What's the *quickest* way to rip a DVD?

[OM2]

Can someone tell me what the *quickest* way to rip a DVD is?

The quickest way I can think of is:

1. DVD Shrink.
2. VirtualDubMod.
(Assuming all needed filters and other bits and bobs are installed.)

Is the above a good/bad idea?
Is there a more optimal and faster solution?

Quality is really important - so I don't want to spare on that part.

Thanks.


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[Baldrick]

Do you mean rip and convert to avi divx/xvid?

[OM2]

sorry... I should have said: yes.

also... not sure how possible this is... but i would really really like an automated solution as possible!
i.e.: just stick the dvd in and press one button say.
is this possible?

[redwudz]

Try FairUse Wizard. It should do most of that fairly much one touch. You may need a program like DVD43 or AnyDVD for a front end to decrypt some of the newer DVDs.

[OM2]

that looks pretty good to me.
thanks.
without having tried myself yet... can you tell how long it takes to rip a dvd?

thanks.

[normcar]

The ripping usually takes 25-40 minutes. That's just copying the DVD data to the harddrive while removing the copy protection.

However, depending on your CPU, the encoding to shrink the from a 7+ GB disk to a 4.3 GB disk can take an hour or more. And then the burning is another 8 min. or so depending on write speed.

[OM2]

hey that sounds just what i want.
thanks for the reply.