DVD Ripper

Daveco2 wrote on 10/16/2008, 5:35 AM

I'd like to put some clips in a home movie, but my standard AoA DVD ripper makes avi files that won't import into Pro 8b (or some copyright thingy isn't allowing it). Does anyone know of a ripper that is compatible with Vegas? This is for personal family use only.

Thanks,

Dave

Comments

Ethan Winer wrote on 10/16/2008, 12:44 PM

This came up recently and someone suggested E.M DVD Copy. I downloaded it and it did a great job. Look here:

http://www.effectmatrix.com/

The free version puts a tiny "watermark" on the screen, but it's not expensive to buy the full version.

--Ethan

Seth wrote on 10/16/2008, 5:01 PM

DVD Fab Decrypter is a good ripper, but not a complete solution. You would need AutoGK or something else to transcode (or you could just edit the .vob files right on the Vegas Pro 8 timeline)

Handbrake just released a windows port of their all-in-one ripper/transcoder. So that's a nice option too.

Mustafa wrote on 10/16/2008, 7:54 PM

Of course, if you're talking about encrypted DVDs then that's a DMCA issue. Rumor has it a free program called DVD43 circumvents this. Once you've done that (i.e. broken international copyright law) you could try using TMPGEncode, which will convert your VOB files into AVIs or whatever else you could need. TMPG costs about $100 but it's a really nice program.

brianw wrote on 10/17/2008, 1:06 AM

I have recently used 'Cucusoft' video converter to copy difficult files from DVDs.
Assume it would rip files from encoded media.
Brian

AtomicGreymon wrote on 10/17/2008, 1:26 AM

DVDShrink will rip a disc (or just parts of it) to your hard drive; with or without transcoding (mainly for compressing a double-layer disc to fit on a single-layer blank). Or if you have the Nero Suite, Recode is basically DVDShrink with a new name, sans the ability to bypass CSS encryption. I guess it's necessary to note that, while DVDShrink can be used on homemade discs and non-protected content, copying protected discs with it (even if you own the original and just want a backup, as any sane person would) violates the draconian DMCA, if you live in the U.S.