Dvd/vcd to avi

expat yorkshire · Post by **expat yorkshire** » 1st Sep, '11, 12:01

TO the geeks

What is the best software to convert a DVD/VCD to avi ?

Either free or paid

Fat Bob · Post by **Fat Bob** » 1st Sep, '11, 12:04

I use DVDFab I think. Does the job. Most of them will be paid versions, though obviously you can get them knocked off.

Has a whole load of options depending on what bit rate, what format blah blah blah.

expat yorkshire · Post by **expat yorkshire** » 1st Sep, '11, 12:07

FB is it easy to use ?

baloo · Post by **baloo** » 1st Sep, '11, 12:10

agree, DVDFab

So easy to use that I recommend the program to Americans.

But AVI is so 2007. MKV is what you want. Handbrake is the best MKV tool.

expat yorkshire · Post by **expat yorkshire** » 1st Sep, '11, 12:12

is handbrake straight conversion dvd to MKV.

I am just looking to rip some of my dvd to watch on my
IPAD

baloo · Post by **baloo** » 1st Sep, '11, 12:14

handbrake can do mkv, mp4 straight from DVD.

Fat Bob · Post by **Fat Bob** » 1st Sep, '11, 12:17

Hmmmm...not sure what Ipad can read. Check which formats. Is VLC player still available for the iPad? In which case, yes, MKV is good. I'm sure tehre are other players which are suitable *cough*

expat yorkshire · Post by **expat yorkshire** » 1st Sep, '11, 12:43

i have vlc and Avplayerhd Im sure one of them should be able to read MKV

Fat Bob · Post by **Fat Bob** » 1st Sep, '11, 13:21

VLC is tops, it can read anything. In which case, judge yourself whether you should be reducing file size or increasing resolution. You have limited memory, obviously a 4GB file is not what you want.

Fat Bob · Post by **Fat Bob** » 28th Jul, '12, 23:07

baloo wrote:handbrake can do mkv, mp4 straight from DVD.

Was having trouble going from DVD to mkv with Handbrake....until you use DVDPro.

baloo · Post by **baloo** » 28th Jul, '12, 23:32

Never heard of dvdpro

My new favorite is Any Video Converter Ultimate. I haven't found a format it can't convert too yet.

Fat Bob · Post by **Fat Bob** » 29th Jul, '12, 08:46

Sorry, DVD Idle Pro. This software allow decoding of both copy-protected DVDs and remove region locking from your computer DVD player. It also has some benefits for laptops such as pre-reading all the DVD to a HDD cache.

baloo · Post by **baloo** » 29th Jul, '12, 08:48

Ah, for region unlocking I use the Slysoft products.

expat yorkshire · Post by **expat yorkshire** » 29th Jul, '12, 19:56

After trying out many options I paid for winX dvd ripper .

Easy to use and does everything that I need

Morrolan · Post by **Morrolan** » 30th Jul, '12, 09:16

i have that one too. quite good.

Fat Bob · Post by **Fat Bob** » 7th Apr, '13, 12:59

I've not found a free one that does it all easily, mainly due to copy-protected DVDs. I have now got a 2-stage process which really gives good quality, low file size files.

Stage 1: Rip the Copy-protected DVD to hard drive (removing copy-protection) using MakeMKV. This makes a full-size copy of the title(s) of the disc. When ripping TV series then there's more than one title.

Stage 2: Use Handbrake to convert the file from full size to compressed file with options on how to do it (I use H.264 with a Constant Quality RF20 with aac audio at 160kbs). You have the choice of m4a or mkv file outputs, VLC works on both PC and Android so happy indeed.

Sardonicus · Post by **Sardonicus** » 7th Apr, '13, 14:32

How about VOB => avi? I don't have the DVD any more

baloo · Post by **baloo** » 7th Apr, '13, 16:48

Pretty sure handbrake can handle a Vob. Handbrake doesn't convert to avi anymore though.

Sardonicus · Post by **Sardonicus** » 7th Apr, '13, 22:30

Handbrake did it, thanks. To mkv - AVC will take it from mkv to avi.

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