Ripping software

[never_retreat]

Anyone have input on a good free or cheep ripping software?
My GF has some workout dvd's she borrowed and I want to rip them so they can be watched through the media player.

[Doggy Daddy]

I swear by DVDFab.  I've never had a DVD that it wouldn't back up for me.  It's not free, but IIRC there is a trial period that should be sufficient to get your project completed.

http://www.dvdfab.com/

DD

[Nick1911]

I've had good luck with the dvdrip package.

It's GPL too, so free and open source.

EDIT: Scratch that, I just looked and don't see a windows port of it. 

[Vodka7]

Another vote for DVDFab

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

thanks for the tips
once again i get answers to a question i wasn't smart enough to ask yet

[Doggy Daddy]

If you do go for DVDFab, and if you do decide to buy it, that 20% discount that runs out in a few days will start over immediately.  Get the lifetime rate.  You can run it on as many computers as you like, as long as you don't run it on multiples at the same time.  IOW, I can rip something on my netbook at work, then come home and use the program on my laptop as long as it's shut down on the netbook.  Also, the lifetime gets you free major upgrades, and you can run different major releases at the same time on different computers.  I can run v7 on the netbook while also running v8 on another computer and v6 on a third!

DD

[zxcvbob]

DVD Decrypter

[lee n. field]

dvdrip

EDIT: Scratch that, I just looked and don't see a windows port of it. 

So?

[Brad Johnson]

The machine doesn't play DVD's just by plopping one in the drive?

Brad

[Nick1911]

So?

I'm assuming the OP is running some form of windows.  If not, then dvdrip is good, and a should binary exists in most every package manager.  It works well under Fedora 15.

[never_retreat]

That DVD fab program is either really slow or does not work. Still waiting for the first disk.
And yes I run windows.

[Doggy Daddy]

DVDFab usually will rip a disc for me in roughly 20 minutes.

DD

[Harold Tuttle]

handbrake:
http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php

[Vodka7]

handbrake:
http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php

FYI, handbrake is not a ripper, its basically a pretty frontend for a transcoder. It will not work on commercial DVDs with any sort of encryption.

That said, if you use soemthing like DVDFab to rip the dvd and then want something to encode it to a smaller file size to play on PCs or standalone players that support one of the formats it encodes to, it's a nice, simple to use program that will give good results.

But if you want something that will rip a DVD into a burnable DVD, it is as useful as a bicycle to a fish.

Another note, super long rip times in DVDFab almost always mean you're doing something wrong, and usually what you're doing wrong is using a dirty or scratched disc. Flip it over and take a look, clean it if you need to (toothpaste works on light scratches) and try to rip again.

[Harold Tuttle]

but it will transfer the video to an M4V file from every redbox dvd one might theoretically rent for a dollar

[zxcvbob]

Or take your laptop to the public library and rip their DVD's while you surf the free wifi.

(of course I would only do that with titles that are Public Domain )

[GigaBuist]

FYI, handbrake is not a ripper, its basically a pretty frontend for a transcoder. It will not work on commercial DVDs with any sort of encryption.

It'll work with encrypted DVDs just fine.  I use it all the time.

[lee n. field]

A quick aside on dvd::rip.  I left Ubuntu 11.10 running on the desktop, with Unity.

Yesterday I installed DVD::rip on it, to make a copy of a video I just got.  Under Unity, that software does not display it's menu, anywhere.  It's not in the program window.  It's not on the bar at the top of the screen, where Unity wants to put things.  Log back in using lxde, and everything is where it's supposed to be.

Just something to be aware of.

[Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas]

My program of choice:
http://www.iskysoft.com/dvd-ripper-windows.html
If you have a fancy video card, your ripping time is sharply reduced - the program can use that to speed up the process.
You will want to buy the full version, as it doesn't have the watermark - but the free version allows you to see that the program actually works.

I've ripped most of my movies with it. Never encountered a problem with new stuff or old stuff.

[zxcvbob]

http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/

[Vodka7]

It'll work with encrypted DVDs just fine.  I use it all the time.

On Linux, or Windows? I just checked the FAQ and it specifically says it will not remove any encryption on DVDs. And in Linux if it calls something else to do the dirty work that doesn't count as Handbrake doing it.

[GigaBuist]

On Linux, or Windows? I just checked the FAQ and it specifically says it will not remove any encryption on DVDs. And in Linux if it calls something else to do the dirty work that doesn't count as Handbrake doing it.

I run a Linux version.  My brother used it a couple of years ago on Windows with the same results.

You are right, though.  After checking the website they no longer include the DeCSS code in Handbrake and it offloads that to VLC.  *shrug*  -- Either way, it works once you get the packages all in place.  It's so transparent I didn't even know it was doing it.

[Nick1911]

Side note: I <3 decss and Jon Johansen.  So few people know about the battle that happened so they can just do whatever they want with media that they bought and own.

[BryanP]

I've had excellent results with Slysoft's AnyDVD.  It's not free, but it does have a free fully functional 21 day trial period.