Fastest way to do DVD to AVI/MPG/MOV! Slow computer! ARGH!

[HonkyTonkBlues13]

I have a 450 mhz PII . I need to know the fastest way (short of getting a new computer. Has to be this one! ) to get video off of a DVD onto the hard drive in a format that I can use later on with TMPGEnc! DVD X COPY takes waaaayyyy too long because it involves burning a DVD. Any tips, tricks greatly appreciated! Thanx!!!

[ghoster]

i would say Nero Recode would be the fastest...

[Thomas Davie]

I would go for a 2 step process;

1) DVD Decrypter to rip the material to the hard drive, and

2) Auto Gordian Knot to convert to an avi.

Tom

[yoda313]

Hello,
You could look for a capture card that will run on your computer. That way you'll have it in realtime (and one that will remove macrovision- assuming of course you have a standalone dvd player).

You'll lose 5.1 sound however (unless you have a soundcard with a digital input)

Kevin

[jimmalenko]

I have a 450 mhz PII . I need to know the fastest way (short of getting a new computer. Has to be this one! ) to get video off of a DVD onto the hard drive in a format that I can use later on with TMPGEnc! DVD X COPY takes waaaayyyy too long because it involves burning a DVD. Any tips, tricks greatly appreciated! Thanx!!!

From what you've said here, you want to get a DVD onto your hard drive into a format you can feed into TMPGEnc later on ?

If this is the case, the first step is to rip the DVD to your Hard Drive. I would use either DVDDecrypter and the guide here or SmartRipper and the guide here.

You have a number of options for the next step. You can feed the files off you Hard Drive into DVD2AVI, which will create a .D2V file and your audio file. You can then load this .D2V file directly into TMPGEnc with your audio.

What do you want to end up with in the finish ?