DVD ripping to avi?

[Livinloud316]

Anyone recommend some good software for ripping to avi that yields decent video quality without taking 3 hours to do it? I've used Nero 7, but that rips to .mp4 and has very low quality unless you tweak the size way up, also tried several others(isofter dvdplatinum, dvd-to-avi, AoA dvd ripper). I already have software to remove the copywrite protection, which works very well, I just can't rewrite it into decent quality. any tips/suggestions?

 

[Livinloud316]

also, for the record, doing this completely legally, making a media center type pc with everything on the HD

 

[momalle1]

Check here

Put "DVD to AVI" in the search. If you can't find it here, there's a good chance it doesn't exist.

 

[pgp_protector]

Anyone recommend some good software for ripping to avi that yields decent video quality without taking 3 hours to do it? I've used Nero 7, but that rips to .mp4 and has very low quality unless you tweak the size way up, also tried several others(isofter dvdplatinum, dvd-to-avi, AoA dvd ripper). I already have software to remove the copywrite protection, which works very well, I just can't rewrite it into decent quality. any tips/suggestions?

Just saw this thread, at work right now, but there's a few software packages I use (same thing storage of DVDs for Video Server)

I'll have to post the list of the 2 programs I use for DVD use when I get home.

 

[Qyöt27]

Scratch this; check your PMs.

 

[pgp_protector]

Don't know if you can still find it, but they were PD

DVD Shrink & DVD Decrypter.

 

[TheReasoner]

I have used Handbrake myself. Gives wonderful results. To use it however, you must have either Mac OS X or Linux to use it.
With it I have ripped DVDs I own to my own movie-server. I am using FrontRow (Apple's Media centre) to deal with my music and my video. It is all password protected and firewalled thoroughly to avoid anyone getting into the database and leeching my movies. (I do not want to pirate anything...)

 

[Livinloud316]

thank you all for your help, I'm trying a couple pieces of software out now, trying to figure out which best suits my needs. anyone else feel free to pitch in if you have something else to add.

 

[momalle1]

Ran across this today

http://www.freeskyvideo.com/FreeskyVideotoAVI.html