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Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: nezff on October 20, 2003, 06:42:00 PM

i want to rip my dvd movies to divx and then ftp them over to the xbox, which one do ya'll recommend?

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: netscan on October 20, 2003, 08:09:00 PM

dvd2svcd.

All in one solution for "backups"

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: XDAWG on October 20, 2003, 10:41:00 PM

I use Gordian Knot it works the best for me. look at http://www.doom9.org for some info.

XDAWG

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: nezff on October 21, 2003, 03:21:00 AM

QUOTE (XDAWG @ Oct 21 2003, 01:41 AM)

I use Gordian Knot it works the best for me. look at http://www.doom9.org for some info. XDAWG

i tried gordian knot and i really want a all in one program to just put the dvd into the drive and ripp straight to divx.  dr divx did not rip a dvd the right way.  i tried dvd-to-avi and it does that.

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: Gamester17 on October 21, 2003, 04:23:00 AM

I use FlasKMPEG and XMPEG(based on FlaskMPEG) among others, both are user-friendly with many options

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: Aron Parsons on October 21, 2003, 08:28:00 AM

If you want the best quality, use the Gordian Knot package (it's a collection of tools to do convert the DVD).  Other solutions provide noticeably worse results, but may be preferrable to those not wanting to learn all the aspects of video encoding.  Like said above, check out www.doom9.org; it is hands-down the most comprehensive resource on the web.

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: 82ross on October 21, 2003, 11:41:00 AM

I have to agree there, goto Doom9 and check out the guides, i would use GordianKnot and also Robot4rip. Both work in harmony and guides can be found at doom9.

~Excellent rips

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: ZWinFlame on October 21, 2003, 05:27:00 PM

drdivx works really easy and nice.

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: ChrisF on October 21, 2003, 08:20:00 PM

Another vote of Gordian Knot.  It looks complicated at first simply because it can incorporate tons of functionality but in reality I use only a few settings.  It provides much more control over video and audio quality (like for a movie you really love vs. one you don't mind having access to) and the results are better than any all in one program since GK is actually a compilation of some of the best stand-alone tools with a single interface.  I taught a friend to use it in about 5 minutes (not counting time to rip and create an AVI project).  If you are looking for quick convenience and don't want to invest any time whatsoever than another solution may be more appropriate but if you really want to do it right spending a little bit of time with GK and the tutorials will set you up perfectly.  

Another point - I watch my divx on a large screen in 480p so quality is far more important when blowing a picture up that large - if you have a similar setup or plan to use these rips in a larger screen HDTV setting in the future you should take the time to do it right now since you will be mightily disappointed when you find out your good quality rip looks horrible when you move from a smaller standard tv to a large screen setup.

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: NerdENerd on October 22, 2003, 06:15:00 AM

Gordian Knot cannot be beaten.
Just read the guides, overwhelming at first but very easy once you have done a few.

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: nezff on October 22, 2003, 06:19:00 AM

well, with gordian knot, do i have to use the dvd decryptor and then do something else after?

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: NerdENerd on October 22, 2003, 06:24:00 AM

QUOTE (nezff @ Oct 22 2003, 03:19 PM)

well, with gordian knot, do i have to use the dvd decryptor and then do something else after?

Yes, but it is not a real big effort.

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: nezff on October 22, 2003, 06:27:00 AM

what about just using a all in one program to just encode the movie straight to divx?

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: nezff on October 22, 2003, 11:36:00 AM

how do i use gordian knot then. I know i put the dvd movie into the drive and then what. what apps do i use and need in the rip pack.  do i use dvd decryptor and then use what to convert it into divx.  what steps do i take. anyone that has used it let me know. thanks.


someone hook me up with a good ripper that encodes straight from pc dvd drive to divx on the pc hdd. then i can ftp it over.

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: Brouhaha on October 22, 2003, 02:22:00 PM

You might wanna checkout fairuse.  Its a dvd to divx (and now xvid too) wizard-like app.  Haven't checked out the latest versions, but you might have to do audio seperatly and thats it. It'll rip/crop/resize/encode video in a few clicks only.

Good luck

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: nezff on October 22, 2003, 03:05:00 PM

what about this one called easydivx?  http://easydivx.does.it/
so basically there is not a ripper that takes the movie from ur pc dvd drive and rips it straight to divx?

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: fizgig10 on October 22, 2003, 04:00:00 PM

Dude,

go to doom9.org and download gordian knot.

Run the program.

It provides instructions on how to rip and make a dvd2avi session file.  Tutorials step you through it.

I read and learned straight from the tutorials.  You can too.

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: nezff on October 22, 2003, 04:41:00 PM

i just downloaded fairuse.  its very simple.
i had some problems with gordian knot.

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: ChrisF on October 22, 2003, 07:12:00 PM

QUOTE (nezff @ Oct 23 2003, 01:41 AM)

i just downloaded fairuse.  its very simple. i had some problems with gordian knot.

I think an all-in-one solution is what you are looking for.  GK has tutorials just like xboxscene but as with all tutorials you have to be willing to read them and apply yourself.  If you have a specific question, feel free to ask but there is no way anyone is going to spoon feed an entire tutorial's worth of information.

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: Brouhaha on October 23, 2003, 09:20:00 AM

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: X-ace on October 23, 2003, 09:37:00 AM

DVD shrink rips the DVD to your harddrive, and it is incredibly fast (30 minutes for full movie).

After that you can use the DVDx app that comes with Xcopy to convert to any number of formats. This process takes a little longer depending compression, processors speed etc.

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: nezff on October 23, 2003, 05:08:00 PM

QUOTE (ChrisF @ Oct 22 2003, 10:12 PM)

QUOTE (nezff @ Oct 23 2003, 01:41 AM) i just downloaded fairuse.  its very simple. i had some problems with gordian knot. I think an all-in-one solution is what you are looking for.  GK has tutorials just like xboxscene but as with all tutorials you have to be willing to read them and apply yourself.  If you have a specific question, feel free to ask but there is no way anyone is going to spoon feed an entire tutorial's worth of information.

I will let u know when i need help reading a tutorial. i don't need someone to tell me that crap about reading anything. so is you don't have anything constructive to say or helpful, then don't say nothing.

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: X-ace on October 23, 2003, 06:20:00 PM

Easy, boy.

I thinkthe emssage you are getting is;
+ There is no easy way to rip directly to DIVX
+ Read the tutorials

Pls don't get defensive. People here want to help.

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: nezff on October 24, 2003, 11:17:00 AM

i am using easydivx now and it works pretty good.  i have also used Fairuse.  its a little slow.

Title: What Dvd To Divx Ripper Is The Best?
Post by: ChrisF on October 24, 2003, 11:53:00 AM

You had said you had problems with GK but the other one worked.  Kind of vague so I incorrectly assumed you hadn't been through the tutorials since it's usually pretty straightforward except that they rip in PAL in the tut so their explanation for Force Film and removing interlacing in non-film sources is a little off IMO.  If you have a question feel free to ask - you can tell from this thread that there's a lot of people who use this software here.  If the alternative software is working and good enough that you don't want to bother any more with GK that's okay too.