Ripping DVD's to HD [Archive]

gwallen4

28th March 2003, 22:32

I'm trying to rip DVD's to my HD then play them back, and have had some success. "Tin Cup" and "The Matrix" for instance.

Once the movies have been ripped, playing them back with PowerDVD4 (by selecting the Vts_0X_0.ifo file) in the destination directory results in an error "Unknown file format".

If I copy the Video_ts.ifo file from the DVD to the same directory, then select that file in PowerDVD, no problem, the movie plays fine.

After ripping "MissionImpossible2" and trying the same technique, PowerDVD crashes after selecting Video_ts.ifo.

No error message, Power DVD just stops responding and I have to delete it with alt-ctrl-del to continue.

There is no difference between Smart Ripper and DVD Decrypter - I tried both. Also no difference between Win98 and WinXp Pro.

I know I'm missing something easy. Hope you can help.

Thanks

TonyDaTigger

30th March 2003, 01:28

Are you sure that you are ripping every single file instead of just the main menu? If I recally correctly, those programs default just to the main movie.

gwallen4

30th March 2003, 03:23

I don't see a setting in either program to rip every file. When I try manually to rip every file, Video_ts.ifo isn't ripped. I have to copy it manually from the DVD. Still won't play.

Thanks anyway

TonyDaTigger

30th March 2003, 06:31

Ok. In DVDDecryptor, click on mode -> file. Click a file that appears on the right window. Hit Ctrl-A. All files will be selected now.

gwallen4

30th March 2003, 13:43

Voila! Thank you so much Tony.

What files are actually necessary to play the main movie? In the file mode can I just add Video_ts.ifo to the default main movie files?

killingspree

30th March 2003, 16:13

to actually play the movie from your hd only the vob files have to be present.. if you want powerDVd to load all of them automatically you also need the .ifo files... all other files are not necessary for the main movie... you can also delete the vts_0x_0.vob file as it only contains the menu!

regards
steVe

gwallen4

30th March 2003, 16:49

Thanks Steve. Now I get it. Everything plays as it should. Great forum.

gna03633

10th April 2003, 13:48

So opening ther IFO with your DVD player will only work if you rip the whole DVD, DVD Descrypter will not adjust the IFO?

Is it worth adjusting the IFO, or just open the VOB files in a WinDVD for example?

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