How to rip Interactive DVD

[prvnrk]

Hi,

I'm no expert in ripping DVDs.

I have a DVD dump on my HDD with 2 folders AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS and a total size of 2.1 GB with 1 hour length.
I'm able to play it using VLC and interactive options too working fine.

Now I tried ripping it using [spam] and made mp4 (not HD) of 720x576 of 300MB size. Its fine but Interactive options are not working. (Here "Interactive" means, the video displays few options and we need to click on one of the option to choose.)

Now my queries:

1. Is it possible to rip DVDs into smaller size (AVI/mp4) with interactive options remain available? If yes, what is the best method? what is the easiest method?

2. In general, which is the good and easiest method (software and codec) to rip DVDs?

Would appreciate any helpful responses!

Thank you very much!!

[setarip_old]

Hi!

Is there a particular reason that REQUIRES you to change from conventional DVD format to either .AVI or .MP4?

Consider using DVD Shrink (or similar) to simply COMPRESS your existing DVD...

[prvnrk]

Hi!

Is there a particular reason that REQUIRES you to change from conventional DVD format to either .AVI or .MP4?

Consider using DVD Shrink (or similar) to simply COMPRESS your existing DVD...

Thank you for your reply!

The reason is simple - I don't want to have such huge space wasted for 1 hour video. I prefer decent quality with 300MB/hour. Any format is fine as long as it can give decent video quality with lesser space.

Does DVDShrink preserve interactive features?

Txs again!

[Ghitulescu]

For someone hanging around here for years, you should already know some of the programs you can use and have been extensively discussed or at least mentioned here.

Erh, all DVDs are interactive, this was actually one of the design goals. No other container (apart from MKV, but there the interactivity is not that developed as in a DVD, let alone a BD) allows for interactivity (I assume you mean by that menus).

[TheSkiller]

The reason is simple - I don't want to have such huge space wasted for 1 hour video. I prefer decent quality with 300MB/hour.Let me just throw this in: one hour of typical DVD video is often around 2 GB in size. Sure, x264 would be more efficient, but does it really matter that much?
I mean it's not like we're still stuck with 40 GB hard disk drives, are we?

Also, I think your requirements are unrealistic. I'm quite certain you cannot shrink down a typical 1 hour 2 GB MPEG2 video to 300 MB x264 with transparent quality unless it is very very easy to compress with very very few motion and texture (may work for cartoons).

Plus, since your source is already compressed in a lossy format, doing another lossy compression on top of that (but this time using x264) will degrade the picture quality. To compensate for that to a level where only a computer would still be able to tell the difference you'd have to use a higher bitrate (or higher CRF) for your x264 encode which will make the difference in file sizes smaller and then the whole endeavor becomes even more questionable considering the time you still have to invest.
But you said you want "decent" quality. What does that mean? Either you can tell a difference to the source DVD or you can't.
Well, just my point of view.



Does DVDShrink preserve interactive features?

Yes, if you want it to do so it will keep the entire interactive functionality of the DVD intact. It will leave you with a smaller DVD structure.