DVD Ripping

[Pedro de Oliveira <oliveirp@xxxxxxx>]

This is for windows but Linuxboys can figure it out the differences for
themselves as they have set linux up (something I can't get to work)
Well here goes:

This looks long and tedious but its not (max clicking time = 5 mins, the
rest is CPU time)

First you need the following:
FlaskMpeg :  http://www.flaskmpeg.net/download/flaskmpeg_0594.exe
DivX codecs: http://home.wanadoo.nl/ruud.szwajcer/codec.zip
Audio codecs: http://home.wanadoo.nl/ruud.szwajcer/MPradium.zip
SmartRipper:
http://www.mpegx.com/download.asp?url=http://q-berts.org/dvd/ripper/smart.ex
e
Bit Rate Calculator:  http://home.wanadoo.nl/ruud.szwajcer/AdvBitR.zip

Before you start ripping make sure you have at least 6gig free space
Unpack and install all the above files into sub directories of a common
directory (e.g. DVD-Rip\Flask    DVD-Rip\DivX   DVD-Rip\Audio
DVD-Rip\SmartRipper  DVD-Rip\Calculator) Reboot after installing them all.

Now to get the vob files onto your hard drive without codes in:
Open up SmartRipper
It will take a bit of time to check the DVD but everything should go ok -
if
not just open up a DVD player to unlock the files and start again
Click on Files
You will find the following files on your DVD:
..BUP	- The *.bup file is a index file of the dvd
..IFO	- This is a file to play the chapters of the movie in the right
order
..VOB	- Contains image, sound and subtitles.
Look at which .VOB files are the ones over 1gig eg (VTS_26_0VOB   1.048.544
KB)
Select all the ones that have the beginning bit the same as the ones over a
gig eg VTS_26_0VOB  ,  VTS_26_1VOB  ,  VTS_26_2VOB ... Etc
Basically in this example VTS_26 is the movie, the rest are extras.
So now that all the VOB files are selected also select the IFO and BUP
files
At the bottom of SmartRipper these is a "Target" choose where you
want to
store the ripped DVD (make sure the "free diskspace bit turns green or
else
you won't have enough space to do it)
Now press the decrypt button (this can take up to 45 mins so be patient)
What you have now is all the movie files including the audio on your hard
drive with no codes.

Open up FlaskMPEG
Choose File, Open Media, and select where you put the VOB files from the
previous step
A menu will pop up.  Choose the DVD title (usually the first one), Audio ,
and subtitles.
Click on "Flask this DVD!"
Now leave flask minimized for the moment:

Open up your bit rate calculator
What you need to know:
Play length of your DVD
If you want "super quality" (2CD) or "good quality"
(1CD)
Fill in the video length in minutes
Choose 96kBit/s, Stereo for the "Input Sound Rate"
Choose how many Cds and how big they are
In blue you should see what DivX bitrate to use - remember this number when
you go back to FlaskMPEG

Now back in FlaskMPEG:
Choose "Select Output"
Select AVI Output
Choose "Select Output"
Select "Configure Output Module"
Press "Select Video Codec"
Choose "DivX ;-) MPEG-4 Low-Motion" and press
"Configure"
If you can't find DivX you need to reinstall Alpha3.1 and restart
your PC
In the popup choose:
"keyframe every "5" seconds"
"Compression Control "75""
"Data Rate" = the bitrate from the bitrate calculator
Press OK
Now for the audio
Press Select Codec under Audio
Select "MPEG Layer-3"
Select "96 kBit/s, 48,000Hz, Stereo   12KB/s"
Press OK
If that went well you should now have next to video and audio:
selected codec vids.div3
selected codec auds.tag 85     respectively
Nearly there now......
Choose the Width: 720 Height: 576 this gives you 16:9 widescreen (you can
play around with this in a couple of steps on screen)
Choose the timebase according to the region your DVD is from:
Region 1: 29.97
Region 2: 25
Click on "Show output pad"
In the new popup window:
Get rid of as much black as possible as this will only increase the
file size unnecessarily
Get rid of it by copping (play around with this and you will get the
hang: top offset first though)
Now click on "Hide"
The next tab is "Audio"
Leave it like it is with "Decode Audio" and "Same as
input" selected
"Post Processing" tab
Use HQ Bicubic Filtering
keep aspect ratio
"Files" tab
Select where you want the AVI file to be stored
Click Ok, OK
You shouldn't have to touch "Audio Player" unless the audio
levels need
improving
Before you hit the "Flask IT" button close all other programs
including
internet connections or else it will die half way through
Hit it and change the priority to HIGH!
Now don't worry if the time looks like it will take 10 hours (on a PII 400)
or 6 hours (on a PIII 800) this is normal!
Just let it do what it needs to, then wake up the next morning and play it
-

Use windows media player as this will keep the aspect ratio and can be used
in fullscreen mode - some other programs will stretch it to fill the whole
screen - but I am sure you will already have a preference anyway.
If the file is too small (450Mb) it has lost quality and you will need to
re-Flask it for full quality (increase the bit rate by the percentage it is
down from the originally selected CD size) - sorry but this is the only way
I know how

Congratulations you now have a DivX DVD for back-up purposes!

Hope this helps

Pedro de Oliveira


-----Original Message-----
From: Quinten Uijldert [mailto:quinten.uijldert@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 28 September 2001 12:07
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] DVD Writers & now DVD jukebox


Or maybe post it to the group as I'm interested in that as well.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pedro de Oliveira [mailto:oliveirp@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday 28 September 2001 11:59
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] DVD Writers & now DVD jukebox
>
>
> Paul
>
> If all you want to do is copy the .vob files onto your pc
> then just drag and
> drop them and use PowerDVD or something like that to play
> them (powerDVD
> lets you choose the location of your DVD).  If you want to
> copy them onto a
> CD then that is a different story and needs a lot more
> explanation (if this
> is what you want to do then tell me and I will write a more
> comprehensive
> email explaining what to do)
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Pedro de Oliveira
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Smith [mailto:wheelbarrowhandle@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 28 September 2001 12:01
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] DVD Writers & now DVD jukebox
>
>
> Anyone care you give me a list of things required to copy DVD
> onto a pc.
> Will I lose the dd 5.1 sound ?
>
> Any thoughts
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 28 September 2001 11:55
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] DVD Writers & now DVD jukebox
> >
> > > Someone on this list used to post a quartly update of the
£/Gig
> > > comparison for this very reason.
> >
> > Erm - actually I never posted it here - that was another
> list ;-) ....
> > but here's the most recent comparison. I'm due to do
> another in a few
> > weeks time. This one was dated 20th June.
> >
> > Mark Harrison
> > Head of Systems, eKingfisher
> >
> >
> > -----
> >
> >
> > Almost 3 months since I last ran the calculation. Again the
> basis for
> > calculation is:
> >
> > - today's pricing at Scan
> > - cheapest £/meg is currently the IBM 40.1Gb at  £67+vat =
> £78.72 (by
> > co-incidence, in Today's specials)
> > - cheapest ATA-100 controller is £22.33 (mysteriously up from
last
> > time!)
> > - all prices include VAT but not delivery
> > - 4.6Gb of storage per DVD to be ripped.
> >
> > The price per DVD-equivalent is now down to £9.67. This is
> a fall of
> > about 15% over the last quarter, or a fall of about 25% since
> > January....
> >
> > We are therefore now firmly in the land where Disk Space + Rental
<
> > Purchase Price, assuming, of course, that one already has a
> PC with a
> > DVD drive.
> >
> >     January - £12.50 / DVD
> >     May - £11.70 / DVD
> >     July - £9.67 / DVD
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