Hello everyone,

I just bought a new DVD drive (not a dvd burner) for my pc. My question is simple. Can I somehow record to data from a DVD onto my hard drive and view it later with a DVD emulator? Our local library system allows us to borrow DVD's for free and I was wondering if I could somehow save them for later viewing. I saw a program called Virtual CD. Is that what I would use? I would really like to save the DVD data and burn it on a cd-rom if possible and view it with an emulator. Is that possible? Thanks!

Hell yes. Either get "dvd copy plus" or" vcd galaxy rip pack". I have both on my server if your interested. You have to do more than just rip the dvd and it might take up to 10 gigs of h/d space tp process. But when your done . Youll have 1 or two 650 or 700mb files and you can just delete the rest. Ive been experimenting with different programs. If you want to talk I am James on msn messenger

I would like to talk to you about that James - I will try to catch you asap.

Okie norm when ever you get time

if you wanna back up dvds, then rip them with DVDx... I think it's the best out there right now.

-CaP

I'd rip some of my DVD's but I'll WILL run out of hard drive space. I'll need 1TB drive soon! :D

Thats why I got another 60gig drive

Why not just convert them to divx and then burn them to CD? Saves you the money of buying the TB drive :D

if u want to learn how to rip the dvd data onto the hdd, u can try this forum
http://forum.cdrsoft.cc/showthread.php?s=&...00&pagenumber=1

it provides u with a tutorial

in order to download it , you have to register for it

I decided to use SmartRipper, DVD2AVI, and TMPGEnc for making the backups of my movies.

One question though: Is there a simple way to rejoin mpegs? I think I'll put about 1 hour of the movie on each cd and burn them. Then when I want to play them I'll copy/paste them to my hard drive and play them. Ok, I know I could just play one file and then start up the other after the first one is done, but is it possible to rejoin 2 or more mpegs once they're back on my hard drive?

Thanks for all the replies in the thread. I learned a lot.



Last edited by MinnesotaKid at Jul 23 2002, 10:46 PM

Yes, there is a way to join two mpegs into one. I think the program is called VirtualDub, but I havent had much background with that program and couldnt walk you through the steps. But I think that is the program name, and I am sure there is a way to do it. Of course, there are lots of other programs that will do the trick too :)

Since you are using TMPGEnc, why don't you use the mpeg tools with it. You can cut, join, whatever with it. Also, a great tool I just found to rip DVD's with is DVD2SVCD. Great quality, plus you can also use TMPGEnc as the encoder for the program. Good luck with your videos.



Last edited by hamslammer at Jul 23 2002, 07:23 PM

Thanks for the info :)

as the other guys say: DivX is the best for u
try http://www.sk-audio.org/articles/DivX%20-%...nal%20HowTo.htm and do what exactly it means. if any doubt don't hesitate to reply here :)

www.doom9.org
www.vcdhelp.com

Also nice info
hxxp://nickyguides.digital-digest.com/smartrip.htm