Semi-technical DVD to PC help

[wadc45]

I have a DVD of some home movies that I want to transfer to my computer and then upload to a website for viewing. I have no idea what's the best software for ripping a DVD and I don't know what's the best website to upload decent sized files.

I have Nero 7.

Go...

 

[exhawg]

I use DVD Fab Platinum. I don't rip from DVD to video often, but It does it. You should be able to find a cracked version out there if you want to try it out. Sorry that I can't help with detailed info.

 

[Muck]

I use DVD Fab Platinum. I don't rip from DVD to video often, but It does it. You should be able to find a cracked version out there if you want to try it out. Sorry that I can't help with detailed info.

The company offers a free version called DVD Fab HD Decrypter. It won't convert to other formats but it will rip your DVDs to the HDD.

You'll need another program to transcode them to whatever format you want to use (or you can buy the full version of DVD Fab which can do it in one step).

However since we're talking about home movies you didn't need a program to break the CSS encryption (on all commercial DVDs) which is what DVDFab does.

Handbrake, AutoGK, avi.NET, DVDx (& others) are all good programs that should be able do what you want without too much fuss.

*Incidentally - Using a program to circumvent CSS encryption is currently illegal under the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act).

 

[wadc45]

Nero has something called Nero Recode and it recodes things to MPEG-4...I assume once I get it to MPEG-4 I want to record it as AVI or something so the average person can watch it?

 

[Muck]

Nero has something called Nero Recode and it recodes things to MPEG-4...I assume once I get it to MPEG-4 I want to record it as AVI or something so the average person can watch it?

AVI is a container file format. MPEG-4 is a standarized codec (compressor/decompressor) method.

A container is just a file type which is used to store a video stream. The stream itself can be encoded by different methods.

Checking around it looks like Nero Recode saves files as .mp4 which is another container format (similar to avi).

Most modern video software should handle .mp4s without any problems.

Where are you wanting to upload the file? (To youtube etc?)

 

[wadc45]

AVI is a container file format. MPEG-4 is a standarized codec (compressor/decompressor) method.

A container is just a file type which is used to store a video stream. The stream itself can be encoded by different methods.

Checking around it looks like Nero Recode saves files as .mp4 which is another container format (similar to avi).

Most modern video software should handle .mp4s without any problems.

Where are you wanting to upload the file? (To youtube etc?)

It's a 30 minute video so probably too big for YouTube (I'm just assuming)...

 

[jimotis4heisman]

It's a 30 minute video so probably too big for YouTube (I'm just assuming)...

3 minutes of fun and 27 mins of you with a whiskey and cigar?

 

[Muck]

It's a 30 minute video so probably too big for YouTube (I'm just assuming)...

Size wise no (youtube uploads can be up to 2GB) but they cap the length at ten minutes (which makes the 2GB limit meaningless).

You could always chop the video into three 10min parts.