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Hey guys i bought a DVD and wanted to play it on my PC which they problem is the stupid DVD-ROM Drive is loud so i want to burn it to my hard drive. can i do this with a DVD-ROM or do i need the DVD-RW Drive?
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DVD question
- Thread starter WeezleXX89
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Check out www.doom9.net. A DVD-ROM will be fine.
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Google AutoGK.
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DVDFab Decrypter will do exactly what you want.
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A regular DVD drive is fine. Think about it, you're not writing anything from the DVD, you're reading the data off of it. Do you need a CD-RW to install games?
Anyway, what are you asking for, exactly?
Do you want to make a DVD image and run it of a virtual drive?
Or do you want to rip it to xvid or something?
If you want to rip to xvid, you'll need requires DVD Decrypter (as mentioned - go google it) and some encoding tools. AutoGK makes the encoding relativity straightforward - look up guides on doom9 and it's forums.
Creating an image requires software that can make a dvd image, like Alcohol 120 or other burning utilities (Alcohol also has other versions where burning images is disabled, you will want that if you don't plan on copying the disk) - you will have to pay to get these (I don't recall any free image makers).
Another method (not really making a DVD image, though) is to use DVD Decrypter again, and simply rip the video files to your hard drive, then use VLC to open and play it. Again, go to doom9 and look up how to use it.
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you can use DVDShrink to make an ISO image of the DVD and VLC will play that as well....in fact VLC will play just about ANY image file, as well as vob folders
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clonedvd works great to .. simple to use
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going from 6gb to 700mb is going to lose an immense amount of quality...
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Ripping only the movie at 1.4gb (Xvid + AC3) should look good. Even at 700mb I'm sure most movies will look fine. Just rip a couple and see what you like. Note that ripping the audio at stereo (instead of AC3/5.1) will make the video look better.
Just FYI if you've never done a DVD rip. The process will max the cpu for 1-3 hours. It's a fairly intense process. Finished product should be a simple/small AVI file.
Just FYI if you've never done a DVD rip. The process will max the cpu for 1-3 hours. It's a fairly intense process. Finished product should be a simple/small AVI file.
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Ascii2 said:
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