All in one application for ripping audio and video?

[TyMac]

Is there such an application for ripping audio and video all at one time? If so, does it work with XP pro? I'm looking for something that takes the DVD and does it all itself... Thanks.

[Hanty]

No single app does the entire process on its own.

[LNielsen76]

GKnot comes with all the software needed to convert DVD--->AVI. GKnot acts as a central program accessing all others and converts the DVD in 2 to 3 simple steps. All that is required is your input of certain information [ie., resolution, size, audio size].

The follow is a brief outline of what to do:

1) rip with smartripper - movie mode.
2) create d2v-project, demux all tracks.
3) optional: start vobsub and strip subtitles.
4) have a look at vts_0x_INFO.txt to find out which .ac3-file contains the language(s) you want.
5) open d2v
6) resize and enter all calculator values, e.g. 'add' the size of your vobsub-files in 'files'.
7) if you want to use ac3-sound 'select' the file you want to mux for one or both channels.
if you want mp3-sound choose a bitrate (estimation, will be corrected automatically when
audio-encoding is finished).
don't forget correct interleave-settings and check'Calculate Frame Overhead'.
8) in the video window move to the correct frame and 'Set Credits Start'.
9) press 'Save & Encode'.
10) recommended:
Trim -> 'Movie Only'
in Compressibility Check choose 5% and press 'now' (wait ~5-10min).
check bits/(pixel*frame), adjust calculator settings and resolution, press 'Save & Encode' again.
11) Trim -> 'Both (encode credits separately)'
12) press 'Save and Encode'.
13) encoding control panel: everything is filled in automatically, just choose divx 3 or 4.
if you want to do audio encoding (i'm sure you do ;-) ) select an 'audio source file' in 'Audio 1'
(and maybe 'Audio 2') and set audio-encoding-options.
audio source file can be .ac3 .wav or .mp3, the latter can not be transcoded but muxed only.
14) go back to divx 3 or 4 (your choice) and press 'Add Job to Encoding Queue', say 'yes' when asked
to start the encoder.
15) queue as many jobs as you like and watch the log output ;-)

Do read all docs and help information to get the specifics for each step. In the end, the program converts and transcodes both the video and the audio according to your initial settings and subsequent autmated calculations.

Have fun. I just finished my first DVD2AVI and it looks great. Too bad I picked the wrong audio file...it came out in spanish!!!! AAARGGHH!! LOL ;-)