HDTV and computer video
I have a pile of DVD's which are slowly becoming unwatchable, as they get scratched, shuffled etc.
I have seen advertised 'Media centres' - effectively USB HDD's which you can hook up to your TV and store all your video on, to be played through the telly. I quite fancy the idea of this, but my question is this. How would I rip a DVD, and what format for the output file should I use? I have tried ripping a DVD to avi format, using XVID compression, as a trial. The output file was 720x 576 pixels, 25 frames per sec, data rate of 163kbps (whatever that is) I haven't managed to watch the file on TV, but on a computer it still looks poor quality, and nowhere near good enough to watch on telly. Any experience of this sort of thing, anybody? Thanks MB |
I use western digital hdtv and use western digital 500gb passport storage i believe they now do a 1gb one
For ripping Dvd's I have found slysoft to be the best and easiest cost a little bit of money WD TV Live HD Media Player ( WDBAAN0000NBK ) SlySoft Products | Copy Movie DVDs with AnyDVD and CloneDVD |
Thanks JXC.
I have downloaded the suggested software and tired ripping a DVD. It appears to have been turned into a series of BUP VOB and IFO files. Does the media player play stuff in this format, or am I missing something? Thanks again for your help MB |
The VOB, etc, files are the type of file used to burn your ripped DVD onto a blank DVD. It keeps all the different chapters, etc in order and means you can use a burned DVD exactly the same as the original.
There are various programs out there that convert these files to mpeg/wmv/etc for windows media player, and also you can use VLC player to play the VOB files as if they were a dvd |
yes wd hdtv will play the files. you only want to mark the chapter that has the whole film not all the individual chapters
if you want I could talk you through it on the phone send me a pm with a no. Cheers |
I use a Netgear ReadyNAS Duo double drive NAS box to store all my DVD's.
ReadyNAS Duo - RND2110, RND2150 & RND2175 . DVDFAB is the software I use for ripping the DVD's. It is easy to use and is reliable. I save the films as a .iso file which is a "disc image" which avoids having lots of files per film. DVD Copy Software from DVDFab | Copy DVD to PSP, DVDR or iPod I was going to buy a Western Digital media player to play the films on my TV but I found a Medion media player in Aldi's for £59.99 which is excellent. If you want to play the films on your computer, I find the free VLC media player program very good. Both the Medion Media player and VLC will play the film directly from the .iso file |
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