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How to rip a DVD: A Tutorial — Elliott C. Back

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  • Txrat

    3 years ago

    Looks good.
    I personally use DVD Shrink to "backup" only the movie and 1st english audio track, and then use AutoGK.. it saves a bit of space on the HD during the process...
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  • Joe Philipson

    3 years ago

    Nice...Thank you!
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  • Brad

    3 years ago

    There should be something written about how it takes over two hours.
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  • guest

    3 years ago

    Near 3 hours on this 18:13 movie? That seems too much for me...
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  • Thumper

    3 years ago

    That looks complicated. How about a tutorial for OS X?
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  • Tim

    3 years ago

    I'm new to this, what codecs do I need and where do I find them?
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  • Hybrid Coolie2

    3 years ago

    hey this is a goos tutroial. how ever i want the avi file to have subtitles in it. could some one give me the details as to how this can be done please?
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  • rootless

    3 years ago

    I've also had problems getting subtitles. The subtitles option in AGK is always "No subtitles"... so it looks like the VOB files don't contain that info. I've tried enabling Stream Processing in the DVD Decryptor, and English subtitles are checked, but still no luck.

    Any suggestions?
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  • Mike

    3 years ago

    Thanks a lot for your 'how to rip a dvd' tutorial - after sifting through various guides and software, yours has been by far the simplest and most effective. Thanks!
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  • anonymous

    3 years ago

    I was having trouble getting subtitles, too, but I discovered the solution: you have to select the IFO file with the same name as the first VOB file instead of the VOB file as your input file, and then when you go to browse for an output file, it will suggest one for you. This will allow you to get your subitles.
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  • Maria

    8 months ago

    Hey thanks for the suggestion, I am having some problems though. When I did it only processed the sound, no film. Could you or anyone help me with this?
    Cheers, Maria
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  • Trav

    3 years ago

    I tried to use the this and couldn't access my dvd.
    Do I need a dvd drive in vy computer to do rip dvd's using this meathod.
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  • Uden

    5 months ago

    obviously, unless you are actually ripping it from an ISO, which the DVD Decrypter gives you the option to do so, you go to Mode then ISO and then choose Write, pretty much really easy
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  • David

    3 years ago

    Thanks mate.....

    Realy helped alot...

    Cheers to you!
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  • Steve

    3 years ago

    Trav, you need a dvd drive in your computer. one that either burns or plays DVDs.
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  • Kelvo

    3 years ago

    Cheers, works great.
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  • Bolle

    3 years ago

    Hello,

    Is it possible to DVD-rip my VHS-tapes with this method?
    Thanks
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  • Bob

    3 years ago

    ^^^no, not possible^^^

    when i have a 4gb file, it splits the .vob into four files, each about 1 gb...in this tutorial it only shows how to do it with one file under 1 gb so how do i go about converting the four 1gb files into one 700mb file?
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  • Test

    3 years ago

    It takes too long (~ 3 hrs) to rip a file! Is there a faster way??
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  • Max

    2 years ago

    well i guess i hav problem when i'm was going to encode the movie.. it said something about the interlace.log file ,damn
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  • Sammy

    2 years ago

    I was able to use the tutorial to create a .avi from a DVD. It worked great on the computer I used to create it, but when I put it on another computer, the latest version of Windows Media Player couldn't play it. I followed Microsoft Help's suggestion of changing my Internet Exploer security to "medium," which allows codecs to be downloaded to my computer. However, it still would not work when I tried to play it. Any suggestions on how to make this file work on other computers? Am I doing something wrong? Thanks for your help!
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  • stef757

    2 years ago

    what if i want to rip a dvd in which the movie comes in liek 5 seperate VOB files, how can i merge them together after i decrypt them???
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  • Tashap22

    2 years ago

    Why can't I forward or rewind?
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  • Elderbear

    2 years ago

    One can set the output size of a DivX file all the way down to about 175 MB for a "1 hour" TV episode. Tweaking the size a little bit will allow an entire season to be burned to a single data DVD that will play nicely on a Philips DVP 642. If you're not using a HDTV, the quality is lower than a 350 MB file, but still quite acceptable.
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  • Hot Sizzle

    2 years ago

    hey hmm this take a long time but it works i guess
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  • Anjan

    2 years ago

    Great guide!
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  • Reece

    2 years ago

    I want to copy the music off a dvd, but i dont want the picture, this way i can put live shows onto my mp3 player. Is this possible?
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  • Pro Ripper

    2 years ago

    take's hour's for me around 13 hrs.
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  • Badboy

    2 years ago

    HELP>>>

    I followed your intructions and I now have a Avi file and a MP3 file. why are they split? wot did I do wrong
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  • adfs

    2 years ago

    Go to Tools -> Settings then click on the IFO Mode tab. Under Files splitting, select "none."
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  • SUMMEROFSAM

    2 years ago

    Great tutorial just one question, when i import the finished avi to windows media maker and then play the avi. The avi is choppy and the length of the avi is shorten, How do i adjust this?
    thanx
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  • Alex

    2 years ago

    Whenever I rip a DVD I don't get the audio, just the video. What am I doing wrong?
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  • 1001100x02

    2 years ago

    Does take a while, but works as promised..Thanks Elliott!
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  • MArish

    2 years ago

    Great Site! I was looking for this since, since, I don’t know when….
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  • world pay

    2 years ago

    Absolutely great! Worked like a charm.
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  • Emma

    2 years ago

    Nobody seems to have answered the question that has been asked across the board. Why does it take so long?
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  • Jason Hofmann

    2 years ago

    The reason it takes so long is because most people don't want to take up 4 gigabytes to 8 gigabytes of disk space per disk. If you are OK with that, you can stop after "Step 1: RIP" and play the VOB files with VLC media player (www videolan org). Or better yet, follow "Step 1" but rip to a single ISO file (instead of IFO mode) and use a progam called DAEMON Tools (www daemon-tools cc) to mount (load) the ISO file. It will show up as a virtual DVD drive and play just as if you inserted the original disk (with all the features, extras, language tracks, subtitles, etc.)!

    The point of the lengthy step (Step 2) is to take a movie that is already compressed by the studios to make it fit on a DVD (4GB to 8GB), and make it smaller (700MB per hour, usually) so it is easier to store and upload.

    So why is "Step 2" so time consuming? Because the entire movie needs to be uncompressed, frame-by-frame (there are 24 frames per SECOND) and the recompressed using a more aggressive method (i.e. CODEC - CODer/DECoder) such as DiVX or XViD. The studios compress using MPEG2 which takes up much more space. This requires a tremendous amount of math to do. And your CPU is doing all this math. This is why people who do video editing professionally have some of the most expensive computers - they NEED the speed.

    Hope this helps.

    Cheers,

    Jason Hofmann
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  • theNanek

    2 years ago

    You haven't explained the scenario when you have a DVD that comes in two cd's (CD1, CD2)

    That's the tip I need
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  • Mosey

    2 years ago

    Thanks for the explanation, Jason Hofmann :)
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  • Elliott Back

    2 years ago

    If you have two DVDs, uh, repeat this process for each DVD--it's quite simple.
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  • me

    2 years ago

    is there any other way to rip dvds without having to download anything?
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  • Nichole

    2 years ago

    I cant get sound.... any ideas?
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  • maridhia

    2 years ago

    This is great!
    Although it takes hours and hours and that I the first time didn't get the subtitle (which was kind of important that time while the film is in chinese), I love it! I've been wondering about how one can rip DVD's, and now I am just so grateful. Thank you! :)
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  • RAJ

    2 years ago

    ITS GR8 GUIDE AND EASY STEPS
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  • RAJ

    2 years ago

    HELLO COULD U EXPLAIN ME MORE ABOUT AUDIO FILES PLS
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  • Hitention

    2 years ago

    Thanks Elliott, this tutorial rocks! Simple and works.
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  • Matt

    2 years ago

    You should probably write somewhere in there that it takes a really long time - something like 2 hours...without any notification of your progress. I'm doing this right now and I had originally thought it would be nice and quick.

    It's all fine until you get to the first and second passes. Fortunately my first has just finished in under 10 minutes for an episode of Family Guy.
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  • bragg331@wmconnect.com

    2 years ago

    How can you convert a CD to PM3 so you can send it to someone?
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  • jacob

    2 years ago

    the VOB files don't appear for me. Just IFO files. Am I doing something wrong?
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  • Lisa

    2 years ago

    I want to take a movie and burn it back onto a blank DVD, leaving out some scary parts that I don't want my daughter to see. Is this possible? What kind of file does it need to be to go back onto a disk? Am I better off using the VCR and a video tape for this project? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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  • G

    2 years ago

    Speed-up AutoGK (from http://www.doom9.org/virtualdub_procedures.htm)

    VirtualDub is used by the AutoGK graphical interface during the conversion to avi file type.

    Doom9 says: "Attention: Make sure that you've set both Video and Audio to Direct stream copy. Generally when you start VirtualDub Audio is already set to Direct stream copy but Video is not. If you don't change this it takes hours and it'll decompress and recompress the whole movie - not a smart thing to do." Also see comment by Jason Hofmann above about recompression using a more aggressive codec

    To make the change, start VirtualDub, and on the toolbar, open Video and if it is in "Full processing mode", select "Direct stream". It seems to reset to "Full" mode the next time it is opened, so open it and check, change it if necessary, and don't close it before using AutoGK.
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  • ellechic

    2 years ago

    TOPIC: Subtitles

    I am successful at ripping the movie from DVD (w/ subtitles) but the ripped version does not have subtitles. How do I go about doing that? I thought it was part of "Step 2: Slect audio track and subtitle track" but there were no options to choose from under "subtitle track". So I tried under "Advanced Settings" selecting "Display only forced subtitles" and "Use external subtitles" under "Subtitle options" but still no luck. Any advise/tips?

    Thanks!
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  • ohman999

    2 years ago

    I have a 7 GB movie and it rips it into 7 one gig .VOB files. How do i put them together?
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  • linwen

    2 years ago

    thanks, this tuto is really useful.
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  • gurt

    2 years ago

    works great, now i can back up all my dvd's for my PSP thanks
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  • Amy

    2 years ago

    When running Gordian knot, there's a step where you open the processed VOB files and you can set an inpoint and outpoint and safe it as a project file. This is the last step before running it and converting it to avi. in the step you can open all the VOBs at once and save them as a project file. Then, when you convert, you'll have all 7 1G files in one big file.
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  • Michael

    2 years ago

    can anyone make a streaming video file to dvd format?
    I was trying to download a movie file on http://www.alu.edu
    But I couldn't please give any advice.
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  • bleach1st

    2 years ago

    thx so much for this... i sort of knew how to rip a DVD but this makes it so idiot-proof aka me so THX SO MUCH :D :D :D :D
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  • mainsuper

    2 years ago

    I have been trying to burn from my hard drive to my dvd and can't figure it out. I have downloaded converters and nothing is working can somebody help me
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  • Scott

    2 years ago

    I was wondering is there anyway to not have it split after 1 gb.
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  • Mr Ripper

    2 years ago

    You could try http://www.dvdripnburn.com/ , this is FREE and does it in about 20-40 minutes. Ish!
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  • Richard

    2 years ago

    Well numnuts. You need a codec first.. It's as simple as that. You can NOT play movies wich is compressed to the .avi format. Try K-Lite mega codec pack.. It should help it out, :D
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  • informed1

    2 years ago

    As this says about ripping DVD's.
    Completely incorrect.

    I set it all up to rip and dvd and be done by the time I got done with an 8hr shift.

    Bullshit. 2hrs to encode my ass. It was STILL going on my machine after 8hrs. Dual Core P4 3.2Ghz w/1gb PC3200 DDR. Not a slow machine.

    BAD SOFTWARE

    PS - it broke the DVD down into Chapter VOB's, re-encoded the audio, and then I cancled the shit before wasting too much time on it and massive file fragmentation all over my harddrive.

    What a load of shit.
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  • Tim

    2 years ago

    Great program!
    The only question I have is: why are my files split into "cells"? There is a cell 1 and cell 2, but when I check both and run the decrypter, it anyway just derypts the first.
    That makes the ripped file "incomplete", with the end of the file missing by approx 1 minute.
    What should I do?
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  • Tom

    2 years ago

    Hi, have problem with the sound, it comes 2 sek. after in the ready AVI film. What can be the problem?
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  • james

    2 years ago

    hey i got it to work but the volume dident work is this a common error?
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  • Patch

    2 years ago

    Hi i have a couple questions if anyone could help. I need to rip a burnt dvd onto my comp and then i need to edit these clips in sony vegas 7.0, now i believe i ripped the dvd succesfully using dvd decryptor and aalso dvd shrink because i wasnt sure which to do. Its a VOB file and when i converted it tp AVI using autogk Vegas still wont play it. Does anyone know how i can rectify this? Thanks for any help in advance.
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  • stefan

    2 years ago

    I can't get sound. Do I use the IFO file as the input file?
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  • hicks

    2 years ago

    re Including SUBTITLES using DVD Decrypter:

    I would like to backup some of my US versions of foreign movies, i.e., I would like the backup version to play with english subtitles.

    I have looked all over and cannot find a solution to this issue. Anyone have ideas?

    I tried fiddling with the various choices under stream processing but none worked.

    Thanks in advance
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  • samuel Gartner

    2 years ago

    hi i have a question i hope someone can help i want to burn certain chapters on a dvd to my hard drive and then wanna burn them to a dvd can someone tell me how to do this and let me know what programs i should use it would be of great assistance
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  • Carl

    2 years ago

    Hi. Thanks for the awesome info, although it does seem a bit slow LOL

    Anyway, I'm ripping episodes off a dvd to make a backup. Is there any way to burn the blank dvd using the vob files without converting to avi?

    Seems that would save a LOT of time.

    Thanks
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  • errer

    2 years ago

    NO AUDIO?! I am having the same problem as a lot of people on here. Movie works and plays fine but with no sound! Can someone let us all know what we are doing wrong. Again, movie works fine but with no sound. Thnx
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  • Andrea

    2 years ago

    Ok, so this worked great for me the first time through but when I went to go and rip another episode from another DVD (from the same TV set, no less) I keep repeatedly getting an error that says "EXCEPTION: Range check error" and it halts the entire process and I don't get the episode at all. This occurs in the encoding step using the AutoGK immediately after the log window says "Running compressibility test." Why is this happening and what do I need to do to fix this?
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  • Steve-o

    2 years ago

    Hey, is there a way to get arround the copy protection on some discs, because i'm having a hard time copying one of my favorite movies. the info provided is good and it worked for the nonwrite protected movies. thanks
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  • Steve-o

    2 years ago

    Oh, and now i have another problem, Auto GK wont open. whenever i click the icon it just doesnt do anything.
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  • Toto

    2 years ago

    I'm not incredibly adept at computers, and I'm a little confused as to why this isn't working for me. I've installed DVD Decrypter and injected a DVD, but nothing changes on the the program's screen, as though it's not acknowledging that there's anything in the tray. I've tried more than one DVD, so I don't believe that it's a matter of a corrupt DVD. Any help would be much appreciated!
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  • Stephen

    2 years ago

    G said:
    To make the change, start VirtualDub, and on the toolbar, open Video and if it is in "Full processing mode", select "Direct stream".

    When VirtualDub started, I saw no "Video" setting to open. The only toolbar is at the bottom...just unlabeled symbols...
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  • Van

    2 years ago

    I´ve been after info such as this. Tks
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  • Thrall

    2 years ago

    AWESOME thanks for the help!!
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  • Ziva

    2 years ago

    Thank you so much for this wonderful guide. It's a great help. I have one question: How can rip the DVD extras? Is it possible at all?

    Thank you very much
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  • Chris

    2 years ago

    You need to Download AC3 Filter to get audio For WMP, Because when You set up your Autogt their is a place where you check what audio you want to use, and chances are it was AC3. I hope this was a help!
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  • Chris Sorum

    2 years ago

    Help! I'm using Auto Guardian Knot, but in the end I get an error message from the virtualdubmod saying something like "can't open file because it's already in use". But the log file says file finished, and looks just like the one in the example used! And the avi file on my desktop only gets an error msg. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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  • Chris Sorum

    2 years ago

    EDIT: here is the error msg I get from virtualDub: "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process". Please help!
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  • Ricky Wylde

    2 years ago

    Is there a way to make XVid encode only once (single pass)? I think maybe the second pass it's not necessary and a waste of time also.
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  • Nadine

    2 years ago

    This is excellent! I had trouble the first time doing this, but it was my own fault (I chose the wrong audio channel and made it do the commentary only... lol.), but it is PERFECT otherwise! Thank you, I'd be lost without this!
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  • LArr

    2 years ago

    I am also getting the "file in use by another process" error just as the 2nd pass starts. Tried different directories, rebooting, etc.. no luck! Any sugggestions? Need this quick!
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  • IFo

    2 years ago

    Thank you very much!!!! That is a great tutorial - very usefull and very easy!!!
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  • Insoc

    2 years ago

    Thank you very much for the effort put in this site to help us all. The explanation was quite clear and the links to the file downloading were accurate and problem free!
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  • Tim

    2 years ago

    I have copied over 50 DVDs using DVDDecrypter and Nero 6se that came with my Sony DVD Burner . These two programs makes an exact copy with extras and 2 channel or/and 5.1 sound. Some DVDs have to be really compressed (double layer) to fit on a single layer DVD so you might have to remove 5.1 stereo or extras to fit. Yes the whole process takes around 2 hours to do but its well worth it.
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  • drklnk22

    2 years ago

    for anyone that wants the subtitles, DONT convert the .vob files conver the .ifo file and it will automatically convert the other files; this is probably the answer for those of you who have the files storing as 1gig separate files. convert the IFO and ur problems will be solved!!!
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  • Whitney

    2 years ago

    wow, just wasted 2 hrs and it doesnt even work -.-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • GnuGeek

    2 years ago

    Regarding those who dont want 4-7 vob files to be decrypted,

    Start DVD Decrypter -> Tools -> Settings -> File Mode (Tab)

    There under options under file splitting (selelect None) From drop down menu

    and u will hav 1 extensive vob file while decrypting
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  • Matt

    2 years ago

    I'll try this. I tried using DVDX because I wanted to make some tribute videos, but the program keeps shutting down on me.

    Thanks for the info.
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  • Mark D

    2 years ago

    I get this error message, too. Can't figure out what else could be running it.

    EDIT: here is the error msg I get from virtualDub: “The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process”. Please help!
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  • Nick M

    2 years ago

    Hey, this works great. I've copied several DVD's with this tutorial, and as for the SUBTITLES: all you need to do is convert the IFO file instead of the .VOB (in AutoGK) and you'll have an option of subtitles. Good luck!

    BTW it does take a while, but not too bad on my high-end comptuer.
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  • Anthony

    2 years ago

    Wowwww!! this is the best tutorial i've ever seen..So Easy To Understand Thank You Very Much..I'm Ready To Rip Movies And Music Videos.
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  • Aaron

    2 years ago

    hey people you know if i use that dvd decryptor to rip a movie how can i veiw it on media player and so i can upload on my profile etc?
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  • jess

    2 years ago

    i have some home-videos that have been put onto dvd. i want to edit them on my computer, but i'm not sure how to get the videos onto my computer first. how do i get them from the dvd onto my computer, if they're just home-videos, not anything copyrighted that has to be encrypted and all that?
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  • nova

    2 years ago

    okie dokie...i'm doing it now. but i have a question, if the DVD comes in two languages...how do i choose which language i want?
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  • nova

    2 years ago

    oh....WOW...WOWOWOWOWOW!

    i've got the hang of this...and it wasn't hard at all! sure it was confusing at first...but i figured it out and it's mostly because of you. THANKS SO MUCH

    this certainly opens up a lot of possibilities... :D
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  • Niki

    2 years ago

    Does anyone know how I can put the ripped dvd into an mp4? I'm making a project with Sony Vegas 4 and only seems to read off of mp4.
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  • viru

    2 years ago

    how is the quality?
    superb or allrite?
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  • poops

    2 years ago

    i want to poo a little
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  • Pooooooooo

    2 years ago

    when i use the decrypter the first part of the dvd doesnt have sound why????its a pokemon one
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  • jonathan

    2 years ago

    can anyone help me i have a dvd movie bump in the night night of the living bread and i was wondering if it has 8 eps and ther short eps like 10 min long i want to put it on youtube web site and like 2 of the ep are are bones and others on this website are saying they get no sound and and the bones eps dont work and i youtube videos need to be 100 mb so if anyone can help me plaes let me no thanks jonathan
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  • jonathan

    2 years ago

    can anyone help me i have a dvd movie bump in the night night of the living bread and i was wondering if it has 8 eps and ther short eps like 10 min long i want to put it on youtube web site it onley will hold like a 100 mb
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  • Steve-C

    2 years ago

    Thankyou! Very easy to follow. Takes around 2 hours on my Laptop with 1.86GHz Pentium M processor and 1GB of RAM. Results are great! Don't know if there are quicker or easier options out there but this is spot on for a first timer!
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  • emooreathome

    2 years ago

    It took 13 hours to do a full-length feature movie. And when I play it using Windows Media Player the sound is about 2 seconds delayed from the picture.
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  • Dane

    2 years ago

    Hey great tutorial, I dunno if anyone else had this problem but I've decrypted my DVD then then converted to Xvid which worked fine..But when I play the video, there is a 7 second sound delay .. Anyone else have this problem? any help? thanx
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  • Murfinator

    2 years ago

    Hay Cheers bro
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  • raro11

    2 years ago

    Instead of the .Vob file as input
    use the .ifo

    => only with movies
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  • Billy Bob

    2 years ago

    For some reason i'm not getting any .vob files when it's done. It only comes out with VTS_01_0.ifo and VTS_01_1, VTS_01_2, VTS_01_3, etc. until 5. I noticed that 5 is the largest file and the rest are 99mb files. But 5 starts at like the middle of the movie. Any help?
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  • Danni UK

    2 years ago

    You need to pick VTS_01_1 Bob.
    Because if you check the file type by right clicking it and then left clicking properties you'll see its a .vob file. And it says you have to pick the first one, ok?
    And don't you hate it when they ask you for your e-mail addy, like you don't know what their going to do with it, I mean, please!
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  • Ren

    2 years ago

    LoL mine too like 30 mins or so O.0
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  • Trav

    2 years ago

    Okay I did all the steps and it worked great (did take two hours but jason cleared that up) except for one little thing. The entire movie is in shades of pink. Did I choose the wrong part of the globe on the DVD decryptor thing or is it a problem with the programs that happened when i downloaded? for info it was Final Fantasy the spirits within and I chose america/canada
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  • Evan

    2 years ago

    Bob this is what you need to do:


    GnuGeek said:

    on May 15th, 2007 at 4:34 am

    Regarding those who dont want 4-7 vob files to be decrypted,

    Start DVD Decrypter -> Tools -> Settings -> File Mode (Tab)

    There under options under file splitting (selelect None) From drop down menu

    and u will hav 1 extensive vob file while decrypting
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  • Tom

    2 years ago

    Im very pleased ^_^ only took 30 mins in total. Great ^_^
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  • Bios

    2 years ago

    Very good tutorial, thanks for sharing this as it worked flawlessly for me.
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  • Jr N.

    1 year ago

    Easy steps with visuals. A bit time consuming but eh, it is a complicated computer process, can't really complain too much there. Concerning the problem with the multiple .vob files. I did the file split: none thing and that didnt seem to help as i dvddecrypt-ed again. Still came up with 4 .vob files. in Autogk, select the .ifo file as the input file. I'm doing my Dvd rip as I type, no problems so far, it's nearly done after 25 minutes.
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  • Jr N.

    1 year ago

    Correction::: I misread something or maybe I checked the wrong thing.
    In dvddecrypt go to Tools => Settings => IFO Mode => File splitting : none.
    I had done file splitting: none in the FILE MODE tab and not under the IFO MODE tab. That way, your .vob files are not split into 1gb files but are all one.
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  • Jamie

    1 year ago

    excellent i had dvds that woulddn't read on my dvd player i used this and burnt it to a disc and now they do
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  • Alex

    1 year ago

    The tutorial is great, however, I'm having troubles with foreign films since English subtitles are removed in the final .avi. Any suggestions guys?

    I've tried using the .ifo as suggested in lieu of the first .vob file but the ifo file is 80kb and in the output entry in auto gk it doesn't provide me with an output when i select that .ifo file which is named VTS_01_0.ifo.

    any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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  • joe

    1 year ago

    The tutorial is good and it really makes this easy. But nobody has answered the question why is the sound delayed two seconds Help!!!!
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  • Jamie

    1 year ago

    Don't download or read this, it doesn't work
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  • Lee

    1 year ago

    The best tutorial i've come across, and the best bugfree (FREE SOFTWARE) too, Quality of the avi is great ! yeah it takes a while but all methods do........ Can you not leave your P.C running when you go to bed ? Cheers Elliot
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  • Lee

    1 year ago

    P.S It works for me and no sound delay, and i cant most of the time be assed to post in forums, so i must be impressed !
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  • Andrew

    1 year ago

    Thank you very much for this guide, it worked a treat and its something i've been looking for for a long time. Finally, an easy way to rip!!

    note to people, you need to be region free on your pc to use dvd decrypter.. follow the links to rpc1.org to get updated firmare and the 'dvdregionkiller' program !
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  • Tony

    1 year ago

    absolutely fantastic, you know that feeling of absolute satisfaction you get when something works so flawlessly? this gave me exactly that, the software is fantastic and thanks to this i do not have to take any of my dvds with me to university! thankyou so much! =D x
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  • stegg

    1 year ago

    Works like a dream! Many thanks.

    But as mentioned above, you must open virtual dub *before* you run autogk and change the video settings to "direct stream copy".

    find "VirtualDubMod.exe" in ProgramFiles/AutoGK/VDubMod

    After doing this I cut the run time from around 8 hours to under 5.
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  • Jon

    1 year ago

    I was able to rip a dvd and can currently watch it on my computer. But how can I burn that to a blank dvd r disc
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  • xlledx

    1 year ago

    Joe- If the sound is delayed by two seconds, just use Movie Maker to cut it off.
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  • silentman

    1 year ago

    Very good tutorial, indeed!
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  • stove

    1 year ago

    Bottom line is vidoe processing takes time. Thats the nature of the beast. My solution is to hav another machine or two that will do your dvd processing. Then keep on working on other stuff. Also, read the directions and you can't go wrong.

    Thanks Elliot for putting this together. Very good tutorial. Cheers!
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  • stove

    1 year ago

    Forgot to mention it took me 30 minutes to decode a full length DVD with a Athlon XP 2800 and 1.5 GB DDR 333.
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  • MI MI

    1 year ago

    I have to go to the bathroom
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  • Matt

    1 year ago

    Took an hour for a 3.5minute video on a 2.4GHz machine w/ 1GB DDR2, but I also made it smaller dimensionally so that probably added alot of cycle demand. Still, it worked like a charm, thanks for the tutorial.
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  • sean

    1 year ago

    does anyone know if i wanted to add subtitles, how do i do that? which file would i be selecting in order to accomplish this? i ask because sumtimes im burning foreign films that dont have an english audio, such as HERO, JET LI'S FEARLESS, CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON, etc. please email me if anyone knows how to solve this.

    atomik86@hotmail.com
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  • Andrew

    1 year ago

    Well i just ripped Stay Alive with DVD Decrypter and when i play it the menu for the DVD doesn't work how do i get it to work??? email me plz

    peggs.andrewm@glenville.edu
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  • UnknownUser

    1 year ago

    Say, I like the decoder, but that other crap takes an eternity. Figured out a way to get that done up in only 20 minutes per half-hour. While this still seems a little long, its a hell of a lot shorter than the thirteen hours it took the way mentioned here. What I did was to take the decoded VOBs, used the program PowerISO to make them all into a collective BIN/CUE. Then use the program ISOBuster to open the CUE file, find the VOB files that were put in it when the BIN was created, and right-clicked it, and commanded ISOBuster to extract the file but filter only M2F2 MPEG Frames, and added .mpg to the end of output filename, and vuala, a shiny new MPG file. The only thing with them is that the length of the clip seems to only show a minute or so, but I promise the whole clip is there. the player keeps playing the file to its full length even though the runtime slider fills in. Ahhh, so much faster. The whole thing takes less than a half an hour in this way.
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  • K

    1 year ago

    it didn't created the .VOB file for me :S
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  • JPIV

    1 year ago

    I am having trouble producing a dvd with chapters. The end product always turns out to be one long sequence with no chapters. Any ideas on how to correct this?
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  • Sao Bang

    1 year ago

    Hi,

    I have a need of ripping a DVD karaoke disk and break them up into individual songs (chapters, I think). The songs would then be played back from the PC and the video signal could be routed to a karaoke mixer via S-video on the back of the PC. Of course, audio tracks must also be reserved as the original too.

    Which software that I should purchase ? Thanks - SB
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  • Severus

    1 year ago

    This is a great tutorial and even though it takes times it gives really good quality video.

    For whoever says there is no progress shown, I found that all of the steps do have some progress shown but you have to activate the progress bar/window. It does take a while though, and well, was a bit frustrating to find out that I had to pick file splitting --> none AFTER I did it. Restarting it now, hopefully I'll have the audio this time ^_^

    Thank you to whoever put that together
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  • Severus

    1 year ago

    I have the sound now, thank you soo much for this tutorial it's easy and gives a perfect result. ^_^
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  • Miro

    1 year ago

    I consistently get an error message and I've tried it with different DVDs.
    DVD Decrypter runs fine. AutoGK gets stuck at step "Running compressibility test" when VirtualDub outputs message "Video compression error: The source image format is not acceptable. (error code -2)"

    Any suggestions?
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  • Kazuma

    1 year ago

    Hey where dos the avi file go to?

    the folder you desinated it to? because all i have is the vob files no avi
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  • Severus

    1 year ago

    My avi file decided to go in the same folder the IFO file was no matter what folder I tried to make it go to.
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  • Blue berry

    1 year ago

    Recently I try to convert some segment of my DVDs. I found Daniusoft DVD Ripper is good to use. It could convert DVD to all popular video formats.
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  • DJE

    1 year ago

    Seems simple enough. Can this process allow me to put it on movie maker?

    Thanks so much for your help and time.
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  • Terry

    1 year ago

    When I start the DVD Decrypter, the source says "No Devices Detected" even though I have a DVD in the drive.
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  • amanda

    1 year ago

    the totorial is great but on windows movie maker it keeps playing in french(i think) how do i het it to play in english and how to i seperate them into frames bc i am trying to make a music video but i cant figure it out could you pls help me ?
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  • Ashley

    1 year ago

    Thanks for this tutorial. After I moved out of my mom's house and didn't have my brother to do this for me anymore, I needed to learn how to rip dvds by myself. It's not hard at all!
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  • MIKE

    1 year ago

    WOW.....i cant believe how EASY it was. if this cost id say...BUY IT!! but it DOESNT so.....DOWNLOAD IT!!! and yes it take a while but its WELL worth it. le ts say u have 50 movies that u LOVE. and...ur house gets robbed he takes all ur movies but didnt have time for ur comp. ud wish u backed it up on ur comp....woulnt u? i would but NOW....i have MY movies on my comp to watch ANY TIME I WANT!! lol well all i could say is. u should get it.
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  • jack

    1 year ago

    I want an easy dvd ripping software.
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  • wheat

    1 year ago

    Hi Jack,

    I totally agree. Please let me know when you have a release version of your free, idiot-proof, easy-to-use DVD ripping software available. I appreciate your philosophy (simple and to the point), and I also look forward to the outstanding free service I would expect from such a visionary.

    Cheers,
    -wheat
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  • Bez

    1 year ago

    question: why do you want to convert it to avi? you can already play the dvd file on your computer and on your dvd player after 20 minutes.
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  • Bez

    1 year ago

    question: why do you want to convert it to avi? you can already play the dvd file on your computer and on your dvd player after 20 minutes.
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  • Bez

    1 year ago

    question: why do you want to convert it to avi? you can already play the dvd file on your computer and on your dvd player after 20 minutes.
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  • Vanessa

    1 year ago

    I can't get sound on mine either. :(
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  • Roshan

    1 year ago

    Eazy!!! and it works too.... it took about 3 hours, but then, the dvd was aroung 6GB.
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  • Ross B

    1 year ago

    Hi great tutorial I was wondering though is there anyway to make the file 16:9 ratio as opposed to just 4:3 as I can't find a menu for this on autogk?
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  • Jen

    1 year ago

    Takes a while but its about as simple as a free ripping program gets. Thanks for the tutorial
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  • Lauren

    1 year ago

    I recently downloaded AutoGK and followed this simple tutorial to make all those messy files into one simple .Avi video file.
    i wasnt entirely sure which single file i put in the "input file" section
    so i just put the first VIDEO_TS.VOB in
    anyhow, i hit start and all that and when it had finished it appeared as a .Avi file, however when i played it the Audio was incredibly out of sync with the Visual.
    Any ideas as to what i have done wrong and what to do correct this would be really appreciated, coz tbh it's really starting to piss me off :)
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  • PaulC

    1 year ago

    What is the procedure if I want to rip ONLY A SECTION OF AN EXISTING DVD? In other words, I want to extract video from the original DVD beginning at a certain starting point (hh:mm:ss) and ending at a specific ending point (again, in hh:mm:ss). I then want to re-burn this section onto a fresh DVD, or leave it as an mp3 file and burn it onto a regular CD.

    Please advise.

    Paul
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  • David

    1 year ago

    Hi,

    This is an incredibly easy program to use. Your tutorial was step by step and was a huge help in cutting through reading.

    Takes about 3 hours to do it all, but it is well worth it The end result is a crisp clear perfect copy on my computer.

    Thanks so much !!!

    Now I would like to know, how I can burn this to a blank DVD. I tried one program but the guys tutorial was in broken english and he totally lost me.

    Is there a simple clearly instructed free program to copy the file on my computer to a DVD?

    I thank you in advance. Great program and terrific instructions!!

    Dave
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  • Don

    1 year ago

    does anyone know if any of these intructions/programs would work to rip a karaoke dvd/vcd to my hard drive? i want to be able to use Windows Media Player for example to play the songs with video. thanks.
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  • Ermis

    1 year ago

    thanks man, it worked and it was very simple !
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  • Ermis

    1 year ago

    To david : Use a free program named "dvd shrink" for that. Search google for it .
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  • Stan

    1 year ago

    I have looked for a decent ripping guide for some time, and then I happened onto this. This is an excellent and succinct guide, and I recommend it to everybody looking for advice on ripping DVDs. Kudos to the writer; very well done!
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  • tokk

    1 year ago

    This was useful however i think itd be better if things were explained, i mean its fair enough saying "choose this option, choose that option" but if you tell the reader why then they are more likely to remember because they understand and also it makes it easier for them to work out when the other options might be useful.
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  • HolyGeneralK

    1 year ago

    Just another option to consider...Look at the VLC Media Player. Although the world of options is not as great, it is simple to use and create videos straight from a DVD. You don't even need to rip the DVD to your computer to use it!

    However, most importantly, it's blazingly fast! I did an 18 minute video in just under five minutes, whereas the method described above has taken about 10 minutes and its only 6% done!

    Cheers!
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  • Mr Disappointed

    1 year ago

    God...damn. Everything went smooth, a 2 hour movie took about 1½ hour to finish. Audio is synced, picture quality is perfect, subtitles are fine - but it ripped the commentary audio track, LOL. However when playing the VOB's in Media Player Classic, there is no commentary audiotrack. Wonder what went wrong...
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  • Mr Disappointed

    1 year ago

    Well now I know, it asked what audiotrack I wanted to use and I got to pick between 6ch and 2ch and I figured 2ch (stereo) should be enough hehehe.
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  • makili

    1 year ago

    Man, Elliott C. Back is awsome!
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  • Ian

    1 year ago

    DVD decrypter is not working; a blank icon just came up when I installed it. It just says that they're "searching" for the file when I try to open it. Any suggestions?
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  • Ian

    1 year ago

    never mind...DVD decrypter's fine.
    now the auto gordian isn't working. PLEASE HELP!
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  • Dell Password

    1 year ago

    Great tutorial... I agree DVD decryptor is the greatest :)
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  • TJADAM2

    1 year ago

    Great Tutorial!!! I have used this to rip approximately 10 movies. However, every movie I rip does not include chapters. I thought this was just part of the program, but I see in the "Tools" section in DVD Decrypter that you can add chapters, but there is 8 choices. Can someone advise what I should pick so the movies will be ripped with their chapters in place? I also don't have the title menus.
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  • Mya

    1 year ago

    THANKYOU SOOO MUCH!!! although it took AGES it was well worth it!!! yay, i'm so excited it actually worked!!!
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  • Mya

    1 year ago

    i'd also like to say that i'm really not into computers and usually i don't have a clue but this tutorial made it sooo easy!! thankyou so much!!
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  • annie

    1 year ago

    hi guys,

    i received error at virtual dub process = The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.... what could possibly go wrong here? please help... i've tried for so many times already.

    anyone have idea, pls email me zaharani.bustami@gmail.com

    thanks!
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  • drcshine

    1 year ago

    Nice guide, but this way is fit for only Windows User, if you're Mac user, you can use this free DVD Ripper for Mac, it can help you rip DVD on all Mac OS X.
    http://www.aimersoft.com/dvd-ripper-for-mac.html
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  • pobo

    1 year ago

    It has taken about 30min and the ripping part is standing still at 0%. crap program, nothing works.
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  • Kazrath

    1 year ago

    The process works fine. For those having complications.. Well maybe you should not be trying anything even remotely technical as this whole process is pretty easy as the tools do everything for you. If it is taking you 3 hours maybe look into buying a somewhat modern PC as I just completely ripped a DVD movie in about 45 minutes on a barely above stock Dell Inspiron 9300.

    For people asking how to only rip a portion.. You can't directly. You will need to rip the DVD and then use a program like Sony Vegas and do some real video editing. There are plenty of tutorials on how to edit video available online.
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  • schofieldsheretosavetheday

    1 year ago

    pobo you've done something wrong or your computers rubbish, then again it could be both, works fine for me
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  • Anton

    1 year ago

    chur man!
    works brilliantly! even though it took multiple hours to finish. I guess it is meant to though. None the less, it still rocks.
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  • Sami

    1 year ago

    Ok so at this point I'm really angry.
    The software works great.. on the setting of 350MB
    well for an anime episode 350MB on my computer for 1 episode is a bit unreasonable... so I tried the 233MB option.... well it works fine but the last 4 minutes are always missing on my completed file.
    I've gone through 2 weeks of ripping files from a season of anime
    (takes about 4-6 hours and episode because I have really low RAM)
    any ideas why my episodes aren't complete? Since everything I've done is the same... just changed the file size from 350MB to 233MB
    I'm about to try doing a 350MB file again and see if the whole episode is intact but I really DON"T want a whole season of episodes at 350MB
    Even at 233MB the folder with 26 episodes is at 6GB, I'd really like to not have to make that file almost twice the size by having to do everything over at 350MB

    Any suggestions at all would be nice.

    If anyone can help send me and email titled "dvd ripping help" to

    twisted_cherry_blossom@yahoo.com
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  • Anders

    1 year ago

    Many think this takes to long to do. I Suggest u try out DVD2MPEG instead of autogk. DVD2MPEG just needs a couple of minutes instead of hours.

    Good luck
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  • Aniket

    1 year ago

    Awesome Tutorial...
    Ripping my first DVD now...
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  • Scottley

    1 year ago

    Only took me 15minutes to rip a 2 hour movie..............nice
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  • tripolar

    1 year ago

    Thanks for the effort, Elliott.
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  • RBorchert

    1 year ago

    Well, like quite a few other folks, I'm getting the error "the process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process". Has anyone found a solution to this problem?

    I'm running on Vista. I wonder if this could be an incompatibilty with Vista. Anyone having success running it on Vista?

    Thanks
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  • Calle

    1 year ago

    OMG I was looking all over for help like this. Thank God for Elliot!
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  • Sami

    1 year ago

    OK so I got my problem fixed... I would like to tell you all.... DO NOT RENAME THE VOB FILES...

    ok... so if you do you lose like the end 5 minutes of every video... that should be in the dummy manual

    anyway... to the people that say it takes to long... well ya it does.. but it depends on how much RAM you have on your computer... I'm running on a very small 256MB RAM... and so I can get 2 and a half episodes done over night when I'm sleeping... so if you want to cut the time... update your RAM... otherwise make sure you aren't doing to many things at once while doing this... if you're browsing multiple websites and downloading stuff.. or playing games... ya it's going to take a lot longer than if you just started it and left the computer alone till it's done.

    I've tried ripping with other programs because I don't like how long this takes... but the quality is always CRAP compared to the results I get ripping in this way... so if you want crappy quality video.. then go ahead and rip with something else....
    otherwise even if it takes you forever like it does me... I say rip video in this manner.. the quality is amazing... though if you are ripping say anime episodes... I suggest switching to 233MB instead of 350MB... it's still just as good quality wise... and it's better than any anime episode you can download offline.
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  • Mike

    1 year ago

    hey guys, thanks alot, im in the process of ripping a dvd right now! the only question i have, and maybe this was already in the posts but, how would i copy just select sections of a dvd. say i know a where a scene i want is between 1 hr 10 mins 4 secs and 1 hr 11 mins 17 secs, how would i copy just that section only, and scrap everything else? thanks alot guys, still new to this stuff...
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  • Robert

    1 year ago

    I wanted to turn the file into a DivX format, but when I clicked on DivX it said that my DivX was not the right version and would only let me turn it into an Xvid. I have the Combined Community Codec Pack on my computer, is there a different DivX version that I need? Thanks.
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  • CJ

    1 year ago

    To all you A-holes complaining about it taking too long (i.e. several hours) and how that was never addressed in the tutorial:

    Let me point out that he gives you a full activity log for a typical AutoGK cycle with all the timestamps and it clearly shows that the process takes several hours. From 9:07 to 11:42. There's even a thing at the end of the log that tells you the exact elapsed time.

    Don't complain about what's not in the tutorial if you won't read the tutorial.
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  • Confused-movielover

    1 year ago

    Jeez, it still sounds needlessly complicated to me, the humble PC user, who knows nothing about code or decryption. Why can't you just rip DVDs in Windows Media player like you can for CDs? Not all of us can download Tv shows and films! not all of us have a credit card! how else can i out video on my ipod now?
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  • anomynous

    1 year ago

    brilliant tutorial, works fine, i finshed in about an hour, but might have been shorter as i was away during the last bit so i dont know. realy simple to use and decent software.
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  • Ryan

    1 year ago

    I was able to rip a DVD and play it in windows media player, but it will not work at all with Quicktime or itunes...i want to be able to put this on my ipod....what do i do???
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  • Paul

    1 year ago

    Just like Ryans comment, if anyone wants to put these movies on their Ipod, I have been doing it for a while now. What you need to do is convert from avi format to mp4. Here is the best way that I have found to do it. Follow this link: http://worldtv.com/blog/guides_tutorials/flv_co... I am not very computer friendly, but with some playing around, I got it to work, and it works QUICKLY!
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  • Paul

    1 year ago

    I also here of this converter being raved about: http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html But compared to the flv converter, it is SLOW, and I have never gotten it to work right. So if you play around with the flv converter, you will find how easy it is to convert from many formats in like a half hrs time. The only advice I give is to READ THE Q & A at the bottom of the flv converter page! It helped me not to pull ALL of my hair out. :)
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  • winnie the pooh

    1 year ago

    tried couple of programs all bad ones hope this one will work
    if ya want the job done good ya have to got some time...
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  • Fizzix

    1 year ago

    It appears if you go in DVD decrypter > Tools > Settings > IFO Mode tab, you can set it up to rip as chapters. I've not tried this.
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  • Erik

    1 year ago

    Worked very well for me... time was not a concern either
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  • Johnny Five

    1 year ago

    Holy crap, this takes WAY too long. Is there an alternate way to do this?
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  • Paul

    1 year ago

    Hey, I have been playing around with this for a few days now, and I am finding out that doing DVDDecrypter in "IFO" mode is extremely important! I never have luck in putting a "Vob" in the input section either. Using the IFO mode, should leave you with only 1 IFO and a few VOB files. I put the one IFO in the input and had some luck so far. It also seems like the computer you use makes a HUGE difference. The audio is out of sync when I use our desktop computer, but have had better luck with my Dell laptop. Go figure! As far as how long it takes, I suggest you find something else to do to pass the time while it's working. The last movie I did took over 5 hours! But after, it was done perfectly.
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  • JPFranca

    1 year ago

    Great! Very simple and straight forward. MANY thanks.
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  • Brad

    1 year ago

    First off, thanks a ton for this tutorial. My question has to do with the output when ripping a dvd using IFO setting. After selecting the longest portion of the movie, I am left with 3-4 vob files and they are all quite large. Which one do I use, and why is it creating so many vob files, when i am selecting only 1 portion of the dvd, per above?

    Thanks again!!!
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  • drcshine

    1 year ago

    to Johnny Five:
    You may try this DVD ripper, the ripping speed is fast, it take me about 30 minuters to rip a 60 minutes DVD movie
    http://www.aimersoft.com/dvd-ripper.html
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  • the[Rev]

    1 year ago

    to burn a bought dvd onto a blank disc, which programs work the best?
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  • Dang

    1 year ago

    I got the audio to work by downloading the AC3 filter as well as setting the audio type to "Auto" in Advanced Options for AutoGK.
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  • felix

    1 year ago

    how long would you estimate a 2 1/4 hour movie would take to get compressed down to 700mb?

    thanks
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  • felix

    1 year ago

    i have just finished compressing after about 3 3/4 hours. i was compressing to 700mb but the clip has come out 66mb and around 5mins long. what has happened? when i play it, it just just from scene to scene
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  • MIke

    1 year ago

    Great tutorial! took me about 45 mins for a 2 hour movie, but the only bad thing is you need AC3 filter but i can live with that ,
    thanks.
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  • THAPAN

    1 year ago

    I followed the instructions and everything is working great! Thanks!

    But how can I get the .avi file to rewind or fast forward during playback? It will not allow me to. Its not that big of deal but it would be nice.

    also will there be a trick to burning it on to a DVD?

    Thanks
    Pan
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  • YY

    1 year ago

    How do you choose between XVid and DivX?

    Which one is better, and in which instances?
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  • Paul

    1 year ago

    So far, 4 out of 5 videos came out to perfection! I am so impressed!! After struggling with DVDx, this is AWESOME! By the way all, this doesn't seem to be a forum style setting where our questions will be answered, so here is a link to a Q and A type of site just for AutoGK: http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?f=28

    The thing that sucks is you have to wait 5 days after you register to be able to post. :(

    Later
    Paul
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  • Aaron

    1 year ago

    Ive done my dvd...put in on to a blank disk tried it in my comp but theres sound but no picture? can anyone help?? plus doesnt work in dvd player either! can anyone help? wb
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  • k

    1 year ago

    Thanks Elliot!!!
    the best and simplest tutorial I've seen. glad to find you first. I also tried several programs / methods of doing this. I think your article here is the best!

    easy way to rip TV/mini-series/Movies on DVD to CDRs in straight forward steps.

    note: ripping 1 HR movie/TV show takes about 2 hours on my machine, dual-core 2.13 GHz or so, 2GB RAM, 80GB HDD.
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  • disgracie

    1 year ago

    I found this looking for a faster way to rip. What I do now is DVDShrink and click "convert to ISO file and burn with DVDDecrypter" and voila...one click.

    This way looks WAY more complicated and filled with ways to mess up. DVDShrink and DVDDecrypter are free....why mess around with all this??
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  • Paul

    1 year ago

    disgracie,

    The way described above converts a full length DVD movie (5-7 Gig) to a 700mb or so avi file. Does DVDShrink do this also?
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  • Jack

    1 year ago

    What settings shall i choose if i want to transfer the ripped files to my Ipod, or is that impossible??
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  • Maine

    1 year ago

    The error “The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process” is caused by Symantec AntiVirus - see: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=93554
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  • Paul

    1 year ago

    Jack,

    I have used this process to get 4 movies on my Ipod so far, but it takes a bunch of work. Not only do you have to use the process above which should create an AVI file, but then you have to convert that avi file to mp4 format. Then you have to put that mp4 into itunes and then sync it to your Ipod. I posted a link that sends you to a GREAT free program to convert files to mp4 format and here is that link once more: http://worldtv.com/blog/guides_tutorials/flv_co...
    This is listed as an FLV converter, but I assure you, it converts almost all other formats. I have even used it to convert Divx files. Make sure you pay attn. to the comments at the bottom of that link if you have problems. I was frustrated, then read the comments and figured it out right away! Also, don't be shocked at the POOR quality of mp4. It cuts a 700mb file to about 250 or so, so much quality is lost. It looks better when put on your Ipod because of the small screen.

    Another free program that I have not had luck with, but hear raved about is called: "Super". You can find that here: http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
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  • Jack

    1 year ago

    Thanks Paul, big help!
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  • Kevin

    1 year ago

    Quick question. I have ripped 2 DVD's so far and everything seemed to work fine after burning them. Upon watching the burned DVD's I have noticed that the sound is delayed just a bit. You can see a mouth move, then shortly after the sound comes. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
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  • Paul

    1 year ago

    Kevin,

    I'm in no way an expert at this, I have only tried about 7 videos now, but what I have noticed is that sometimes it is a matter of how much RAM you have. I have gotten my laptop to work great a couple of times, but on some movies, I have to use my PC that has more RAM to get a movie to sync correctly. Then there are a couple of movies, Chicken Little and Pink Panther, that I cannot for the life of me get that issue corrected and I have yet to take an out of sync video and try and fix it. Here is a site that deals with this issue: http://forum.doom9.org/ and here is the AutoGK forum: http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?s=82b25...

    Sorry if I'm not a big help, but hey, no one else seems to answer these! ;)
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  • Michael

    1 year ago

    Hey, I did everything that you showed and I've actually ripped a few DVD's already but for some reason now when I try to rip the DVD and put it through AutoGK instead of getting these 3 files
    VTS_01_0.IFO
    VTS_01_PGC_07 - Stream Information.txt
    VTS_01_PGC_07_1.VOB

    I get about 9 of those files, I know that its the movie but for some reason now its in peices. Does anybody know how to fix this?
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  • Andrew

    1 year ago

    For anybody getting the "the process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process" error, I moved the file to the root directory and disabled google desktop for an hour, and it worked afterwards. Not sure which was the fix, though.
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  • Sahar

    1 year ago

    Hi, thankyou for posting this guide, it seems really helpful! I'm a beginner at burning and ripping DVDs and I got confused while reading the tutorial. I want to put an episode I downloaded off the internet onto a DVD (or several episodes onto a DVD, if possible) and I'm not quite sure if this tutorial is for that? What would you call it if its material from your computer onto the DVD? Burning or ripping or what? LOL i'm sorry i'm terribly new to this @_@;;
    Please reply back! :)
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  • Paul

    1 year ago

    Sahar,

    I really hope someone who knows how to do that will answer your question, but if not, here is a forum that people actually respond to questions of this nature: http://forum.doom9.org/ Last I checked, the site was out, but I'm sure it should be back up and running soon. The downside of that forum is that it takes 5 days to post in it after you sign up. :(

    Later
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  • Kelly

    1 year ago

    I found this website again! It beats the rest for what it purports to teach. Great work!
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  • yousof2080

    1 year ago

    For the people who are complaining about anything involved with this tutorial,

    I am a 13 yr old kid and I followed this and i ripped a movie with crisp audio and video quality playback just as i would expect it on television.... all i need to do now is out it on disc and away we go so there is nothing wrong with this and thank you very much buddy it means a lot to me :D
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  • anonymous

    1 year ago

    Thanks, really helped me out here :) good and easy to understand your guide.
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  • Ian

    1 year ago

    Hey I'm getting these three messages and it won't rip right...
    W 21:06:44 Possible Structure Protection Found!
    W 21:06:44 3 areas have been marked as 'suspect'.
    W 21:06:44 Dummy sectors will be inserted where necessary.

    Then when I run the rip I get this...
    W 21:08:11 Arrrrgggh! Too Many 'Pack Header Not Found' Warnings!
    W 21:08:11 'Pack Header Not Found' logging has been halted for now.


    Any thoughts on how to fix it???
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  • Paul

    1 year ago

    Hi Ian,

    I see no one is answering your post, so I thought I would chime in. I haven't experienced that error, but I have had a DVD where many errors occurred, and the DVD wouldn't rip. What I tried to do is download a different decrypter. Here is a download for another one: http://www.dvdfab.com/free.htm

    My favorite is still "DVD decryptor" but I have heard that if your DVD has the slightest amount of even small scratches or smudges, it errors out. So the DVD of mine that wouldn't rip with DVD dectrypter, did work with "DVDfab decrypter". Just an option you may want to try. Let me know how it turns out.
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  • Tom

    1 year ago

    Thanks for this. I have been struggling with other DVDrip tools for a while now. This method is simple, free, and produces perfect quaility rips in reasonably quick order. Cheers.
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  • Julia

    1 year ago

    When ripping a TV show DVD containing multiple episodes and bonus material, how can you tell which PGC to select? I can't see anything in the PGC that would indicate what's what, or what episode is what. Even choosing the longest time didn't work for me. It ended up being bonus material. Hehe. Thanks for your help!! :)
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  • Devilish

    1 year ago

    Excellent and helpful work here man, I have great sound n quality and this brotha aint complaining! Thank you very much!
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  • Tony

    1 year ago

    Thx man! only one problem. i dont know why, but after i ripped gundam seed and made it avi, it only has subtitles wen i play it in windows media player. when i try to use VLC media player or any other media players there are no subtitles. i right click and select 'subtitles' and it says 'track 1' and i select it but the subtitles dont come up. does anyone know wat the problem is?
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  • clarisa

    1 year ago

    I really can't get the subtitles work. I'm ripping a non-English film right now, all the ripped files doesn't have a single subtitle. As far as I know, the subtitles in DVDs are excluded from the main film file, how can I integrated that when I'm ripping?

    I have done several methods but none of them worked. Example, instead of putting the VOB as the input file, I placed the IFO. But nothing happened, same with regarding the advance options, I ticked the 'display only forced subtitles' box under the subtitle options, but it didn't worked either.

    That's the only problem I'm facing when ripping, all the other components, such as the audio works fine. If there's anyone who had the same problem as mine, and worked out a solution, please reply here, or send me an email at clarisa@ends-tonight.net.

    Thank you!
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  • Amal

    1 year ago

    Great tutorial! Took 6 hours for a 4 hour DVD. The only problem I now have is Windows Movie Maker shuts down when I try to import the avi file in there. I keep getting a message from "Data Execution Prevention." Any ideas?
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  • Paul

    1 year ago

    Again, I have to refer you all to a great resource for all of your DVD ripping questions.
    For questions about AutoGK:
    http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?f=28

    For any and all DVD ripping questions:
    http://forum.doom9.org/index.php?s=b4637fe5b7b7...

    They, as do I, only promote using these tools to back up material that you have PAID for. So there are strict rules on what you say there. But they have helped me out greatly there. I was having some audio out of sync problems, and they guided me on how to fix that. For that I am GREATFUL! Thankx Doom9! :) Oh yeah, and thanks for this tutorial EB!
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  • Paul

    1 year ago

    Here is a great link for "Clarisa":
    http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?f=12

    That should take you to a forum devoted to AutoGK subtitles!
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  • Patrick

    1 year ago

    fyi, all.....if you have vlc player or a similar media player, you can open the vob file directly: close to lossless quality :)
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  • Dave

    1 year ago

    WOW after reading that it sounds easier to just buy the DVD, Do you have anything like DVD ripping for the computer beginner?
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  • Knowlton

    1 year ago

    OK some one please help me i have gone through a few guides but i have a dvd and I need to do a full copy of it with all the menus and features everything needs to be included. then I need to be able to put it on to another dvd
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  • Dan

    1 year ago

    Amal,

    I had the same problem with the dvd maker, i now use Windows media center and burn the dvd that way. I've had similar problems with the media center at times as well. The best way to combat the problems is to store only the file(s) you want to burn on the particluar dvd in the folder labeled "videos" and you should be ok. Let me know how it worked.
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  • rich

    1 year ago

    Auto Gordian Knot error: “Video compression error: The source image format is not acceptable. (error code -2)”

    You must have selected Divx as the compression method. You must have version 5.x of Divx installed (not 5.5, or 5.6, or any of version 6). Otherwise select xvid for compression.
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  • Tommy

    1 year ago

    Great tutorial! took a long time though
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  • Angelia

    1 year ago

    I love this process and the tutorial. It has worked everytime and I run it overnite. BUT I have one issue I can't resolve. On one movie I am trying to rip, no matter which file I choose I get the commentary. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG????? Any suggestions?
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  • Simon

    1 year ago

    Great tutorial, took a while though.
    Anyone who wants the process faster try xilisofts programs. you have to pay, but its worth it, for a one click thing. even better, try a cracked version if ur stingy :P never tried, bt it might wrk and save u some money...
    have fun!
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  • Oliver Rodbard

    1 year ago

    Great tutorial - I can download the AutoGK software but I keep getting an error message when I try to run it "an installable virtual device driver failed Dll initialization. Choose close to terminate the application." Has anyone had this problem? can anyone help? Thanks, Ol
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  • Kathy

    1 year ago

    Thankyou for this great, idiot--proof tutorial! :)

    Just one question about the duration of the process. If I don't actually need the audio, only the video (yes, I'm ripping to make MVs), can I uncheck the audio track box and shave a bit off the time required? Or will it make no difference?
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  • Paul

    1 year ago

    I really am astounded at the incredibly stupid questions that have been posted here. Taking out the errors that people are getting, there are very few questions that are not answered in the tutorial if you guys bothered to read it.

    Why are you guys complaining it takes so long? This is a tutorial telling you how to do it, he isn't selling you something. If you want it to take a lot less time, buy some software or shut up. The software that does all of this for you is FREE! That's right, somebody spent all their time writing it. If you don't like it, move along and try something else.

    For those of you asking how to rip the files to DVD, please use Google. If you don't know how to burn those files to DVD you shouldn't be getting involved in ripping DVD's in the first place. Jesus.

    For those of you asking how to rip episodes - read the bloody tutorial, he tells you how to do this by using the IFO mode.

    This is a great tutorial but no wonder people shy away from writing these things when you have to put up with idiots, moaners and people incapable of reading.
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  • Paul

    1 year ago

    Mr Ripper,

    Your software requires the installation of some adware software but it will work fully. I was very disappointed. I know you are giving the software away for free, and good on you, but maybe put the fact that you need to install this adware stuff if you want the software to work fully. If people then still install it, then it's their choice but you should tell us first before letting us download it and try and install.
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  • Paul

    1 year ago

    This guy above is a different "Paul" than me who has replied in the past by the way. This guys definitely got a mental problem. SHEESH! Cool it bud! The owner of this blog should definitely wipe out his replies and he can also wipe out this one. VERY non constructive. Go find someone else to vent your anger on. JERK!
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  • Shail

    1 year ago

    Great tutorial- Thanks. But there's one problem. I rip the dvd into .vob files and run AutoGK on these. At the very end of the (rather long) process , I get an error message (something to the effect of a particular file is use- can not access) and clicking the OK button closes AutoGK. I have an *.avi file, but it doesn't have audio on it. Any ideas?
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  • victor

    1 year ago

    Hi, this works excellent!!, thanks for post it. I have ripped several stuff but in one DVDrip the sound turned out out-time. Did I do something wrong?, or its just an isolated error.
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  • M

    1 year ago

    Used this tutorial to rip a DVD from work and put it online and it worked perfectly! Only took about 15 mins for a 2 min video. Thanks a bunch!
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  • Jeff

    1 year ago

    WARNING:

    DO NOT INSTALL 'DVD Rip N' Burn' program.

    THIS PROGRAM HAS REQUIRED BLOATWARE ATTACHED TO IT.

    If you don't install the bloatware then it will terminate ripping after 5 minutes!

    Shame on you Mr. Ripper. Advertise your bloatware elsewhere.
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  • NCardia{S@T}

    1 year ago

    And to think, I had to rely on YOU guys to RIP everything and post it on some torrent site.... Would you believe this was my very first fish off the google search?
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  • Captain Amazing

    1 year ago

    USE THIS METHOD FOR IPOD
    If anyone wants to put vids on ipod, use DVD Shrink. Click re author to "back up" only the main feature. Go into edit-preferences-output files- do not split VOB files into 1gb. chunks. Then use Auto gk to compress to 700mb. Go to http://worldtv.com/blog/guides_tutorials/flv_co... and download the Windows FFmpeg pack to convert the *.avi file to mp4. It's easy if you just follow the instructions on the site. It tells exactly what to do. My 4.5gb movie is now 233mb. It took a little while and the pitcure is a little grainy, but hey, what can you expect from an mp4 file? It beats paying 20 bucks for a shitty movie off itunes. If anyone has a better method THAT WON'T FILL UP MY COMPUTER WITH SHIT please post it
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  • bob

    1 year ago

    Great guide! Thanks for sharing this tutorial. It iiiiiiiiiiiiis very helpful to us fresh men.
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  • the pimp talked

    1 year ago

    nice tutorial it rally help..........
    THANKS
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  • anonymous

    1 year ago

    Awesome. It took 5 hours and 39 minutes but now I can put mash on my Ipod.
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  • Eric Cartman

    1 year ago

    Great Tutorial, thanks! The Encoding process took me 19 hours (!) for a whole movie, but it worked fine in the end...

    Some of you mentioned the problem that DVD Decrypter splits movies into several VOB-Files - I had the same thing, but I just gave in the first VOB as Input File and it processed the others automatically. In the end I got a complete one-piece avi. (Though I didn't find a possibility to add Subtitles).
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  • bill yao

    1 year ago

    Freeware do better:Free DVD ripper,HandBrake,DVD Decrypter,DVD Shrink
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  • Adam

    1 year ago

    Your info was gr8 but it came out as lods of VOB files
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  • pstr

    1 year ago

    Auto GK took 7h 35 min to rip my dvd and didn't work. All to avi take 1h 28min to rip and works well. Shame that it do not multi langueage aduio or subtitle..
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  • Laurie

    1 year ago

    Two questions:

    My end product avi had great audio, but the video was in slow motion and stuttered.

    Also, when I took the .avi file into Sony Vegas to edit, it would only allow me to consider the file an audio track rather than placing content in video AND audio tracks.

    Any thoughts?
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  • Suraj Kumar

    1 year ago

    great, thanks!
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  • raj yadav

    1 year ago

    that's a great help to people like me who wants to save some space on hard drive.

    thanks
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  • Shaun

    1 year ago

    Hey, i was just wondring u know how u only did one AGK Encode im doing a movie so there is like 6 files. do i just make new jobs like i did for one of them and when there all done right click play with Vlc?
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  • Josh

    1 year ago

    So I have a question, and was wondering if anyone could help me. I did the tutorial just fine and it works wonderfully. However, I would like to convert directly to an MPEG and not an AVI. So first of all, does AUTO GK do that? And if not, what program takes the VOB file and converts it directly to MPG? Thanks! (Email me if you can. I would really appreciate it!)

    Josh
    shakshuky@gmail.com
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  • Debra

    1 year ago

    On G's VirtualDubMod fix (for speeding up the second part of the ripping process) - there is a way to change it so that the default is direct stream, so that you don't have to open up VirtualDubMod every time you try to convert a file.

    1. Open up VirtualDubMod (again, do it before you run AGK).
    2. Go to "Options" on the toolbar, and select "Preferences..."
    3. Select the "Main" tab.
    4. Look under "Video defaults"
    5. Next to "Video mode," select the drop-down menu (which probably is set to "Full processing mode." Select "Direct stream copy"

    That should change the program so that Direct stream copy is the default for video, so even if you forget to open up VDub before you run AGK, it won't take 10 hours to convert the file!

    I share Josh's question regarding MPEG and AVI files.
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  • Debra

    1 year ago

    Shaun: If you read previous comments, you'll see that your question has already been answered. However, in light of the fact that there are an insane number of comments and it's annoying to read through all of them, I'll answer again. :)
    In Auto Gordian Knot, select the .IFO file instead of one of the .VOB files. That'll make sure all of the .VOB files become one .avi.
    You can also change the settings in DVDDecrypter so that it doesn't split files into smaller chunks.

    This is how to change the settings:
    1. On the main menu, select "Tools," then choose "Settings..." from the drop-down menu.
    2. Select the "IFO Mode" tab.
    3. Look under the section which says "Options"
    4. Go to "File Splitting" and select the drop-down menu next to it. Choose "None" to get DVD Decrypter to stop splitting up files. Or choose a larger number if you still want it to split, but less frequently.

    Also, I meant to say this in my first comment: Elliott Back, thank you so much for this extremely helpful and clear tutorial. You're a life-saver!
    Also your Latin title for your blog makes me happy. Yay classics!
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  • TfcIan

    1 year ago

    Seems to work good, first attempt I messed it up because I ticked two audio by mistake so I had the directors comments and the voices on it. Just hoping the second time works.
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  • Biggs

    1 year ago

    Great tutorial and software.

    It works nice and I haven't anything I couldn't 'backup'. :P

    The encoding actually seems faster on a single core processor rather than using a dual or quad core cpu.

    On average it's take about 2hrs 30min. to get a 1/5 DVD or about 900mb on an AMD +3200 XP cpu with 1 Gb of Ram. This is a really old computer but it does good job.

    Thanks again,
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  • Jake

    1 year ago

    My DVD has been ripping for 7 hours! Any idea what is wrong?
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  • Jake

    1 year ago

    My DVD is still ripping after 7 hours! Any ideas on why it's taking so long?
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  • Aixcheer

    1 year ago

    Nice DVD Ripper guide, but it works for Windows user only.
    I always use Wondershare DVD Ripper for Mac to rip DVD movie on Mac OS X, my friends recommend it to me, it works great!
    http://www.topsevenreviews.com/wondershare-dvd-...
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  • stoltobot

    1 year ago

    Been using GKnot since uni many moons ago. New one has a lot less features and I'm a little rusty so this tutorial helped a lot. Who are these trolls who keep saying 'it doesn't work' or 'don't read this tutorial'? Have a go kiddies, you're obviously doing something wrong so have a look and fix it instead of crying like little spoilt babies that need every piece of information spelled out for them in detail.
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  • stevezilla

    1 year ago

    Jake, are you ripping into multiple VOB files? Or are you doing this...?
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  • stevezilla

    1 year ago

    sorry about that, are you ripping in IFO mode?

    http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/dvddec.htm
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  • tinar

    1 year ago

    This works like a bliss for me, thanks so much for posting it!! My life is so much richer now that I know how to do this. :D

    Anyway I thought I'd share some experiences.

    It takes about 4 and a half hours to complete the process on my computer. My computer has a 1.9GHz processor with 1GB RAM. I tried to do it on my laptop once, which is 1.6GHz and 500RAM and it took 9 hours!! So, one advice I have for anyone is - be really patient with it. AGK may look like it's not doing anything for ages. It will launch VirtualDub which will also look like it's doing nothing for ages, and prompt command windows and so on, just ignore them. Perhaps it's best to just leave it to rip the DVD overnight.

    One more thing that happened to me once which may be worth pointing out is about choosing audio tracks in AGK. I have some DVDs that I bought on ebay and their first language was Spanish or French, so the English track was not the first one. The way to tell which track is which is to look into the Stream Information file that DVD Decrypter makes, and look for something that looks like this:

    0x80 - Audio - AC3 / 2ch / 48kHz / DRC / Español / LBA: 46 / PTS: 00:00:00.287 / Delay: -80ms
    0x81 - Audio - AC3 / 2ch / 48kHz / DRC / Catalan / LBA: 47 / PTS: 00:00:00.287 / Delay: -80ms
    0x82 - Audio - AC3 / 2ch / 48kHz / DRC / English / LBA: 48 / PTS: 00:00:00.287 / Delay: -80ms

    - for example. In this case track 0 would be Spanish, track 1 Catalonian and track 2 English. So you would pick "audio stream 2" in AGK, for this kind of a case.

    Do not under any circumstances tick all tracks. You'll get all audio tracks over one another and you'll have to do it all over again.

    My 2p. :)
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  • Annacrusiz

    1 year ago

    Cheers for that a great guide much appreciated, keep up the good work. Now i dont have to cart all those stupid disc around.

    Peace.
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  • Richard X

    1 year ago

    How do I select an output file, folks? I have the input file there, but nothing happens when I click the icon at the side of output file :(?????
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  • sienster

    1 year ago

    thanks for this tutorial. great job!
    =)
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  • Sean

    1 year ago

    Can I just rip snippets from the movie instead of the entire movie?
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  • Jorda

    1 year ago

    Is there any way to compress the file after you are done this process? I want to put it on my Video mp3 player but the file is too large. Thanks
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  • Steve

    1 year ago

    hey guys,

    the .Vob files will be played by VLC media player if you dont mind the extra space being taken up on your HD. i got a 2TB external so i dont mind, but the .avi compression is worth it if you dont have the space.

    great tutorial and great software.....well done that man!
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  • PandaSneeze

    1 year ago

    JORDA:
    Try using Videora ipod converter :)
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  • Roger Gordon

    1 year ago

    Many thanks for this! This will help me with something at work (surprisingly).
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  • lisabiziou

    1 year ago

    hallo i have a problem, ive ripped now two full lengh films and the quality is really good. but on my second rip and recode, my end product has come out as 5,78 GB in size. please wat am i doing wrong. and can i compress it to again to around 700mb.
    oh and one other question after the whole process im left with , the full lengh film file but also other files, one of which is a folder called agk-tmp and some other files, can i just delete all this or not, and just keep the full lengh film???
    and this was a great tutriol. i read greedly through the whole thing and have learnt alot ,
    Thank you so much all of you
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  • lisabiziou

    1 year ago

    ive made a big fault, i got it wrong about the files of 5,78 GB. wat it is, is in the end my folder with the finished files has one big file of the film in very good quality of 5,78 GB as well as second file of 700MB also film in slightly less good quality. .

    So my question is now, that wen ive finished i have a folder with diffrent files + 700MB full film one, in this folder is another folder called agk-tmp, which contains all the diffrent files and componants from the film rip, wat do i do with this folder and the other files.
    and sorry for the mistake and once again thanx to all of you, .
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  • Mikey

    1 year ago

    The only question I have is: why are my files split into "cells"? There is a cell 1, cell 2, and cell 3 but when I check all 3 and run the decrypter, it just derypts the first. That makes the ripped file "incomplete", with the end of the file missing by approx 1 minute. After that, I check only cell 1 because the other two are during the credits and don't really matter. It still tells me the file is incomplete. What should I do???????????
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  • Mikey

    1 year ago

    The weirdest thing about this is that I know I've decrypted two films almost this length before and I don't remember how... help? Anyone?
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  • akaqueenbee

    1 year ago

    thanks maan.. :D
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  • Bill

    1 year ago

    I ripped and converted a DVD to an AVI file of 700mb. When I click on the AVI file WMP starts for a minute and then crashes. When I click on the file again, windows explorer crashes. Anyone else experience this?

    Thanks!
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  • small jane

    1 year ago

    try "E.M. Free DVD Copy" , it can rip dvd to any format.
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  • Cookie

    1 year ago

    AHHHH I LOVE YOU FOR THIS!!!!! Its idiot proof! I thank you for your jeniouse!
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  • lisabiziou

    1 year ago

    HELP: everythings going great im making backups of my dvds, with this system, but i got one dvd that i for the life of me cannot rip. i just cant understand it, but wen im ripping it, after a few minuites, i get the message that i dont have enough resourses to rip it.(By the way this is in the first stadium, with the dvd encrypter,) But i do, i have more than enough resourses. anyway then all my programs disapper in the All programs list, and of course in the end i crash. Ive tried everything, forceful ripping with key, without key, and i just cant get it to rip. Is this dvd maybe protected in a new way?? Can anyone help, cos i wanna back it up. The DVD is memoirs of a Geisha, its PAL 2.
    ive also tried selecting a diffrent PGC, but with no luck. It has about 40 cells, Could that be the problem.??
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  • ramrodTM

    1 year ago

    dang this is awesome, but it takes too long
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  • NYC

    1 year ago

    Sound is about 0.5 second ahead of video.. (I only played few minutes of the video...don't know if it goes further out of sync or corrects as it goes along.) Any way to sync sound and video? Thx in advance.
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  • momokoyc

    1 year ago

    As ripping DVD, I prefer using Daniusoft dvd ripper, it's easy to use and rip full DVD without lost, merge more DVD chapters together into one single file, the Converter will auto-shutdown your computer when the conversion is finished with multi-thread conversion.
    http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Rip-DVD-...
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  • thehay

    11 months ago

    lol.. 15hrs and 20mins later.. the damn thing is still only on Demuxing and Indexing.. its a 2hr40min movie.. but it still cant possibly take that long..? im on the verge of giving up.. >
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  • thehay

    11 months ago

    "Job finished. Total time: 26 hours 24 minutes 47 seconds"
    lordy.. somehow i dont think ill be doing that again any time soon.. unless i get a new computer..
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  • HIRU

    11 months ago

    Great tutorial and works fine for me including subtitles, follow all the steps given and download autogk 2.45 from the web, it's totally FREE and install all the components in it. u will be prompted for everything including for subs. when running autogk..........

    once again excellent tutorial....thanx a lot
    cheerss...........
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  • Sam

    11 months ago

    Well to be honest guys if you look at the time it took it was 2 hours. He showed you the whole process. Thanks by the way it worked great.
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  • Paul

    11 months ago

    A great process that's helped me convert a lot of my DVDs into a more useful format. I've always been a bit intimidated by ripping them, but this straightforward guide makes it easy.

    Thanks!
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  • Jose

    11 months ago

    I've been using for about 2 weeks now, I found a movie that for some reason didn't get audio ( only the first 5 sec). I am going to work again on that movie. It has taken about 2 hours for a TV show, and a little over 4 hours for a 100 min movie. I am going to try different transcoding ratios and see if time varies.

    By the way Quality es Excelente!!
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  • lisabiziou

    10 months ago

    Hi ,
    i just wanna say, after the first few problems, and after reading all your comments, im ripping in 5 minuites, recoding in about 2 to 3 hours ( sometimes one and a half ) , i make one complete avi file of 700. and its going great.
    But the clue is to read all the comments. i found if i follow the guide by elliot to rip my dvd, with DVD decrypter( choosing in settings the default plus in file mode and IFO mode NONE under file splitting. this give me one complete file.
    The i go into start/ my compter/ local C disc/ program files/Auto GK in there i open VDubMode and in that i open the program VirtualdubMod. In virtualdub in the menu at the top choose video and tick on Direct stream copy, DO NOT CLOSE VIRTUALDUD JUST MINIMILISE IT TILL WHOLE MOVIE IS RECODED. Then open autoGK and follow elliots instrutions further.
    good luck
    By the way i have one movie that wont rip but this is because of some new protection, not elliots program.
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  • Frankie

    10 months ago

    Why doesn't (or how do you) Windows Media Player RIP DVDs?
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  • Bisaley

    10 months ago

    The whole thing can take up to 2-3 hours...
    Windows Media Player i think only Rips Cd's not sure...
    Like right now, im ripping a DvD...
    I wait like usual
    After done, go to the folder you ripped it to and you will have the .avi
    with cd1 & cd2 with the 1400mb
    others optional
    I mostly rip DvD's because the TV shows are a little harder
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  • corey

    10 months ago

    It's pretty good but some of the movies i tried to rip finished with the audio out of sync with the video which is useless.
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  • MJ

    10 months ago

    Man this is my 3rd attempt. I've trying to rip the beginning of a DVD that was done professionally to get the music. Everything works as described in instructions except one big problem. NO SOUND. Why? anyone know why? I have Vista as O/S is that why?
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  • Chris

    10 months ago

    Well mate, its working fine, but I dont know what took you so long to rip. Im already at "Encoding Audio" and its only been a few minutes.
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  • Sara

    10 months ago

    I used this guide and it worked out pretty nicely, but is there a faster way?
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  • jonathan C

    10 months ago

    Can someone help me the movies I transferd are like zoomed in ...
    I would say in a 150%
    is there a setting I should change?
    Thank you
    J
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  • Kyle B

    10 months ago

    Hey guys, can anyone help me out?
    Every time I use this method, I can't get the avi files to be longer than a minute. Is it a problem with DVD Decrypter or AutoGK?
    Everything else (quality, audio etc) works great, its just the length.
    Thanks in advance
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  • metalisa

    9 months ago

    it works 10x a lot
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  • harry

    9 months ago

    thanks dude! it works!
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  • omskie

    9 months ago

    great! thanks very much! wahahaha!
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