DVD ripping

[spanner]

What's the best freeware to download for ripping dvds to my xda2?

[Jos]

If you did a search with "dvd convert" on this site, you would have found al the info you need!

For instance here http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=4707&highlight=dvd+convert

Or you could have use "dvd rip" and found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=1283&highlight=dvd+rip

[spanner]

Thanks. Didn't think to search with ''convert'', ''rip'' produced no results. Still doesn't really give me the noddy guide. I have divx and windows media player and encoder. Where do I go from here in 5-10 basic steps?

[nikbedwell]

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?s=799566190a12219516a1c87586aa4181&threadid=261926

[markh]

This is my experience in ripping:

I rip to a version that can fit on a CD so I can watch it on a laptop, and then from that I create a PDA version. You can also create a PDA version directly but you have to create a pseudo AVI which takes around 40 minutes. I could not get Pocket DIVX working so I rely on PocketTV which plays MPEG videos. You'll fit a 90 minute film on a 256Mb SD card but when you go over that you need a 512Mb card.

Smart Ripper: DVD to hard drive
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/smartripper.cfm

To create PC version that fits on CD:
Flask: VOB files - AVI
http://go.to/flaskmpeg
Best use XVid codec for video, and MP3 codec for audio, I found max video bitrate to be 750, audio 96, video width: 512. Can get codecs in Nimos Codec Pack:
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/nimo_pack.html

To create PDA version only:
DVD2AVI: creates a pseudo AVI to be used in TMPGEnc
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd2avi.cfm
Save the project (creates a d2v file)

TMPGEnc: AVI - MPEG
http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html
Open the XVid avi file or the d2v file, I use a bitrate of 180-190, audio 96, use audio-edit, increase volume by 200% if you are going to watch the film on a train or plane.

If you are making a MPEGs from an XVid AVI, follow these instructions:

- With Nimo's Codec pack only install VidX and MP3
- Install FF DirectShow filter and follow the below:

The error you receive is because direct show does not have priority over the *.avi gfiles. So the fix goes as such. In TMPGEnc, press option, then environmental setting. Press on VFAPI plug in tab on the right hand side. In here you will see "DirectShow Multimedia File Reader" and priority -1. You need to make it +1, so right click on it and choose "Higher Priority". Do this twice to take it to +1. Now press okay and all is fixed. (Note that this error only usually occurs on xvid transcoding, so if you're doing anything else, you may want to revert the priorty.

If you have a Windows XP, change the compatibility mode of the TMPGENC EXE file to Windows 2000 in the Properties of the EXE file

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=53761


PocketTV: for watching the MPEG file on your PDA
http://www.pockettv.com/

Advanced Bitrate Calculator is useful for figuring out bitrates:
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/advanced_bc.html

[Tekflow]

Try this one:
http://divx.ppccool.com/index.php?lang=en