How to Rip DVD to 700MB CD Format and maintain the quality

August 12, 2008 · Filed Under How To and Online Tutorials · Comment 

Yes, the ultimate question, how do you convert your DVD movies to fit a 700MB CD while maintaining the same quality?

Assume that your wedding video is in DVD format and to share a 3.5GB files just doesn’t quite make any sense, you’ll need to convert and reduce the size while maintaining the same quality before you share it with your relatives and friends. This can be done with some free open source software found online.

Please take note that ripping your own DVD is legal in the US copyright law, do not rip your own personal DVD and distribute it to any torrent website, you may face legal action if the MPAA decided to pursuit your illegal activities. Please rip your own homemade video!

First, you’ll need 4 types of software, they are:

Step 01 - Install

Download all 4 software and install, if you already have the K-lite Codec pack installed you can leave this one out.

Step 02 - Copy the DVD files to your hard disk

Rip your Wedding video DVD to your hard drive using DVD Decrypter, this program allows you to store the DVD video to your hard drive, make sure you have enough disk space.

For a complete tutorial on how to use DVD Decrypter please visit this link. When you’re done, proceed to step 3.

Step 03 - Convert the DVD to AVI format (Ripping)

Execute Auto Gordian Knot, it should look like the one below. The program is very simple to use. Basically what is going to happen is that you’ll choose the files you just ripped into your hard drive and then hit the convert button.

For a complete guide on how to use Auto Gordian Knot, please follow the step by step tutorial.

Step 04 - Converting

The ripping process will take quite a while, be patient while you’re at it.

For a complete and more comprehensive tutorial, visit the official website, it consist in depth tutorials on how to backup your movies and wedding video from DVD to fit a 700MB CD without losing the quality.

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How to Rip or Compress DVD to Fit Into a 700MB CD and iPod Touch

December 8, 2007 · Filed Under How To and Online Tutorials · Comment 

How to Rip a Movie for your iPod with HandBrake? Handbrake has a list of tutorials on how to rip a movie to your iPod or fit to a DVD movie to a 700MB CD. HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter, it has a relatively user friendly interface, and is available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.

How to Rip or Compress DVD to Fit Into a 700MB CD and iPod

How to Rip or Compress DVD to Fit Into a 700MB CD and iPod

What makes Handbrake different from other DVD ripper is the various output format, unlike other video encoder or compressor, Handbrake can compress a DVD movie for your iPod, not only does it keeps the quality of the output video to the highest, file size are small as well, here is the list of features:

Supported sources:

  • Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (encrypted or unencrypted, but protection methods other than CSS are not supported and must be handled externally with third-party software), and some .VOB and .TS files
  • PAL or NTSC
  • AC-3, DTS, LPCM or MPEG audio tracks

Outputs:

  • File format: MP4, MKV, AVI or OGM
  • Video: MPEG-4 or H.264 (1 or 2 passes or constant quantizer/rate encoding)
  • Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 pass-through (supports encoding of several audio tracks)

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