Software that will be used
DVD Decrypter
http://www.mrbass.org/dvdrip/SetupDVDDecrypter_3.5.4.0.exe
AutoGK
http://www.autogk.me.uk/ (Click Download on the left of the page) or from Here: http://mirror2.autogk.me.uk/AutoGordianKnot.2.45.Setup.exe
Layout of this Guide
Part 1 – Ripping the actual DVD to your Hard Drive
Step 1 – General outlay of DVD Decrypter
Step 2 – Opening the DVD and Setup of DVD Decrypter
Step 3 – Selecting an output
Step 4 – Selecting the files to backup
Step 5 – Extracting the DVD
Part 2 – Converting the DVD to AVI (Ripping)
Step 1 – Selecting the Correct Input File and Output File
Step 2 – Selecting the audio and subtitles
Step 3 – Selecting output size
Step 4 – Advance Parameters
Step 5 – Converting
Part 1 – Ripping the actual DVD to your Hard Drive
Step 1
Open DVD Decrypter, the program should look similar to the image above. Source is the original DVD that is in your DVD Driver. Destination is the folder where the files will be stored. Make sure you select a folder on a hard drive that has enough storage space as the folder will be approx 3.0 – 4.3 GB in size.
Step 2
Place the DVD that you want to rip in your DVD Drive. Now select your DVD Drive from the source drop down box. As you can see, mines a LG HL-DT-ST. Label is what the DVD is named on the Disc. Region is what regional settings the disc is set to. As you can see, the disc that I’m using is region free, as it list all the regions. This disc also has no RCE protection. This DVD also doesn’t have a copyright protection system on it either. If your disc has the region set to one system and RCE Protection is set to yes, you can remove if by selecting the “Tool” menu, then clicking “Settings…”
The setting dialog will then appear. Now tick the “Remove Macrovision Protection” check box, this will remove the Macrovision flag of the VOB files on the disc. RCE Protection Region should be set to the region your drive (or standalone DVD player) has. You can find the regions below.
DVD regions
Region 1 - 1: U.S., Canada, U.S. Territories
Region 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, and Middle East (including Egypt)
Region 3 - Southeast Asia and East Asia (including Hong Kong)
Region 4 - Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean
Region 5 - Eastern Europe (Former Soviet Union), Indian subcontinent, Africa, North Korea, and Mongolia
Region 6 - Peoples Republic of China
Region 7 - Reserved
Region 8 - Special international venues (airplanes, cruise ships, etc.)
Step 3
Click the small folder with the magnify glass icon. The save dialog will then appear. Select a folder that you want the DVD to be ripped to. Remember to make sure you have enough space available on your hard drive.
Step 4
You are now ready to start the decryption process. Select all the files in the list as seen above (By pressing Ctrl + A). The small status at the bottom of the program tells you how many files are selected, which in this case there are 12. It also tells us the total size of all the files that are selected. This is a good indication on what space you will need available on your hard drive. Once they are all selected, all you have to do is click the big button on the bottom left of the program (The button with the DVD disc, Green arrow and Hard Drive icons).
Step 5
The program is now extracting the sectors, now all you have to do is wait until the process has finished. In other words, you can have a break for a while.
When this process is finished, this dialog will appear. Now go to the folder that you selected as your destination. All the files should be in the folder that you selected. You can test the files by opening your favourite DVD player software and testing the movie.
Part 2 – Converting the DVD to AVI (Ripping)
Open AutoGK, it should look like the one above. This program is very simple to use. Basically what is going to happen is:
• Step 1 - Select an input file and output file
• Step 2 – Select audio track and subtitle track
• Step 3 – Select output size
• Step 4 – (Optional): advance parameters
• Step 5 – Converting
Let’s get started then.
Step 1 – Selecting the Correct Input File and Output File
Click the folder icon next to the input file box. The open dialog will then appear.
Now locate the destination folder that you used in Part 1, when you were using DVD Decrypter. Open the “VIDEO_TS” folder. The files should look something like the above. Now what we are going to do is change the view of this folder. This can be done by clicking and selecting the “Details” option.
Now that you have changed the view, the open dialog should look like the one below.
The input file that we are going to select is an *.INO file.
As you can see from the above image, there are 3 *.IFO in the folder
• VIDEO_TS.IFO
• VTS_01_0.IFO
• VTS_01_0.IFO
The way to determine which file to select is by the file sizes of the files.
Think of VTS_01.IFO as a set. This set has 5 VOB files associated with, this set has the largest file sizes in it, and so we select VTS_01_0.IFO as the input file. Now click the “Open” button.
• VTS_01_0
• VTS_01_1
• VTS_01_2
• VTS_01_3
• VTS_01_4
Next, click the small folder button next to the “Output file:” text box. The “Save As” dialog will appear. Save the file as whatever you want to call it and in the location that you want.
Step 2 - Selecting the audio and subtitles
As you can see from the image above, the program lists the audio tracks that are available and the subtitle tracks that are available. Select the language that you want your DVDRip to have. You can also rip the subtitle tracks also. To do so, just tick what subtitles you want. As you can see, I selected English AC3 6ch. I always choose the 6ch option over the 2ch. 6ch is surround sound and 2ch is just your basic left and right sound.
Step 3 – Selecting output size
When creating a DVDRip most people tend to have a file size set to around 700mb. So place a check in the “Custom size (MB):” radio check box. Then type in 700 in the box next to it. So the outcome of the DVDRip will be 700mb. You can change the file size, the more MB that you add, generally the clearer the DVDRip will be.
Step 4 – Advance Parameters
Click the Advance Settings button like above to show the Advance options dialog.
For “Output resolution settings” I usually select Auto width.
For “Codec” I personally prefer XviD over DivX, it seems to produce a better image quality, so choose XviD.
For “Output audio type”, I normally leave it set to Auto. If you are ripping music videos from a DVD, i suggest you select “Original” as it would produce a lot better sound quality then normal.
For “Output format” select AVI.
For subtitle options, I don’t tick any of the boxes.
Click the “OK” button to save your settings.
Step 5 – Converting
Now that everything is setup correctly, you may begin the converting process. Click the “Add Job” button, to add it to the Job queue.
As you can see, the job is now in the Job queue.
Now all you have to do is click the Start button to begin converting.
DVD Decrypter
- Will be used in Part 1 of the guide
- Version: 3.5.4.0 or Newer
- License: Freeware
http://www.mrbass.org/dvdrip/SetupDVDDecrypter_3.5.4.0.exe
AutoGK
- Will be used in Part 2 of the guide
- Version: 2.40 or Newer
- License: Freeware
http://www.autogk.me.uk/ (Click Download on the left of the page) or from Here: http://mirror2.autogk.me.uk/AutoGordianKnot.2.45.Setup.exe
Layout of this Guide
Part 1 – Ripping the actual DVD to your Hard Drive
Step 1 – General outlay of DVD Decrypter
Step 2 – Opening the DVD and Setup of DVD Decrypter
Step 3 – Selecting an output
Step 4 – Selecting the files to backup
Step 5 – Extracting the DVD
Part 2 – Converting the DVD to AVI (Ripping)
Step 1 – Selecting the Correct Input File and Output File
Step 2 – Selecting the audio and subtitles
Step 3 – Selecting output size
Step 4 – Advance Parameters
Step 5 – Converting
Part 1 – Ripping the actual DVD to your Hard Drive
Step 1
Open DVD Decrypter, the program should look similar to the image above. Source is the original DVD that is in your DVD Driver. Destination is the folder where the files will be stored. Make sure you select a folder on a hard drive that has enough storage space as the folder will be approx 3.0 – 4.3 GB in size.
Step 2
Place the DVD that you want to rip in your DVD Drive. Now select your DVD Drive from the source drop down box. As you can see, mines a LG HL-DT-ST. Label is what the DVD is named on the Disc. Region is what regional settings the disc is set to. As you can see, the disc that I’m using is region free, as it list all the regions. This disc also has no RCE protection. This DVD also doesn’t have a copyright protection system on it either. If your disc has the region set to one system and RCE Protection is set to yes, you can remove if by selecting the “Tool” menu, then clicking “Settings…”
The setting dialog will then appear. Now tick the “Remove Macrovision Protection” check box, this will remove the Macrovision flag of the VOB files on the disc. RCE Protection Region should be set to the region your drive (or standalone DVD player) has. You can find the regions below.
DVD regions
Region 1 - 1: U.S., Canada, U.S. Territories
Region 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, and Middle East (including Egypt)
Region 3 - Southeast Asia and East Asia (including Hong Kong)
Region 4 - Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean
Region 5 - Eastern Europe (Former Soviet Union), Indian subcontinent, Africa, North Korea, and Mongolia
Region 6 - Peoples Republic of China
Region 7 - Reserved
Region 8 - Special international venues (airplanes, cruise ships, etc.)
Step 3
Click the small folder with the magnify glass icon. The save dialog will then appear. Select a folder that you want the DVD to be ripped to. Remember to make sure you have enough space available on your hard drive.
Step 4
You are now ready to start the decryption process. Select all the files in the list as seen above (By pressing Ctrl + A). The small status at the bottom of the program tells you how many files are selected, which in this case there are 12. It also tells us the total size of all the files that are selected. This is a good indication on what space you will need available on your hard drive. Once they are all selected, all you have to do is click the big button on the bottom left of the program (The button with the DVD disc, Green arrow and Hard Drive icons).
Step 5
The program is now extracting the sectors, now all you have to do is wait until the process has finished. In other words, you can have a break for a while.
When this process is finished, this dialog will appear. Now go to the folder that you selected as your destination. All the files should be in the folder that you selected. You can test the files by opening your favourite DVD player software and testing the movie.
Part 2 – Converting the DVD to AVI (Ripping)
Open AutoGK, it should look like the one above. This program is very simple to use. Basically what is going to happen is:
• Step 1 - Select an input file and output file
• Step 2 – Select audio track and subtitle track
• Step 3 – Select output size
• Step 4 – (Optional): advance parameters
• Step 5 – Converting
Let’s get started then.
Step 1 – Selecting the Correct Input File and Output File
Click the folder icon next to the input file box. The open dialog will then appear.
Now locate the destination folder that you used in Part 1, when you were using DVD Decrypter. Open the “VIDEO_TS” folder. The files should look something like the above. Now what we are going to do is change the view of this folder. This can be done by clicking and selecting the “Details” option.
Now that you have changed the view, the open dialog should look like the one below.
The input file that we are going to select is an *.INO file.
As you can see from the above image, there are 3 *.IFO in the folder
• VIDEO_TS.IFO
• VTS_01_0.IFO
• VTS_01_0.IFO
The way to determine which file to select is by the file sizes of the files.
Think of VTS_01.IFO as a set. This set has 5 VOB files associated with, this set has the largest file sizes in it, and so we select VTS_01_0.IFO as the input file. Now click the “Open” button.
• VTS_01_0
• VTS_01_1
• VTS_01_2
• VTS_01_3
• VTS_01_4
Next, click the small folder button next to the “Output file:” text box. The “Save As” dialog will appear. Save the file as whatever you want to call it and in the location that you want.
Step 2 - Selecting the audio and subtitles
As you can see from the image above, the program lists the audio tracks that are available and the subtitle tracks that are available. Select the language that you want your DVDRip to have. You can also rip the subtitle tracks also. To do so, just tick what subtitles you want. As you can see, I selected English AC3 6ch. I always choose the 6ch option over the 2ch. 6ch is surround sound and 2ch is just your basic left and right sound.
Step 3 – Selecting output size
When creating a DVDRip most people tend to have a file size set to around 700mb. So place a check in the “Custom size (MB):” radio check box. Then type in 700 in the box next to it. So the outcome of the DVDRip will be 700mb. You can change the file size, the more MB that you add, generally the clearer the DVDRip will be.
Step 4 – Advance Parameters
Click the Advance Settings button like above to show the Advance options dialog.
For “Output resolution settings” I usually select Auto width.
For “Codec” I personally prefer XviD over DivX, it seems to produce a better image quality, so choose XviD.
For “Output audio type”, I normally leave it set to Auto. If you are ripping music videos from a DVD, i suggest you select “Original” as it would produce a lot better sound quality then normal.
For “Output format” select AVI.
For subtitle options, I don’t tick any of the boxes.
Click the “OK” button to save your settings.
Step 5 – Converting
Now that everything is setup correctly, you may begin the converting process. Click the “Add Job” button, to add it to the Job queue.
As you can see, the job is now in the Job queue.
Now all you have to do is click the Start button to begin converting.
