2-Step DVD-to-PC or iPod Video Conversion using Free Software

Just started using dvd fab to back up my dvd’s. DVD Shrink is a pretty ace app too if you want to make a .iso and then burn to make a copy DVD.

Thank you so much for this! I’ve tried this before, but the second bit would never work. Handbrake is wonderful.

Ok, so this may seem like a dumb question, but I just need to confirm.
Can you delete the files made from DVDFab once you have the mp4 file?
Thank you.

thanks guys! ur website rocks! so simple and user friendly its amazing, I dont think I have ever been on a site as clear and as useful as this! I have been stuggling with putting DVD’s on my ipod for a while and your article really cleared things up!
keep up the good work

Thanks for this article. I have been using some other out dated utilities and these seem to work better.

very nice tutorial!
but i always use wondershare dvd ripper to help me do that. it works perfectly for me.
though not free, it is well worth the money.
share it with you here http://www.dvd-ripper-copy.com/dvd-ripper-platinum.html

I use ConvertHQ , it’s not free but it is simple and easy to use.

I was wondering about quality of final product. I have found that when I use any kind of DVD Decrypter, the quality of picture goes down. Does this conversion maintain equivalent copy of original DVD ?

Thanks

I use aimersoft dvd ripper, it can easily convert protected dvd to any popular video fromat with high quality, and the rich movie edit functions is also very useful, you can check it out here for free:
http://www.aimersoft.com/dvd-ripper.html

I also use DVDFab to decrypt the DVD but I prefer DVDx ( http://www.labdv.com/dvdx ) to handbreak.

I`s very good.
Thanks a lot

The quality with ANY one or two click encoder is going to be shit. If you enjoy your movies looking like crap, go ahead and do this. Or, learn about what encoding is and how it works. No one click encoder comes up with anything like a “good” final product.

Handbrake can be an incredibly powerful and degrading it by not understanding it is just… shameful.

ALSO, h.264 is an MPEG STANDARD. NOT A CODEC.

The codec is x264.

How can you attempt to retain credibility when you clearly have no idea what you’re doing or talking about?

for linux use dvdrip with transcode. it does everything you need.

Hey Oorza,
How about you write us a ‘better’ tutorial.

Great work Dave. Thanks!

nice article Dave. . you simply stated a FREE solution and have “the experts” needing to put in their two cents.. by me even saying anything guess that puts me into this category but I am no expert…. I just wanted to say great article for the general masses. oorza-We cannot all be experts on video encoding since most people have lives to attend to and can be experts in other areas. You need to be more positive in your comments because your method of educating the ignorant masses (me) sucks. Dave took time to put together a decently written article which gives a good simple method of getting one’s dvds into their media collection on their hard drives. Cheers Dave

Why step 1? Why waste time copying gigs of DVD to the hard disk? Use DVD43 instead - it’s a 500k tool that decrypts the DVD in two seconds, allowing you to then use Handbrake to rip it.

i use the mediacoder ipod edition, its free and can convert just about any video/audio format within the need to install any codecs.

Do you need a Blu-ray Drive player to rip movies onto your PC? Or does a normal DVD-RW drive do?

I use Super C for format conversions. It’s will convert anything to anything. It’s a free tool, but I’m not sure is there is any spyware attached. I have not checked. (but i’m sure there isn’t)

I’m always looking for alternatived, So I will try the above 2 step tutorial.

cheers M8

I use the videora Xbox 360 converter instead of Handbrake. It uses ffmpeg in the background for it’s conversions, so it’s basically just a front end, with really easy to use and configurable settings. It also handles basically any video file that handbrake covers, and more.

Just a note, in your DrDivX example, if you select all the vobs that are part of the main feature, this will work on most movies but will bomb on multi-angle movies. You need to either (1) rip the main program stream separately, or (2) process it with an app that parses the IFO file (such as handbrake).

You can stop being a money racket and download VLC player. It has a stream and save options that rips and converts the video in one step. Plus there is a lot of customization that you can do.

Go here to watch a tutorial on how to do it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdQKtxto7C4

Nice guide, it works nice for me. But I’d prefer using aimersoft dvd to ipod converter to rip DVD for my iPod, my friends recommend it to me, it’s not free, but it works nice for me. It also embeds an ipod manager that can help you copy music and video from iPod back to computer, that’s cool, here is a step by step guide about it that I found on its official website:
http://www.aimersoft.com/tutorial/dvd-to-ipod-converter.html

Hello,
Is there any software to convert DVD’s to iPod. If the dvd is a ripped un-protected movie?
Handbreak says you need a copy protected source

great!
My OS is based on Mac, and I use Wondershare DVD Ripper for Mac to help me rip various DVD movies for storage on my Mac hard disk and playback on my iPod nano. I was recommended to it not long ago. it works great. here i’d like to share it with you http://www.dvd-ripper-copy.com/dvd-ripper-mac.html

Thanks a lot for the usefull info. This information saves time and money :).

Tim
http://gtd-tools.com

pretty neat. but why the hassel. i got my progrom from http://www.ipod-addicts.com in the downloads section. works like a charm without the extra foot work your guide has. but no-the-less, nice writeup.

My preference for Linux DVD ripping is DVDFabHD Decrypter in WINE. Dump the disc to hard drive then DVD Shrink to well…shrink OR (since Handbrake is command line only on Linux) try WinFF http://biggmatt.com/winff/ based on the fabulous ffmpeg and reencode to whatever you like. BTW - DVDrip (mentioned above) does NOT decode ARcoSS protected discs.

how would one go about putting the files created by dvdfab hd decrypter (the contents of the video_ts folder) directly onto a dvd for playing in any standard player?

I like it .
it’s free.
but it seems can’t work well with vista
another dvd ripper mobile phone
http://www.daniusoft.com/free-download.html
I use for my nokia

I like the freeware and I found free dvd ripper for mobile Phones from Daniusoft.com

cucsoft dvd to ipod converter software is pretty automated and does it all for you. just pop in the dvd and let it rip and then take the mp4 file and put it in itunes and then onto your ipod. that easy. got my copy from here on the free download link. http://www.ipod-addicts.com/cucusoft-dvd-to-ipod-converter-download.html

love it

I got as far as the Handbrake bit with this.

I browsed to the folder where the de-crypted dvd was, and tried one of the presets - all I got was a lot of options colouring themselves red. “This doesn’t look good,” I thought.

I then tried settings manually and Handbrake takes about 1 second to state “encoding finished”, but of course there’s nothing in the converted folder.

Any thoughts, anyone. (I wanted this to work for a Creative Zen). TIA.

I found this amazing website it is a WEB 2.0 that supports all media files conversion it is called http://youconvertit.com, they can do the following:
1- Convert document, images, audio, video and Archived files.
2- Convert any Youtube and other Online Video to popular formats or download the video
3- Send file(s) up to 300 MB to friends or post it on any forum for 7 days
4- Convert any type of units (Acceleration, Area, Torque and others)

what makes them amazing is you can add up to 5 different file formats, i used them to convert a document and couple of audio files.

Try them and give me your feedback http://www.youconvertit.com

Thanks, Dave nice tutorial! I got a question though since I’m not that techie as the rest of the guys. I have some video tutorials, and they are in mpg format. I want to transfer them in my video ipod. I tried handbrake, with these settings : source-my video.mpg; destination is on my desktop (would transfer later to ipod); then hit Encode. I saw the “encoding pop up” but after that nothing happened. I don’t see the file in my desktop after encoding. Please help. Thanks!

very helpful tutorial!
and if you happen to be a Mac user, you can find lots of excellent dvd conversion programs here http://www.mac-dvd-ripper.com

Thanks for your detailed description , which will hlep me be very busy !!

I want to convert files downloaded using torrents (.avi files) to my iPod Touch. I tried the above program but it only lets you convert DVD’s not regular .avi files. Any ideas on what other programs to use or how to use this one for .avi files.

I successfully converted a song to my ipod ,but I don’t know how to share it

with friends. Can some one help me? Thanks a lot !: :confused:

It’s very useful tutorial. but i like e-z converter better

http://www.e-zsoft.com
http://www.e-zsoft.com/DVD-to-iPod-Converter.html

you can try it

Yes,It is great.but i like Cucusoft Ultimate Converter Suite better.

Cucusoft Ultimate Converter Suite converts all the media file to play on almost any portable device including iPod, iPod touch, iPod video nano, iPhone, Zune, PSP, video capable MP3 players, video capable mobile phones, and Pocket P.C., etc. Meanwhile, it can also support output almost any audio/video format including Video format(H264, MP4, WMV, AVI, MOV, RM, 3GP, flv, SWF, mpeg-1, mpeg-2, VCD, SVCD, DVD, etc.) and Audio format(AC3, AAC, MP2, MP3, MP4, RA, WMA, etc.).

http://totosoft.net/site/ipod-software/cucusoft-ultimate-dvd-video-converter-suite/prod_3.html

I am using it. It is cool.

Thanks heaps for the advice - clear and straight to the point.

Nice guide, I found a nice DVD to iPod guide for Mac user, it’s easy to understand, share it here
http://www.mac-dvd.com/mac-guide/how-to-rip-copyright-dvd-and-copy-dvd-on-mac.html

hey i thought you said dvdfab was free. how come i only got a thirty day free trial? nice work though cheers

The guide is very detailed and helpful. But I think it is a little complext for a novice to do the whole thing. I like Ideal DVD to iPod Converter, it combines decryption and converting. You may convert encrypted DVD to iPod format just by one click. If possible, maybe Dave can consider writting another guide about converting DVD to iPod in one step.

Very, very sweet. Thanks for the tip. I’ll be able to stream my DVDs to my iPhone using Orb.

whaT Do you do after encode video, i can’t find the file after hand brake says it is done encoding

Here is a tutorial about how to save youtube to iPhone.
http://www.daniusoft.com/tutorial/youtube-to-iphone.html

Nice tutorial for Freeware.

For video conversion, I find yet another Freeware from http://www.any-video-converter.com . The Free version of Any Video Converter is the best in terms of the video formats, conversion speed and neat interface.

I use Any Video Converter Freeware:
http://www.any-video-converter.com

Ripping was a breeze. I chose “Full Disk” and the folder is 6.69GB, with 105 files, however when I followed the directions for Handbrake, the file it converted was only the first preview on the disk. Hmm. It seems like the files are there…but why doesn’t it recognize and encode them in HB?

Hello. I know this is a dumb question to you folks but… . I am kinda knowledgeable about PCs but no expert by any means. I have a 9-10 minute DVD I would like to copy to another and/or put on my computer (no copyright protection either so this is legal). From what I am reading, if I install this program, I can do that—is that right? Thank you for any assistance, wk.

Free download? Yes but then it states you must register at a 39 buck minimum–some free. Ha.

thanks ,the following show you the ripper for DVD.
http://www.mac-dvd-ripper.org

I used called DVD decrypter which is a free software, click my name and there is tutorial for that.

Hey, i was just wondering what format to select during the handbrake program because I was looking for HTPC but it was not there. And if i convert it to mp4(apple tv) will it work on any tv or even windows media player?

-Sorry if this is a dumb question but I would very much appreciate the help. Again your product is great, it’s just that I myself am not entirely sure how to use it. Thanks for making it available.

I heard that isquint is also a freeware could copy dvd to ipod,anybody know how to use it?

Hello,

I downloaded Handbrake at the following link

http://handbrake.fr/?article=download

and selecting the “GUI (Intel, DMG only)” option.

However, I’m not seeing it in my finder. I’ve a Mac btw.

Why is that?

Thanks.
Tom

i have an Omnia which has a divx player. how do i then put the song in my phone?

thank you

thank you

I prefer Aiseesoft DVD to iPod Suite

thank you

I prefer Aiseesoft DVD to iPod Suite which can help me copy dvd to my ipod, put my download youtube videos to my ipod, even backup my ipod video and music to my PC

My friends recommends me Tipard DVD to iPod Suite. It can easily convert any DVD and video to iPod MP4 video format and MP3, M4A, AAC audio format. It can also backup the files on iPod to computer. It also has strong editing functions. So with the only one converter, you can deal with all the problems with your iPod.
For more information, please come here:
http://www.tipard.com/ipod-converter-suite.html

Thanks for the excellent guide - really helpful for me. I just have one problem.

“I find that selecting AppleTV profile generally suits my needs - this saves the video in a high quality format which you can then convert later to lower quality ones if you need to.”

The bit above doesn’t seem to work. Handbrake converts the DVD file to Apple TV but does not convert files from Apple TV to lo-res options such as iPhone. I find I have to keep the original DVD file (which is very large) to convert to other formats. Obviously I would rather delete the main DVD file if possible.

Any help much appreciated.

nothing on this page has helped me. i cant get anything to go on my ipod and i think this is all bs.