From The DVD to the Computer....in MPEG

[DnD]

Hey guys i was wondering does anyone know a program that will take my DVD get the movie off of it and then into MPEG format??

[Kurtis]

that is illegal lol. you need a DVD ripper... search on google. i am not responsible if you do more than make backups..

[DnD]

O_o actually i'm doing it to make anime music.....

http://roleplayingalliance.com/Music_Videos/Excalibur.wmv

[knucks]

hehe...yes..look on google..there are various programs.

check out www.doom9.net or .com..not sure..

[DnD]

thanks Knuckles that was just what i was looking for....again this is not for illegal use unlike some of u must think *sniff* i'm so hurt by ur misstrust its to make ANIME MUSIC VIDOES!

[F|eA]

AFAIK, it is not illegal if you're ripping as "back up" purposes and yes I've done it before.
DnD: sites to check out if you already havent:
http://www.digital-digest.com
http://www.vcdhelp.com
http://www.download.com (for the apps listed in digital-digest with broken links)

[krovisser]

for dvd's its illegal to copy no matter what the reason. but then again, it's illegal only if you get caught. watch out for those autoreporting programs on those dvds...

[hone]

a good dvd ripping program for just the vobs in windows is dvd decrypter have had much success with that. On the linux side of things, I'd look into dvdrip, a nice gtk/perl app that makes dvd ripping relatively easy acting as a frontend to transcode. There is also mencoder which comes with mplayer. Mencoder happens to be much faster and I've had much more success with the ffmpeg4 codec., which is the best codec I've ever used for divx encoding. The only downside is there is no good gui for mencoder that I've found so I've ended up doing things by hand. Then you have to test and re-encode to get the "perfect" settings to fit on cd and size. Since everything before hand is a rough esitamte. I'd probably just go w/ dvdrip. ffmpeg4 codec is significantly faster than divx5 though. Probably about 2-5x.