saving dvd

[pbmuz]

I'm looking to save my dvds to my hard drive so that i can watch them on my laptop which doesnt have a dvd player. I've searched these forums as well as many other websites' but I can't find how to
save a dvd to my hard drive in a format playable with windows media player or another player like that.

[lordsmurf]

Didn't look very hard.

method 1- Rip to drive. The end. Use DVD player software to watch.

method 2- Rip to drive, convert to XVID or something smaller. Use WMP or other player to watch.

[pbmuz]

i didnt look very hard coz i have no patience :P
i tried using dvdshrink but that just saved .vob files which i cant play. any suggestions for a ripper or player?

[ZippyP.]

I'm looking to save my dvds to my hard drive so that i can watch them on my laptop which doesnt have a dvd player.

Do you mean that you don't have a DVD drive or a software DVD player? In order to save to the hard drive you will need a DVD drive of some sort that will attach to your computer. Media Player Classic is a free player which will play the VOB's from Shrink.

[pbmuz]

i have a dvd in my desktop. i wana use that to save the dvds to my hd so i can watch them on my laptop over my network.

[waheed]

VLC player for watching over network.

You can use dvd shrink to rip them. Other tools you can try are dvd decrypter and dvdfab decrypter.

[pbmuz]

is there a way to use vlc to watch a dvd directly from my dvd drive over my network? cant figure out how to do it.

[lordsmurf]

i didnt look very hard coz i have no patience :P

Go read.
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=5

[pbmuz]

not a very helpful forum

[Baldrick]

what have you tried? did you share you dvdrom drive? opened it with vlc?

[THE RIPPER]

What os ?

[jimmalenko]

not a very helpful forum

I think you'll find that this is a very helpful forum if you help yourself

All the information you could ever need is at the tip of a mouse-click yet you prefer people to do all the hard yards for you and spoon-feed you. You don't pay for any help received here, so you ahould be grateful for any assistance you receive. After all, free help is better than no help at all, right ?

You've already been pointed in the right direction, now it's up to you to do the reading and decide for yourself which method suits you best.

Here's two conditions you agreed to when you signed up at this site:

Please try to do some basic research before posting.
Most fundamental questions are answered on the How To's on this site.

Use the Forum search feature.
Using the search can yield rich rewards as most questions have already been previously answered.

I'll bet you haven't done either.

RTFM

Either that, or pay someone to do it for you.

[INFRATOM]

Go into your intended DVD folder then VIDEO_TS folder (through your network ie mapped drive or else) then double click the first ifo file if not listed in order click on view > details and windows media player will play it for you.