Auto DVD Rip - Put the disc in the tray and the program does the rest

[dw-wizard]

I have created a program that automatically rips DVDs. The idea is that all you have to do is put the DVD in the tray and the program does the rest. This is great for converting your DVD collection to computer files.

This is certainly not a program for novices. There is not much for a user interface. And there is a decent chance that you may want make some small modifications to my source code. Also, it requires installing a few 3rd party programs and some other software.

What it does is it simply automates a DVD ripping guide that I got off of this website a while ago. It works most of the time, but every once in a while I encounter a DVD that has issues.

The program is written in AutoIt. All the source code is provided, along with all the installers for the 3rd party programs that are used. However, I cannot guarantee that my AutoIt program will work with newer versions of the 3rd party software.

So, now that I have done my best to warn you, I can say that it does work really well. Just stick a DVD into your computer and out pops a .mkv file.

You can download it here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/44961/ARD.7z

There is a readme in the .7z file and my email is at the end of the readme. Feel free to email me with comments/issues/advice.

[Baldrick]

Moving you our DVD Ripping sections.


Does it shrink/reconvert also?

[dw-wizard]

Yes. Essentially what it does is runs DVD Decrypter to copy the data from the disc to the hard drive. Then runs dgIndex on the VOB files. Then rips subtitles, creates AVISynth scripts, creates MeGUI jobs, and opens MeGUI to encodes the videos to either MKV of MP4.

[Noahtuck]

It works most of the time, but every once in a while I encounter a DVD that has issues

That might be because you are using

Essentially what it does is runs DVD Decrypter to copy the data from the disc to the hard drive.

And Dvd Decrypter has not been updated since 2005!!

Hence it will not defeat most newer copy protections on disc's made since then.

[dw-wizard]

I use DVD Decrypter because is is free and has a command line interface. Are there any better programs available that can do that? If so I would love to incorporate them.

[Noahtuck]

It does not matter "why" you use DVD Decrypter, the point is, plain and simple, DVD Decrypter will NOT bypass or remove newer copy protections on newer commercially pressed & copy protected dvd's.

I personally love DVD Decrypter, for many reason's other than ripping newer commercial pressed dvd's because it will not bypass and rip newer dvd's with newer copy protection.

[handyguy]

Can you use Dvdfab?

[Baldrick]

DVDFab has command line support. I don't know if it will work with the free dvdfab decrypter that just do full rips of movies.

DVDFab Command Line Switches:
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(You can get a basic version of this list via 'DVDFab.exe /?')


Parameter Description:
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/MODE <???> Used to tell the program which menu item in the left navigation bar should be selected.

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Option: DVD Copy
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FULLDISC | MAINMOVIE | SPLIT | CUSTOMIZE | CUSTOMIZESPLIT | CLONE | MERGE
| WRITEDATA

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Option: DVD Ripper
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DVDGENERIC | DVDIPOD | DVDPSP | DVDZUNE | DVDNDS | DVDXBOX360 | DVDPS3
| DVDAPPLETV | DVDCELLPHONE | DVDPVP | DVDPDA | DVDVOB | DVDAVI | DVDMP4
| DVDWMV | DVDMKV | DVDFLV | DVD3GP | DVDAUDIO

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Option: Blu-ray Copy
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BDFULLDISC | BDMAINMOVIE | BDCLONE | BDWRITEDATA

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Option: Blu-ray Ripper
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BLURAYXBOX360 | BLURAYPS3 | BLURAYMKV | BLURAYAVI | BLURAYMP4 | BLURAYAUDIO | BLURAYIPAD |BLURAYM2TS

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[dw-wizard]

Well, I have tried to use the free version of DVDFab to provide similar functionality to DVDDecrypter (eg IFO mode, No File Splitting).

I can't get DVDFab to produce the same out file(s) as DVDDecrypter (my current DVD rip program is based off of IFO mode NO file spitting in DVDDecrypter), but I can get it to produce a .iso file that removes the "Modern" Copy Protection.

I think I can include into my DVD Rip Program the ability to first use DVDFab to Decrypt and remove copy protection (saving the output to an .iso), mount the .iso using Virtual Clone Drive and then running my DVD Ripping Script from the newly created .iso file.

This adds a few steps to the automation procedure (which I don't mind) but also required me to make 2 copies of the DVD dat onto my hard drive (First with DVDFab into an .iso then with DVDDecryper from the .iso to .vob files when running in IFO mode, No File Splitting).

I am definitely interesting into making improvements to my Auto DVD Rip program, so let me know if you have any ideas/comments about this plan forward.