We often get asked how to get material from DVD's to use in making music videos. Unfortunately there is no one set answer. A lot depends on what video editing software you are using like Adobe Premiere or Windows Movie Maker. What codecs you have installed on your computer. How big a hard drive you have and much more. Just about every vidder has a different way of ripping DVD's and every computer is different so do not expect all of these methods to work for you. These are just a few of the methods out there. If you would like to share your method for ripping we would love to post it here. Just send us an e-mail with your complete steps along with the software you use and links to the sites where they can get it. Thanks!
Method 1: # 1 DVD Ripper - Converts DVD's to MPEG1, MPEG2, AVI and DivX formats. Cost: About $35US
These are the specs used by the vidder that contributed this method. Remember these are just the settings she uses, you can change them to suit your purposes.
output is VCD (mpeg1)
Cenipak codec by Radius
Resolution Good*640x432*
Default output frame rate is 23.976
Deinterlace, none
splite mode infinite
make sure all are checked under that except for force 24hz, it will tell
you when you need that.
for size/bitrate its set at this
Lame Mp3 Encoder 128 kbits
bitrate for VCD 1150
Audio 224
for SVCD
video 2376
audio 224
The rest of the stuff, just leave at normal I believe... When you pull up
the dvd to rip it after you have these settings, uncheck all boxes...then
only check one chapter and see if that's any better. I haven't had any
problems with quality though once in awhile the audio will be off a little.
I think it may be because I have so many movies on my computor...LOL...
I don't try to change the settings for anything else.
Method 2: ATI TV Wonder VE. This is a capture card you need to install. It will allow you to record TV shows right off your TV or you can hook up your VCR or DVD player right to your computer. Cost: About $50US
Method 3: DVD2SVCD Download the program bundle and driver from the dvd2svcd site. Install them. When dvd2svcd program asks which format you want to use, choose "dvd to svcd".
http://www.dvd2dvd.org/
Before you start, you'll also need to have one of these
video encoders installed:
TMPGEnc, Cinema Craft Encoder, Canopus ProCoder, QuEnc.
I use TMPGEnc:
http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/download/tp.html
This is not a free program but you can get a free 14-day trial. When the encoder, the dvd2svcd bundle and the driver are installed on
your computer, put the DVD into your drive and open up the dvd2svcd program. Click the Encoder tab at the
top of the window and put a check by the encoder that you have. In the line
for the encoder you have, go to the right side of that line and you'll see an icon for an open
file folder. Here click the folder icon, browse to your Program files, and select the
location you have TMPGEnc at. (should be in your program files. For TMPGEnc, it would be in the folder Pegasys). You will leave all the other settings the default ones for now. You can
always change those later, after you are familiar with the program.
Next click the Conversion tab. Then click the icon that looks like a silver cd.
The program will then scan your dvd. This will only take a few seconds. Then the
litte box next to the silver cd icon will become more visible. A green check mark
with the word, "Go!" next to it will be showing. Click the little down arrow that
shows after the word, "Go!" and choose, "Rip and Convert."
The process will begin and will take many hours. During this time, you can see
the progress by choosing the Log tab at the top of your dvd2svcd window. The program
will tell you when it's finished. You can then find your finished files in your dvd2svcd
program files in the folder, "Movie." (you can change the location where you store the ripped files
later). After the rip, you'll want to move the finished files out of that folder right away into the location you
store your ripped movies.
Because when you next run the program, it will store the next dvd rip in the same spot and erase
your previous rip. I usually just move the mpeg files and leave the other files, since it's the MPEG2 files you'll
be importing into your video editing program.
Method 4: Dr. DIVX method Download and install these programs:
CladDVD: http://www.clonead.co.uk/ (this is a free program)
Dr. Divx: http://www.divx.com/divx/drdivx/ (this program costs $30). You can try the free
trial if you'd like to see how it looks first. Install both programs. Put your dvd movie into your dvd drive.
Open CladDVD. The program will automatically scan your dvd but if you don't hear it doing that (your computer should make a slight hum while it's doing that),
click the button Scan DVD in the right-hand column of the window.
In the left-hand column, you'll see two tabs:
PGC Mode and DVD Mode. It doesn't really matter which you choose.
If you choose PGC Mode it will make one VOB file and if you choose DVD Mode, it will make multiple VOB files.
The PGC Mode should already by highlighting a line that will have the
majority of the movie on it and say, "19 chapters" or something similar. In the DVD Mode tab, there are two choices, Main Movie or Full DVD. You'll
want it to say, Main Movie unless you want all the menus. In the right-hand column of the CladDVD window, choose the button Options.
Go down to the bottom and under Destination Folder, click the dancing floppy disc picture,
browse and point it to
where you want the ripped files to be stored.
Then go the right-hand column of the CladDVD window and choose the button Return.
Next click the button Start Rip.
It will begin ripping and show you a progress bar. When the program finishes, it will close
the progress bar window and you'll see the program beginning screen again. Next, open up Dr. Divx.
Click the button Video File. You'll then point the program to where you have the VOB file/s stored that you made with CladDVD.
If there are more than 1 VOB files, choose the first one. Dr. DIVX will automatically group the rest that go with it.
Click OK and then Dr. DIVX will begin analyzing the video.
When that's finished, you'll get a screen of audio choices. If you don't need the audio, choose No Audio. Then
click Next at the bottom of the screen. The next choices are for picture quality. Unless you have space considerations
on your computer, you'll want to choose the first choice, High Definition Video. Click the box for that in the left-hand column
and ignore the right-hand column. (those choices are for after you are more familiar with the program).
At the bottom of the screen, click Next. Leave everything on this screen as it is and go to the bottom of the page and click Encode.
The program will process the video twice and will show you a progress bar while it's encoding.
When it's finished the program will tell you it's done.
The finished media will be in DIVX format. As far as I know, most video editing programs import DIVX fine but if you have a
program that won't import it, you'll have to try another ripping method. I know that Premiere won't import XVID but will import
DIVX.
Method 5: Virtual Dub-MPEG-2 Method. Download and install these programs:
CladDVD: http://www.clonead.co.uk/
Virtual Dub-MPEG-2 and AC-3 ACM Decompressor: http://fcchandler.home.comcast.net/
All the programs are free. Install the three programs. Put your dvd movie into your dvd drive.
Open CladDVD. The program will automatically scan your dvd but if you don't hear it doing that,
click the button Scan DVD in the right-hand column of the window. In the left-hand column, you'll see two tabs:
PGC Mode and DVD Mode. It doesn't really matter which you choose. If you choose PGC Mode it will make one VOB file and if you choose DVD Mode, it will make multiple VOB files.
The PGC Mode should already be highlighteing a line that will have the
majority of the movie on it and say, "19 chapters" or something similar. In the DVD Mode tab, there are two choices, Main Movie or Full DVD. You'll
want it to say, Main Movie unless you want all the menus. In the right-hand column of the CladDVD window, choose the button Options.
Go down to the bottom and under Destination Folder, click the dancing floppy disc picture,
browse and point it to
where you want the ripped files to be stored.
Then go the right-hand column of the CladDVD window and choose the button Return.
Next click the button Start Rip.
It will begin ripping and show you a progress bar. When the program finishes, it will close
the progress bar window and you'll see the program beginning screen again. Next, open up Virtual Dub.
Click File then Open Video File. Open your first VOB file that you made with CladDVD. (you may have just one or several VOB files, depending on the choices you made in CladDVD).
The program will then ask you which Audio Stream you want to use. It doesn't matter which one you choose; I just choose the first one. After you import the file into Virtual Dub, if the aspect ratio looks off ("picture looks distorted" ) choose Video from the top menu, then Filters, then Add. You'll see a list of filters come up, choose Resize and hit Ok. They you can try some different settings, such as 960 x 480 and click Show Preview to see what it looks like. Once it looks correct, hit Ok and continue with the encoding.
Virtual Dub will then begin analyzing the video; this will take up to 5 min.
When that's done go to the top menu on your Virtual Dub window and choose Video. Make sure the choice for
Full Processing Mode is checked then go up to the choice called Compression and click that. A new window will
open up. Here you have lots of choices for compressor. Experiment a bit and see which you like best. It doesn't really matter which
you choose the first time. Do not choose Uncompressed because the video will be much too large for your computer.
After you've chosen a compressor, click OK.
In the Virutal Dub menu, choose Audio. If you don't care about having sound in your footage, click No Audio. I usually do
this. However, if you want audio, leave everything the default setting for now. Next, in the Virutal Dub menu, choose File, then Save as AVI. Choose a name and tell the program where to store the finished
video and it will start processing the video. There is a progress bar in the Virtual Dub window that will tell you how far along it is.
When that finishes, open the next VOB file in your folder and follow the same steps for each VOB file. When that's done, you will have video you can import into your video editing program.
Method 6: SmartRipper Download: http://www.doom9.org/
Nearly fool-proof in use. First, make sure your DVD is playing in your computer DVD player. Then, either use the Movie Rip-Method and select which chapters you want to rip (it's automatically set to rip the entire thing), or the Files Rip-Method and choose the specific files you want. Adjust the Settings as you like, choose the Target save folder, and Start.
FlaskMPEG Download: http://www.flaskmpeg.net/
For converting .VOB files into .AVI. Open your file or DVD file. Under Options, use the Global Project Options to crop, adjust size, audio options, file name, etc. Use Output Format Options to choose your video and audio codecs and do any watermarking. Then choose Start Conversion from the Run menu.
LINKS TO OTHER METHODS: Here are some links to websites that explain other methods of ripping DVD's.
DVD Ripping Guides
Doom9.net
ImToo DVD Ripper
DVD Ripper
Video Help.com
Amigo DVD Ripper
Super DVD Ripper
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