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That looks really nice, is there a Windows equivalent anywhere?

DVDx is recommended.

Thanks, but I think I’ll keep looking for something that can convert DVDs to Xvid. DVD Decrypter is also pretty good, just need another program to covert the files to Xvid.

uh its already possible thru vlc...

You’ll have to excuse me; I seem to only use VLC as a media player and not much else; I didn’t even know I could do that. So where can I found out how to do this? Oh, and sorry for being such a newb.

[WOW, how sad is that. I didn’t even know. If others read this post they’re going to think: “CloudStalker doesn't even know how to..." I don't even know!]
Site Administrators, just delete this post.

No, we will keep it to make fun of you

Well, try the transcoding options to see what VLC can do.

No, we will keep it to make fun of you

Oh I see; its payback time now.

One day, I'll be a real devil.

Yeah, that's better!

And to further add to that, you wont become a real developer any day; how's that.

Well, try the transcoding options to see what VLC can do.

[This is probably a bad time to ask:] What's Transcoding?

What's Transcoding?

Menu File -> Select your source
Then tick the 'Stream output' box in bottom left corner and then click on the 'Settings' button
Enjoy

where is it from? this app seems pretty nice and feels good.

for windows, you can use a software like SUPERhttp://www.erightsoft.net/SUPER.html first you put the output resolution to some thing small, lets say lesser than 320:240 or something, concidering the small size of the screen. you may also reduce the bitrate. before this, you can use dvd shrink to remove extra audio tracks, advertisements, subtitles, etc.


A Few lines from their Webite:

SUPER © Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer.
A GUI to ffmpeg, MEncoder, mplayer, x264, mppenc,
ffmpeg2theora & the theora/vorbis RealProducer plugIn.

If you need a simple, yet very efficient tool to convert (encode) or play any Multimedia file,
without reading manuals or spending long hours training, then SUPER © is all you need.
It is a Multimedia Encoder and a Multimedia Player, easy-to-use with 1 simple click.

where is it from? this app seems pretty nice and feels good.

it grew out of the hair under my armpits, and was stolen from me and patented and is now being sold to you

ohhoo, MetalheadGautham, you are really funny

ohhoo, MetalheadGautham, you are really funny

I think he will appreciate your vote here: A Big Question to all of you

is that useful ??

seems that Video Converter for Mac is more powerful than this DVD Ripper for Mac, isn't it?

I've had best results using VLC to transcode DVDs to MPGs as follows. There are a TONS of ways to do this with VLC, but to me the below method seems the easiest and most versatile (I watch the resulting filethrough my wireless mediaMVP client connected to my TV in the playroom WHILE IT IS BEING ENCODED - very cool - like streaming but in some ways it's better than streaming to a device on your network, you're streaming to a file on the same machine as the DVD and then sharing it on the network). In the following example, it creates an mpg file in the "C:\Shared" directory called "starwars.mpg". You'll, of course need to edit the filename parameter (#7 below) so that it puts the file in some intelligent place on your computer.

1) put DVD in PC
2) run VLC player
3) File - OpenDisc
4) Select "DVD" (not DVD-menu), select the correct DVD drive, leave
titles and chapters as is. In some cases you'll need to change the title and chapter so it streams the right content, but often this is not necessary.
5) Checkmark "stream/save"
6) click "Settings" button
7) Paste this into the field titled 'Target" all on one line:
:sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=1024,venc=ffmpeg,scale=1,audio-sync,deinterlace,acodec=mpga,
ab=192,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=display,dst=std{access=file,mux=ps,dst="C:\Shared\starwars.mpg"}}
8 ) Paste the above (#7) into the field called "target", but change the filename info to some location on your computer. If you wish, you can select the options in this panel to create the above parameter (#7 above) however you'll notice that some things shown above must be added manually to the Target parameter. Note that if you toggle anything on this dialog-panel whatever you typed into the Target parameter will be erased. That's why you should probably just paste the above (#7), change the filename info then select "OK". Make sure you specify a folder on your computer that is shared if you plan on sharing the file as it is being encoded.
9) Select OK.
10) Play.

Now go to the "C:\Shared" directory on your computer (or whatever directory you provided in #7 above) and watch the file grow.
After about a minute you can start watching the transcoded file over your network (assuming you've shared that directory).

Notes:
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Feel free to do a google search on vlc+sout and learn all about the different parameters you can use in the "Target" field. You can change sizes, encoding capsulation, bitrates, etc. No need for all these other programs for most transcoding. VLC can do it all.

I must admit however to convert to an iPod compatible file, Handbrake is better (and also free!) than VLC. There are tons of "how to's" you can google to find out how to do that.

Note that anything that VLC will play, VLC can transcode. So you want to talk about whats most powerful ... VLC is hard to beat.

media coder will do all of those you said and it works great http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/ and you could also look at megui but it dose not do as much as media coder but its still very good http://mewiki.project357.com/wiki/Main_Page