HD too small for DVD-DIVX ripping

[Quinnsey]

Hey,
I've been trying to rip some of my DVD's to DIVX so that I can play them on my hard drive, using "Pinoy2201's DivX Newbie Guide" (http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/userguides/78732.php). The problem is, because my Laptop only has a 5GB Hard Drive I cannot rip the vobs AND convert them to a DIVX AVI at the same time without running out of space. Is there any alternative way of doing this or should I just forget about it?

Thanks for your help!

[psxdude007]

There are plenty of DVD rippers that rip directly into the divx format. go to google.com and search "DVD Rippers"

go to a link called BurnWorld or something like that. They got a big list of them there

[Quinnsey]

Thanks mate, I'll give that a shot.

[Quinnsey]

It's such a big list... could anyone recommend one in paticular?

[mckeomat]

hi there,

I believe that DVDx can rip directly to DivX. It's free, easily available (http://www.doom9.org/) and VERY easy to use.

good luck

[Quinnsey]

Using DVDx when I click open DVD root and select the movie IFO from the list I get the message:
"DeCSS: Invalid block found; drive may be not unblocked Run a DVD player such as WinDVD or PowerDVD Open the DVD, and retry. The DVD player dosen't need to run during the encoding process"
I click OK and then I get:
"MPEG2Dec: Error during decoder initialisation"

Any ideas? Thanks for helping out a newbie idiot like me!

(Possible those messages originated because I had already ripped the vobs from the DVD to my HD using DVDDecrypter as instructed with the tutorial I was using)

[skater9629862]

you must run a dvd playing program.

this will "unlock" the drive enabling you to rip the movie.

[Quinnsey]

Thanks everyone for your help, it seems to be working okay now (although 57 hours seems like a LONG time to take )
Thanks!

[crahak]

57 Hours!?? OMG. Why don't you just buy a hard disk and do it with Gordian Knot like everyone else? LOL. I wouldn't even bother if it took this long.