not have an IFO file, what now?
Oct 3rd, 2008
Zero
Thanks for a great info.
Oct 5th, 2008
Dibyajyoti Deb
pretty nice article up there, i wanna know will leaving anything unchanged in advanced option change the aspect ratio.
How to crop the file to smaller resolution like 640X480 or 546 X 328
Oct 6th, 2008
jade
Hey this is axxos blog
http://axxoreleasetoday.blogspot.com
check it out !
Oct 9th, 2008
Dustin
Nice, I tried it out with one of my DVD’s.. everything went fine except for the audio syncing. In the beginning of the DVD it looks okay but later, the lips of the people don’t go together with what they’re saying.. like a sort of lag between audio and video. I don’t know what’s wrong here. But thanks for sharing.
Oct 28th, 2008
Andy
aXXo actually uses DivX compression
Nov 4th, 2008
REX
This is great. It’s just what I was looking for. Thank you.
Dec 1st, 2008
superawesomecooldude
Are you sure he uses this method? I tried AutoGK but it doesn’t produce the same quality as aXXo’s. Maybe aXXo uses blue-ray discs because AutoGK doesn’t produce the beautiful quality of aXXo from dvd rips
Dec 9th, 2008
cybersupam
after a long time my comment here again….
I just downloaded Edison Force created by axxo from the net…then I also rented the original version of Edison Force DVD n ripped with this process. But surprisingly axxo’s file n my ripped file were not of much differences…n unlike other axxo’s files I downloaded from net this Edison Force seemed to be of lower quality…anyone knows why?
Dec 11th, 2008
foxtrot_alpha
wait till you see what vc-1 vp6 vp7 and snow
can do
use this Mencoder in place of auto gk
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEncoder)
or
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ffmpegGUI
go for vbr audio and downsampling of 44100 hz(dvd’s are generally48000 hz)
cbr(constant bitrate)
vbr (variable bitrate)
abr(absolute bitrate)
axxo rips are better since he uses better opensource programs
there lot more advanced settings
k lite is good because of ffdshow filters..
download latest fork (ffdshow tryouts) ffdshow isint updated now
Dec 12th, 2008
SparkyFlary
I think this is what aXXo uses but i found a better way to make 700 MB copies of DVDs. I you use FairUse and set it to PS3 and set the size to 700 MB then youll get better quality results than that of aXXo. It’s because H264/AVC is better than XVID which aXXo encodes to.
Dec 17th, 2008
Mr. Briggs
Ain’t it illegal to spread these things around? Including methods…
[runs to MPAA to tell on this guy]
[stops halfway and turns back]
On second thought, it’s good that these things are around. XD
Dec 18th, 2008
Someone
Mr. Briggs, your a dork, go get a life and take you worthless postings with you.
Dec 20th, 2008
Eric
Before i saw this post i made up my own process to rip a dvd and they never came out in the right language.
I just tried your process and this time the movie came out with 5 seconds of one language, 5 seconds of another (same 5 secs as previous just different language), and 5 seconds of another. And it repeated like this for the whole movie.
Idk why it would do this. Any suggestions?
Dec 26th, 2008
p3rf3ctg3ntl3m4n
great tutor
thanks
Dec 27th, 2008
Rasu
its really great bro..
this is really great guide for all dvdrip lovers…. thanks a lot…
small quest, do we need DVD Decrypter or just copy video_ts folder from dvd ???
keep doing supports like this bro, u inspired many to guide like u…
Dec 27th, 2008
Viisva
hey i tried converting use those software with same specified settings. its frame width starts with 320. it should be with 720 when we open the window.
im not getting good quality picture. i think we need to find better dvdrip software.
100% sure, AXXO is not using this software.
Dec 28th, 2008
AVI LOVER
Hey, guys…
just download Mediainfo, after installing right click on the axxo file if u have, n select Mediainfo. Now see wat it shows.
Surprising it shows tat the avi file was encoded with Virtualdub, n divx codec was used. In the same way Autogk files also shows as encoded by Virtualdub.
Question is wat axxo really uses?
Dec 30th, 2008
se7en
Believe me and I mean that seriously
*** There is NO WAY for anyone of us to get even close to aXXo’s or any other superior quality DVD rip group’s quality just by using such a noob tool as Auto Gordian Knot in fact is !!!!!!! (unless you add a little mysterious spice to it)
))
This is the avi information of one of the aXXo’s movie called Passengers. Instead of bothering with the Auto Gordian Knot try its much more advanced brother *** the Gordian Knot Rip Pack v.0.35.0 *** which is btw higly customizable + *** Gordian Knot Codec Pack v.1.9 *** Find and Install these two LEARN THEM and you’ll be much much closer to your goal. But trust me – never mind what you’ll do your rips and his or other PROs’ rips won’t still be looking the same. Sorry for saying it but… trust me I know what I’m talking about
. U know it’s not just about you download some smart soft that will do everything for you. It’s about years of experience and the perfect knowledge of avisynth as a frameserver and of course of all of its plugins and virtualdub’s filters as well and much much more that these guys have. On the top of all of that – there are for example free VDM filters and of course even much more perfect and powerful – the commercial ones. And these groups are not just a bunch of dumb people which aren’t able to edit them or write down their own ones. And … bare in mind that even a hardware could be involved.
File Name ……….: Passengers[2008]DvDrip-aXXo.avi
Total Size (Bytes) .: 736,049,152 Bytes
Total Size (KB) ….: 718,798 KB
Total Size (MB) ….: 701.95 MB
Total Streams ……: 2 Stream(s)
File Size Correct ..: Yes
Video Size (Bytes) .: 650,776,984 Bytes
Video Size (KB) ….: 635,524 KB
Video Size (MB) ….: 620.63 MB
Video Length …….: 01:28:49
Video Codec Code …: DX50/XVID
Video Codec Name …: DivX 5.0 codec
Video Bitrate ……: 976 KB/s
Resolution ………: 692 x 280
Aspect Ratio …….: 2.47:1
Total Frames …….: 133229 Frames
Framerate ……….: 25 FPS
Color Depth ……..: 12 Bits
Quality Factor …..: 0.201 B/px
Packed Bitstream …: No
Audio Size (Bytes) .: 85,264,000 Bytes
Audio Size (KB) ….: 83,266 KB
Audio Size (MB) ….: 81.31 MB
Audio Length …….: 01:28:49
Audio Codec Code …: 85 (0×0055)
Audio Codec Name …: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3)
Audio Bitrate ……: 128 KB/s (CBR)
Channels ………..: 2 Ch
Sampling Rate ……: 48000 Hz
[IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/2qnp91w.png[/IMG]
Every aXXo movie was encoded with the Xvid codec v.1.0.3
(that is the info about his movies says it which absolutely does not mean it’s true) which is included in the Gordian Knot Codec Pack v.1.9 and until a few months ago he was using exactly the same VirtualDubMod’s build that the Gordian Knot Pack includes.
Forget about AGK.
Jan 1st, 2009
Hamza
Hey thanks a lot!
Process takes quite long but in the end its all worth it.
The quality is brilliant!
Jan 2nd, 2009
Sam
Wait a minute, if you’re the one doing the ripping, then why bother making it itsy bitsy in file size? The only real reason for these small file sizes is bandwidth preservation since, after all, storage is cheap. Me? I just rip to vobs most of the time and then buy more storage when its needed. I don’t keep backups of all the digital data, so I’m bound to eventually lose some movies and/or TV shows, but I really don’t care.
For those who want to try another alternative (for Mac too!) that has a great 264 encoder, check out HandBrake. It’s command line for Ubuntu and works like a champ.
Jan 3rd, 2009
Jacob
Umm i hate to sound like a douche but theres an app called “Handbrake” this is available on all OS’s and all u need to do is click one button and 2 hours later u have the movie on ur hard disk soo yeah. u all kinda need to rethink this.
Jan 4th, 2009
viisva
hey guys, i tried with single vob file which has 1gb, it got converted with perfect quality n sound by using this AutoGK ,
but when i try to make as like that guys screen, i get bad quality bcos width is very small.
so i dont understand what exact prob is with. What i feel is, since we are getting perfect quality for single vob file, then why we cant get perfect quality as per screen…
Experts pl try something and help us… im searching in other few sites too, if i found any solution, sure i’ll save all dude’s time
Jan 4th, 2009
Venkat
thanx a ton…
awesome…
Jan 4th, 2009
c0ward
Dang, i got stuck in AGK. After i start the job it does about 20 steps, and then gets stuck on one step that reads: Demuxing and indexing. If anybody knows whats going on please leave a follow up comment
Jan 5th, 2009
aXXo FAN #1
Thankx alot bro,i was looking for a good technique and now i got one.AWESOME!
Jan 7th, 2009
Wally
Norton detected a security breach with Auto GK. be careful
Jan 12th, 2009
Broseidon
This method works on Apple computers/OS X?
Jan 14th, 2009
Zero
Hey thanks a lot! This guide produced a great rip! We shouldn’t always need to really on people/groups like axxo to make rips, they can’t rip everything. This is definitely a good technique if you wish to do it on your own or for dvds that you can’t find elsewhere.
Jan 14th, 2009
sealy mattresses
hey thanks i’ve been looking for a while for a prog to back up certain dvd’s in my collection – much nicer having them on the hard drive instead of having to bring cases of dvds with me when i travel
Jan 15th, 2009
SCENE RLS
SORRY TO BURST YOUR BUBBLES
aXXo simply unrars and renames topsite scene releases.. there is no
magic to the method.
Jan 17th, 2009
K607
Thank you, I like aXXo DVD rip too.
Jan 21st, 2009
Kartik
Dude I am another Kartik learning how to rip. and this is awesome.
Jan 23rd, 2009
JKJK
megui is much better than autogk.
Autogk is OUTDATED.
Megui has support for x.264 (mkv, mpeg4, unameit) and has exelent auto encoding qualities.
Feb 4th, 2009
Lhincy G
Hello,
Your tutorial is good. I am now ripping a dvd which my friend lend me. The movie is “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”. Although the DVD came pirated and not the original DVD, I find the motion picture is clear, so I decided to rip it to give me small amount of files 700mb. I googled the aXXo tools he is using and found your site… Really works.. Thanks…
Lhincy G.
Feb 5th, 2009
awwawa
the only thing the top rippers supply over everybody else is their high upload bandwidth
u aint gonna be the next axxo with ur normal 256kbps uploads, gotta cash out on something a bit more flashy
thats the only difference between you and them
Feb 11th, 2009
mr wig
SCENE RLS – im not teccy – explain ’simply unrars and renames topsite’ pls
Feb 16th, 2009
lloydvdw
Is there a possibility to somehow convert the subtitles to an *.srt file? Or make them appear as you play the movie?
Feb 24th, 2009
lloydvdw
if you select use external subtiles, is that the same as an srt file? For example am I possible to edit them?
Feb 25th, 2009
Juan
Hey, just what i was looking for. You are exaclty right about axxo quality. It is impressive, and i always wanted to convert several DVDs this way.
Thank you so much for sharing this.
Nice Blog!
Mar 8th, 2009
ILuVaXXo
I tried ripping a DVD using this method and it worked perfectly. Quality is completely aXXo like. Thanks a lot for sharing this with us who are not real tech-heads
Mar 12th, 2009
Edward Cullen
Here is a better and easier way….get fairuse wizard 2.9 choose the “H.264/Ac3/AVI, very slow” setting. Set your size to 700MB, uncheck “show only preffered resolutions” and select the highest resolution, then you’re good to go. It’s actually way way better than axxo quality, just takes a while to encode 11 hours somtimes. You can also choose the “H.264/Ac3/AVI,slow” setting which goes a bit faster if you need the speed.
But here is the tip that matters most no matter what codec/software you decide to use.
Resolution > compression ratio. Don’t downsize the resolution to get a better compression ratio. Resolution makes all the difference in terms of sharpness and clarity, when you downsize in the computer you lose a lot of sharpness. If you keep the resolution close to the native resolution you’ll get much better results. the higher resolution makes the compression artifacts appear smaller and less noticeable. Compression ratios above 600:1 is where movies start to show noticable artifacts, just stay under that and you’ll be good.
Mar 17th, 2009
WereStrike
Well I ran acrossed one dvd no matter what I do the audio and video won’t line up. I have done hundreds of these and this is the first one I have had problems with using AutoGK any suggestions on fixing it?
Mar 20th, 2009
AdEpt
Nice tut. Se7en is correct, aXXo encodes with XVid. He of course also puts more time into his torrents than the 20 minutes it takes to do this. I imagine adding many many filters and using specific programs to make the videos of superior quality. He also doesn’t use surround sound and I suggest you dont either, due to larger size… if a vid is going to be 700mb the focus is on video looking its best and the audio will be just bearable. aXXo consistenly also uses MP3 audio so I know he converts it because many of the movies he’s done only have AC3 tracks. Rem acu tetigesti se7en, this tut sheds some light for those that are new to this but there’s so much more complexity to it when a professional, the professional, does it. We can only try to come close.
Mar 26th, 2009
DooN
Isn’t this all a little pointless? I like being able to watch movies on my computer and iPhone as much as the next guy, but does anyone have a good solution for a straight across DVD copy? I have two Dual Layer DVD-R drives, and could easily get a spool of DL-DVD -Rs, so how do I copy the original DVD to the DVD-R? It’s not like doing it this way is any more illegal than ripping to AVI, I would just rather watch it on my home theater system instead of trying to make it look “ok” with a handful of different apps.
Apr 16th, 2009
A
DivX notz Xvid
XP 64Bit – Custom
Q8200
8GB DDR2
1) Rip DVD to 4GB RAMDISK (DVDShink “BiCubic”)
2) Encode from 4GB to 2GB RAMDISK (4 Pass “DivX”)
Have PHUN!
Apr 28th, 2009
Scr6rider
About how long should this process take? Because i have been trying to rip using this method as well as others listed here. I have yet to complete one. It has taken upwards of 20 hours before i aborted the job.
May 6th, 2009
Anurag Aggarwal
Boss…. I must thank you for the excellent details and explanation given! It was great to get an excellent quality dvd-rip… Just one thing… why is it that VTS_01_01.vob shows a menu but when ripped, the menu disappears…
If possible, please reply on my email as I dont know whether I’ll be able to keep a track of this site…
Thank you!
May 14th, 2009
Harry
Xvid offers higher compression for the same quality of Divx, so all use that now k?
May 22nd, 2009
Da Pratsta
@Doom
Use DVD Shrink 3.1 and Nero 8. DVD Shrink is freeware and Nero is easily available on the internet. It rips it to your hard drive and if you have Nero, it will burn it straight to a disc. Problem Solved!
May 25th, 2009
volt34
well it didnt work or paul blart mall cop. It stopped at 1% on DVD Decrypter Anyone got any ideas
May 29th, 2009
Litu
This topic is 100% working and useful.
Adjust the “Output resolution setting” to 720 in the “Fixed Options”.
If the movie is less than 2 hours 700MB will be perfect. Otherwise select the output size to 800MB.
Jun 2nd, 2009
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