ripping DVD to avi

[Deaf Raiders]

Recommend me a DVD ripper. I have Kidulthood on DVD but it has no subtitles so i need a DVD ripper so i can burn and watch on my DVD player. I already have the subtitled downloaded. I'ved tried 2 DVD burns which my DVD player don't recognise the codec audio/video and won't play it.

So far i have tried the, DVDFab, freestudio and lately iSofter DVD Ripper. None of them are working on my DVD player. I also want one that works with the ipod and iphone.

[yoda313]

well those are two different steps. The ripping and the encoding.

Do you get the vobs off the dvd with dvdfab? If so than you don't need a different ripper - just make sure you are always using the most up to date version.

As far as converting what types are you looking for on the dvd player? You should be able to just do a straight burn if you want keep it as a dvd (ie the vob files). You would need to shrink it after ripping with dvd shrink if you can't fit it on a dvd-5 single layer initially.

Now if you are converting to xvid or divx you have to make sure your dvd player supports it.

There are many many programs for converting dvd to ipod or iphone. Xvid4psp is one that will output to many forms including apple forms.

Super is another program that will convert dvd to portable video formats.

[Baldrick]

Does your dvd player support avi divx?

[Deaf Raiders]

It suppose to.

heres my DVD: http://www.targa.co.uk/index.jsp?SID=0&NAV=236&DOC=&PAGE=1857&PCAT=3&PROD=332&PTUBE=14...AREA=undefined

[yoda313]

Does it play them at all? Try different brand discs.

Also try to see if your using vbr or cbr audio. It might not like variable bit rate audio.

Go to divx.com and download a sample video from the website, doesn't matter what it is as long as it is an actual divx file. Then burn it and see if it will play. Then if it does use gspot to identify the codec used. Then you can encode using that setting.

Also when you make your divx try making it less than 2gb - I believe some players still have a limit of what file size it can handle. One other thing - if its a high def divx file it probably won't play it. It would have to be 720x480/576(pal) or less to be standard definition.

Check these variables out and you may be able to get on the right track.

One last thing - if its using a portable harddrive instead of a disc make sure you have it plugged in if it requires a power source as the usb port would not be strong enough to power a drive. Also it needs to be fat32 not ntfs.

[KBeee]

You could run the DivX/Xvid file through MPEG4Modifier to check that it doesn't have Packed Bitstream.
If it does, MPEG4Modifier can unpack it in a few seconds.
The Video Info button in MPEG4Modifier will also tell you if the DivX/Xvid file has QPel or GMC, both of which are no-nos for playback on most set top avi players. If your files have QPel or GMC then you'll need to re-encode them.

Generally for a DivX/Xvid AVI file to play you need -
1. 720*576 max resolution
2. No Packed Bitstream
3. No QPel
4. No GMC
5. Total bitrate less than 2000kbps (varies wildly from player to player)

[Deaf Raiders]

The info I get when starting the CD up :

At least one of the following formats is not supported by the DVD Recorder Play back cannot Start.
video Codec is : DX50
Audio Codec is : 55
Resolution: 720x576

[jman98]

Deaf Raiders - Thanks for the screen capture. That was very helpful.

No standalone DVD players will play H.264 video. That's your problem. Convert to Divx if you want to play it. We have a sticky in the DVD Players forum on things that can be problems for Divx playback on standalone DVD players. You should look at it.

[Deaf Raiders]

So all i need is DivX converter from the divX site yeah?

[jman98]

I really hesitate to recommend you use DivX converter. It does work and it's easy to use, but it was designed for morons to use. I'm NOT saying you're a moron for either using or asking about it. I am saying that it was designed for complete idiots to use. You can set nothing in it, which is less than optimal. You just give it a video as input, select an output type and go. If you "just want it to work as easily as possible" you might consider it, but you'll get better results and have more control over the output to use Dr. Divx (my tool of choice) or AutoGK. You can tweak bit rate, resolution, etc. in those tools, but not in DivX converter.

[Deaf Raiders]

I had AutoGK but it told me no DivX installed so i had to download DivX converter still AutoGK still displays the same error.

[Baldrick]

Install the Divx codec.