DVD to Divx with the following tools

[climbs]

OK....newbie here. I have flipped through many of the guides here, looked at the FAQ's, etc. I must be such a newbie that I am blind as well.

I want to convert my existing DVD's to Divx to store on my NAS to stream to my HD tv (once on the NAS I know how to make that work- streaming through my ps3). I have full working versions of the following and want to know how to accomplish my DVD to Divx conversion.

Newest "Divx converter -v6" with all add ons
DVD-cloner VI (will decrypt to HDD)
Full Nero suite

If I need something else please let me know. If there is a guide that I have missed please direct me to it.

Thanks

[guns1inger]

If you are streaming to the PS3, why not encode to H264 instead of Divx. Better quality for the same file size, or lower bitrate for the same quality. Either way you win.

Personally, I cannot ever see a reason or need to install Nero on any PC.

I would use DVDFab decrypter for decrypting DVDs to the HDD, then Xvid4PSP to encode the DVD files to high quality mp4 for the NAS/PS3.

[redwudz]

DVDFab HD Decrypter (For decrypting DVDs)
DVDShrink (For DVD backups)
Gspot or MediaInfo (For identifying file types)
VirtualDub (For filtering and editing AVI type files)
MPEG StreamClip (For MPEG editing)
AutoGK (For converting DVD>Xvid)
Xvid4PSP (For converting DVD>MP4)
Audacity (For editing audio files)
ImgBurn (To burn DVD/CDs)
GUI for dvdauthor (To author MPEG files>DVD)
HC (For encoding to MPEG format)
DVD Flick, FAVC (For all in one AVI type>DVD conversions)

I probably left out a few programs, but these tools will do most anything you need for video. They all have guides and they are all freeware.

I no longer use Nero for anything.

And welcome to our forums.

[climbs]

Thanks folks....I will get to work.