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You must be using windows to try to rip the movie.

I set up a FreeNAS server to share the drive. I then set up a second system to do the conversion.

Both my desktop and the conversion server (Linux) use dvdbackup to backup the dvd to the NAS. I can share it as is, but it takes a lot of space to store the whole backup (4 to 8 gb) So I queue the backup for conversion to xvid/avi on the conversion server. The xvid conversion is done with omgrip http://ogmrip.sourceforge.net/en/index.html

It processes about 10 dvd's a day with no cropping and no down scaling of the movie and the file size fixed at 1024m.

10 dvd's a day? lol...

You must be using a smartphone to rip those movies.

Try a desktop with an i5 or an i7. It takes me exactly 30min to rip a standard length ~90min DVD.
On Windows. Processed to be able to stream to my smartphone or just carry on the 32G chip.

That's a 2 step process... it actually only takes 10m to rip the actual DVD to vobs, where I leave most of my collection.

DVDFab to rip to HD. http://www.dvdfab.com/ ~7-11m
At that point I decide if the movie is worth keeping at that format (action movies, or movies with elaborate sets/locations).

And if not, I queue up the ones that get turned into avi with Auto Gordian Knot. http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Auto-Gordian-Knot ~15-22m

Go thru 3-4 an hour... should be able to do a small DVD collection in a week, a large collection in a couple or so. But with the price of HD's
now, (flood notwithstanding), no sense really going beyond ripping. Even a pretty extreme DVD collection should be under 5 TB. That's $300.

And if you do that you should be able to do even a pretty massive collection in a week.

DVD Decrypter is still useful
DVD Fab is also useful
DVD Shrink is useful
Freemake Video Converter can do wonders.

http://www.doom9.net/ is your friend.

Or DVDFab HD Decrypter, which is the free DVD/BD decrypt-only version of DVDFab 8?

np: Bibio - Artists' Valley (Mind Bokeh)

I [snip] found that I was unable to feed it to my playstation because the BD+ DRM was too new for my ripper to support.

What?? Sorry, I started responding before I finished reading your comment...

I haven't even bothered to put the bluray in the PS3, so I don't even know if it will play properly.

You're complaining why?? I don't expect AnyDVD HD, DVDFab, or any other DRM cracking software to support new DRM the day the disk is released. As it turns out, http://www.dvdfab.com/en/news/7 DVDFab does. But the fact that your software didn't work? Sounds like the DRM was working just fine, nothing to complain about there. If it didn't work on your PS3? Well, then get your soapbox out.

I'm not sure what dancing has to do with scratching DVDs....

Handbrake only does (well, did, as I think it was removed recently) DVD decryption on Mac.

On Windows, use DVDFab in free mode to decrypt the DVD, then encode with Handbrake.

Everyone griping about this should ship your ~$80-US to Antigua. Give SlySoft the resources to continue to do battle. And prepare for all hell to break loose when SlyPlayer is released. No, I don't work for or profit from SlySoft in any way. Buy DVDfab for all I care, http://www.dvdfab.com/ .

You see,there is this little program called DVD Fab,maybe you have heard of it? And I don't how it is where you are at,but around here(small town AR) there is nearly always some friend/family member that "knows stuff about computers". Deity forbid they should ever get ahold of your computer after an error,because they will f*ck it up a hundred times worse(more work for me),but when it comes to basic stuff like installing a card or ripping a disc they can do it. And DVD Fab is so simple a kid could do it.

So I am sorry if it bugs you,but anybody who has read my previous posts for any length of time knows I'm just a small town PC repairman who tells what I see coming into my shop. From my observations I can tell you that my customers hate Vista and when they kill it you are looking at a format/reinstall,The Geforce 6xxx and 7xxx series is still popular around here with ATI almost nonexistent,and just about everyone under 40ish has some sort of DVD ripping software. Oh,and DVD burners are REAL hot sellers right now,thanks to the low price of blanks. I am currently waiting on some Lite-On burners to come in right now. Like I said,that is just what I am seeing in my little shop.

Maybe we got more tech minded folks,or just a lot of guys that know just enough to be dangerous? Hell if I know. All I can say is more and more I'm seeing DVD Fab on the desktop,with about a 50/50 split between the free and pay versions. As far as the economy goes,trying to buy our way out by printing more money while we are bleeding money from two wars smells like a recipe for disaster to me. And as always this is my 02c from out here in BFA,YMMV

Their goal is to enable you to buy a DVD and move the content to their devices (iPod, iPhone, Apple TV). The MPAA has shut down every application that allows their users to do this...

Probably the best ripper on linux is DVD::rip - it should be in your distro repository.

On windows, I like Nero recode - comes with Nero Burning Rom (commercial) - lets you shrink DVD9 to DVD5 and choose which tracks you want, or to mpeg4 or H.264 if you want to store on a media pc.

The best free windows one IMO is dvd shrink - a bit less point-and-clicky, but still pretty simple. Yes, you can get technically better results with the proper multi-pass CCE rippers; but for most purposes the point-and-click recoders do a plenty good enough job, and they're much, much faster.

Oh, if you get a DVD these guys can't handle due to braindead copy protection, usually DVD Fab free or DVD decrypter (if you can find a copy on say, mrbass.org, it is technically illegal to distribute since it was acquired and shut down by macrovision) can remove the copy protection and save it as files, then you run dvd shrink on the files to get it down to a DVD5.

Good luck!

To create a high-quality .AVI file from a DVD (the easy way), all you need are two tools:

1. A ripping program to rip (not compress) the .VOB files and other files (index, chapters, subtitles, etc) from the DVD and to remove the copy protection. DVD Decrypter was the best, but it was discontinued about two years ago after the author received a cease-and-desist order from someone in Hollywood (covered in a Slashdot story). Since DVD Decrypter hasn't been updated in 2 years, newer copy protections will prevent DVD Decrypter from working. RipIt4Me (which you mentioned trying) is great (it basically updated DVD Decrypter to beat newer copy protections), but it got a cease-and-desist notice on March 31, 2007 (shit). The next ripper I'm going to try is DVDFab HD Decrypter, which is highly rated on VideoHelp.com and looks very easy to use.
2. AutoGK (Auto Gordian Knot) . This tool will create a simple .AVI file (using XviD compression by default) from all those files you ripped from the DVD. It simplifies the process and its tutorial is very easy for a newbie to follow (it assumes you already ripped the DVD and removed copy protections). You basically just choose an input file from the DVD rip (I prefer a .IFO file, which is like an index), select the desired size of the finished .AVI file, and let AutoGK do the rest with its default settings (which are good enough).

Here's one:

http://www.dvdfab.com/free.htm

On Windows, DVDFab HD Decrypter does a great job of ripping. Then use your favorite DVD burning software.

Now that I'm on Ubuntu, I use k9copy to rip and K3B to burn. Works wonderfully.

I can't help you with your old DVD player though. You'll have to play them on your cheap player.

There are many dvd titles out now that DVD Decrypter will not handle. However, another free tool called DVDFab Decrypter does the trick.

I used to try DVD Decrypter first, and if it failed, then I'd use DVDFab Decrypter. I eventually stopped using DVD Decrypter entirely since so many discs were failing.

I've been using the trial version of DVDFab for a few weeks now, and it works like a dream. It will even allow you to select just the movie and a selection of sound and subtitle tracks, so a dual-layer movie can be written to a single disc (I did this with the Region 3 Spiderman special edition).