RE: Re: Getting DVDs onto a hard drive

["Paul Gale" <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Phil.

How do you store your DVDs - I presume you do store them on your monster
drive array???

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Phil Harris
> Sent: 02 April 2007 10:09
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Getting DVDs onto a hard drive
>
> 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.
> >
> > > -----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.
> > >
> > > 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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