How To Rip DVD's Using DVD Shrink

[alkie]

I thought I would stick this up as I have been recently asked about it.
There are many apps that can rip DVD's and you probably all have you favourites but I like to use DVD Shrink as it can do much more than just rip DVD's.
First get the app from here:

http://www.facialforum.net/showthread.php?t=25266

Now here comes the technical part

Don't be put off as I have tried to make a really very simple operation totally foolproof and as this tutorial is really for a total beginner I probably have over done all the screens and descriptions for you experienced guys so please bear with me, it looks complicated but really its a piece of piss!!

[alkie]

Right here we go, once you have installed the app open it and you will be looking at this:

Insert your DVD, wait for it to load (if you have your drive set to autorun close your player down when the disc starts playing) and then...



click on the open disc tab

[alkie]

Now you should be looking at this:



Click ok then this should start the analyzing stage of the process and you should see this:



Once this has completed you will be faced with this screen:



At this point if you wanted to copy this DVD onto a blank you would use the Full Disc tab but in this case all we want are the juicy bits so the re author facility will allow us to pick and choose which pieces of the DVD we want to rip, so...

[alkie]

...You want to select this by clicking on the reauthor button as you don't want to rip any unnecessary crap like titles and such from the DVD:



Now you should be looking at this:



As you can see the right hand pane has split it down a little clearer and really all you want are the movie files, a good way to judge is by looking at the times to ensure these are the files you want or if you are unsure you can always play them in the player in the bottom left of the page by dragging and dropping the file into the left pane marked DVD Structure.

[alkie]

When you have selected your files just drag and drop them into the left hand pane:



And it should look like this now:



Now we are almost ready to rumble

[alkie]

Click on the back up tab here:



and this screen will appear:



Ensure that the back up target window is set to hard disk folder, click on the browse button and make a folder if you need to like this:

[9inch]

Cheers Alkie!
Handy little turtorial for everyone here

Thanks for that!

9Inch

[The Shape]

Good one Al, very nice step by step tutorial too. I have been using dvd shrink for a few years now and it is an excellent tool. When I first got it I was ripping dvd's just to do it, even if I already owned the original. It's nice to have backups though.

[elgrego]

Thanks for all this alkie, a good guide for the novice dvd ripper here.

This will presumably work with dvd's made with a dvd recorder at home from sky+ too?

[alkie]

This will presumably work with dvd's made with a dvd recorder at home from sky+ too?

Having never tried ripping other types of recorded DVD's before, I can't guarantee that it will work but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't

When you browse the files contained on the DVD when you have it in your pc, what kind of files are they?