RE: Re: Getting DVDs onto a hard drive

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Erm ... neither.

You install AnyDVD which sits as a device driver between your DVD drive and
your PC and this simply removes region coding, DCSS scrambling, copy
protection, function prohibition and the requirement to sit through those
bloody annoying trailers (if you want it to). Hell, you don't even have to
make your DVD drives region free!

You install CloneDVD which is an application that allows you to either rip
an entire non-copy-protected DVD (which of course you have in your drive as
AnyDVD sees to that) intact (all menus, trailers and extras etc.), rip
parts
of a DVD (i.e. you can exclude any sections you know you don't want) or
process existing pre-ripped DVD data files - then apply additional
compression necessary to fit within a required size that you can specify
(i.e. 8cm DVD, single layer DVD, dual layer DVD or "custom"
etc.), strip out
any unwanted audio tracks or subtitles - then write those files out as
either a directory structure (i.e. Movie_Name/VIDEO_TS/... etc.), an ISO
image or to a DVD recorder directly.

Just download AnyDVD and CloneDVD from the website and install them -
there's a 21day trial period on them if they're unregistered and they just
work. AnyDVD is updated regularly (sometimes seems like every few days) as
new protections come out but you can tell it to check for updates each time
it runs and it will do that for you. Same with the CloneDVD application
except that gets updated only infrequently (as you would expect as the
unprotected DVD spec doesn't change).

It doesn't transcode to alternative formats such as DIVX or WMV at all if
that's what you were meaning - it simply allows you to copy DVDs and
manipulate the data on them to give a final DVD format movie.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Paul Gale
> Sent: 02 April 2007 09:38
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Getting DVDs onto a hard drive
>
> Rob/Phil,
>
> Do you rip to an intermediate format or is there an option to copy the
> MPEG-2 streams as is but then decrypt on playback?
>
> Paul.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > Of Rob Mouser
> > Sent: 01 April 2007 20:50
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Getting DVDs onto a hard drive
> >
> > I can second the slysoft route. Never looked back since Phil
> > recommended
> > it to me. "It just works" and with minimal fuss and
effort.
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> > Hell I even bought a licence :-p
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > Of rb_ziggy
> > Sent: 01 April 2007 20:08
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Getting DVDs onto a hard drive
> >
> > Well, answered part of my query, copying the VIDEO_TS folder to
hard
> > drive doesn't work - encryption!
> >
> > So its one of the decryption apps then.  DVD Shrink is free... is
the
> > slysoft stuff much better?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Phil Harris" <phil@...>
wrote:
> > >
> > > www.slysoft.com is all you need...
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf
> > > > Of rb_ziggy
> > > > Sent: 01 April 2007 18:14
> > > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: [ukha_d] Getting DVDs onto a hard drive
> > > >
> > > > I think this is a bit of a simple question but I don't
seem to be
> > able
> > > > to find a 'good' answer...
> > > >
> > > > I want to copy my dvds onto a hard drive so that I can
access
> them
> > > > directly from a pc/mac (i.e. Media Centre type apps
here).  I
> > haven't
> > > > fully decided the playback route and I'm quite keen to
retain
> > maximum
> > > > quality for display on a large screen.
> > > >
> > > > In the past I used DVD shrink to copy a few onto my
laptop for
> > > > traveling purposes.  That retained the VIDEO_TS format
but
> squished
> > > > things down a bit.  Then, with a Mac, it seems to
prefer
> > Quicktime/MP4
> > > > (but will play VIDEO_TS) with a cludge.
> > > >
> > > > So anyone any advice on the best way to download dvds. 
(Can I
> just
> > > > copy the VIDEO_TS folder) or is there a better way?
> > > >
> > > > Many thanks
> > > >
> > > > Richard
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