i hope this doesn't look stupid!

[buju]

1. do i need a dvd rom connected to my computer, to rip?

2. my hd size is 6gb and i am using just under half of this at present. is this a sufficent size for the task at hand?

thanks in advance

[fantomlord]

1. do i need a dvd rom connected to my computer, to rip?

2. my hd size is 6gb and i am using just under half of this at present. is this a sufficent size for the task at hand?

thanks in advance

well...think about it.
what drive do you think you will be using to read the DVD disc in order to rip it?
as for the hard drive, I'm not sure about that one...sorry.

[buju]

so it does look stupid!!

what i meant was that i bought a dvd player last night, and have since been trying to see how to copy/rip etc. is there anyway to connect my standalone dvd player to my 'puter or do i need to but a dvd drive and quite possibly another hard drive?

thanks again!

[TracyB99]

Yes, you do need a dvd-rom to rip the files from the dvd to your hard drive. Then you can use the software you can download to convert those files in order to make a vcd that can then be played on your standalone dvd player. No, you can't hook up your dvd player to your computer. It doesn't sound like you have enough room on your hard drive to do it either. I tried on my old computer (6 gig) and I didn't have enough room with the computer almost empty. You need a minimum of 4 gigs just to do it with some programs.

Hope that helps.

[kwantum]

no offense, but the dvd player idea may be the dumbest i've ever heard. but you definitely need a larger HD either way, you can get a 20 GB for like $60. You must have an old computer to have that small a hard drive, so I'm wondering whether your computer will even be able to handle it.

[LanceSteel]

No offense, but the dvd player idea may be the dumbest i've ever heard.

I don't think its that dumb. Back in the days of Laser Disk wasn't there a way to hook that up to a pc. In the terms of my Apex-500W, I could hookup the dvd-rom from the stand alone directly up to my computer. All you would need is a long IDE cable or else take the drive out of the stand alone.

Buju you do need a bigger HD. Like kwantum said 20GB drives can be had for 60.

[SLK001]

Naw, you don't need a DVD-ROM to read a DVD. Just get yourself a microscope, stick the DVD under it and manually record all the dots and dashes. Then extract the encryption key the same way and transcode the entire "ripped" DVD file with the decoding matrix. It really is that simple.

Back in the days of Laser Disk wasn't there a way to hook that up to a pc.

The only way to get the Laserdisk (which is a PURELY ANALOG format) into the computer is through a A-D card of some sort.

[margosuperstar]

uuuuuuummmmmm...
not so fast...First , I'm a newbie , so be easy on me. I'm doing exactly what Buju asked could be done. I went to wally world and got ATI t.v. capture card. I schlep my Apex 1100w dvd player over to my computer.I hook up the player via comp in. I bring up the t.v. ,set the digital recorder to mpg capture then push play on the dvd player. I record it directly to my H.D... the problem I'm having now is trying to split the clip . Well , i can split it ok , but the audio and video get outta sync...but i've been lurking around the forums awhile and i see this as being a common problem...hhhmmm, maybe i oughta break down and get a dvd-rom , definitly less schleping!!!

[SLK001]

Your method also will give you fits with the Macrovision signal. Make your life easy... go out and purchase yourself a DVD-ROM. They can be had for less than $60.

[KingJohn]

Guys, you seen all the CAM movies that people download, most a pretty good. So you don't need a DVD player for your computer, or a larger hard drive, just buy yourself a good video camera, then you can make your own CAM's by pointing it at the TV screen, then with a simple capture card you can transfer it

i hope this doesn't look stupid!

[Ostaf]

Not nearly as stupid as I'm sure you were trying to make it seem. In times long past, any computer animation (yes, computer animation has been around a long time. Remember Tron and Last Star Fighter?) would be rendered frame by frame and then a snapshot would be taken by a special camera box positioned in front of the monitor. Aw the memories.

As far as the original question is concerned, you can use a video capture card to record what your DVD spits out, but it will be at a lower quality then originally on the DVD. And I'm pretty sure that the re-encoding process would wipe out the macrovision, but I could be wrong. I've never tried.
If you do get a DVD-rom, then even with such a small drive, you can rip DVDs. Make sure you have a little more then a gig free (I'd actually say at least 2) and you can rip it one file at a time. Convert that to an AVI or MPEG, and move to the next file. When you've got all the bits you can put them together into a single file. This, though, is time consuming and faulty. Get a larger hard drive.