Ripping Dvd's To Divx

**loanrangiel** · 04-06-09, 11:25 AM

I have a bunch of original DVD's i want to rip and compress to divx for playback on my xbox, i have AVS video converter which is great for avi to dvd's but it wont let me rip as they are original discs that are copy protected. What are my options, i want to convert them to 720x576 @ approx. 700-800mb which seems to be ideal for XBMC playback.

**BillyGoat** · 04-06-09, 11:28 AM

Run AnyDvd in the background to remove protection.

**loanrangiel** · 04-06-09, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by BillyGoat

Run AnyDvd in the background to remove protection.

Ok got that sussed, now i'm trying to replicate the xvid/divx's i download which are 720x576 but there are a lot of settings i'm not sure about and the help file is not much help.

**shagga66** · 04-06-09, 09:23 PM

AutoGK - Auto Gordian Knot, is everything you will ever need for converting DVD's to avi.....its free too....

Plenty of settings to get what you need.

Cheers

**loanrangiel** · 04-06-09, 10:25 PM

Originally Posted by shagga66

AutoGK - Auto Gordian Knot, is everything you will ever need for converting DVD's to avi.....its free too....

Plenty of settings to get what you need.

Cheers

De ja vu, i just downloaded it and about to give it a shot.

**Globe** · 04-06-09, 11:24 PM

+1 for AutoGK, it will do everything you need.

**loanrangiel** · 05-06-09, 10:09 AM

Anydvd and Autogk work perfectly together

**Globe** · 05-06-09, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by loanrangiel

Anydvd and Autogk work perfectly together

It's suprising how easy it is to do when you have the right tools.

**loanrangiel** · 30-06-09, 10:56 PM

Live (real) movies are fine but when i try to convert animated movies they seem to come out skitty ? I even tried using dvd shrink first and then autogk but no difference ?

**Onefella** · 30-06-09, 11:35 PM

AutoGK hasn't had much of a look in, since i discovered DVDFab. It really is a one-stop app for converting DVDs to damn near any current format you care to think of. PSP, NDS, XBox360, PS3, iPods, phones, xvid, mp4, etc. etc.

It's dead easy and just works.

Not sure why you're animations aren't working. AutoGK and DVDShrink both shouldn't care whether it's a live or animated movie.

btw, I have had some problems with AnyDVD in the past and no longer use it. Not sure why you were advised to use AnyDVD, as AutoGK uses DVDDecrypter anyway doesn't it?

**loanrangiel** · 01-07-09, 02:09 PM

I have DVDfab gold but have only used it for shrinking/copying, didnt know it had other features.

**Globe** · 01-07-09, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by loanrangiel

Live (real) movies are fine but when i try to convert animated movies they seem to come out skitty ? I even tried using dvd shrink first and then autogk but no difference ?

It's been a while since I had to do this but I was fairly certain AutoGK had an advanced setting for animation movies.