DVD Ripping Questions

[slee02]

I'm a newbie to this so here is my questions. I have a bluray and dvd collection I want to rip to XVID with AC3 (5.1) (Dolby Digital) and file extension .AVI and I've tried Handbrake, VodCoder, MakeMKV. They all don't give option for XVID codec with AC3 with extension .AVI. I don't want to have video and audio demuxing and then re-combining stuff....I rather buy a program or use programs to make this done in one step. I also have some 720p .MKV (bluray rips) that I want to convert to 480p (XVID, AC3, .AVI). I don't know anything about aspect ratio or anything like that...so I clueless how to do this stuff.....I don't want AAC or MP3 audio. I see that people rip movies and they are of different video sizes (720x480) standard....720x404,720x420..etc... if I lookup or look at back of jacket on the originals it says aspect ratio 1:85, etc..2:35...etc...this has been problematic with my bluray rips....Just because I encode them at 1280x720 some of them don't look right....either watching on computer or streaming from computer to bluray player....any help appreciated...thanks...

[LMotlow]

Rip has a specific meaning https://www.videohelp.com/glossary?R#Rip. It does not mean to re-encode to other codecs and/or resizing.

If you don't understand what an aspect ratio is, you have a long way to go. Start here with the basics:
https://www.videohelp.com/hd#tech
https://www.videohelp.com/dvd#tech

The 1:85 and 2.35 aspect ratios you mentioned are common movie display ratios. They apply specifically to original image proportions and are not used for encoding BluRay/AVCHD, or DVD.

[manono]

I don't want to have video and audio demuxing and then re-combining stuff....I rather buy a program or use programs to make this done in one step.

It'll be demuxed and then remuxed afterwards one way or the other - up front or behind the scenes. Try AutoGK as it was designed for you. Only DVD or AVI input, though. No Blu-Rays or MKV or any of that stuff.

You'll have to decrypt the DVD to the hard drive first followed by opening the correct IFO (or the first VOB in the series if you don't need subs). I might suggest a single-pass quality-based encode at the default 75% to start. If you want a smaller size or different resolution, you can tweak it the next time.