Sorry to be a party pooper but I just wasted a whole week-end with FairUse and all that entails. Files too big, not humble end-user friendly and it took soooooooo long. Ok, so I'm a relative beginner at media but I'm a fairly adept power user, set up wi-fi LAN while husband down pub etc etc.
At 11:30 on Sunday night I took the plunge and bought Pocketdvdstudio (
http://www.pqdvd.com/). It does exactly what it says on the tin, very, very easy to user, intuitative interface, and sooooooo QUICK and files much more compact. Worth every penny to back up my collection. "Life's too short to stuff a mushroom" said Shirley Conran. Same could be said for a lot of shareware. Free does not mean cheap, especially if you think about the extra time you spend ripping, then converting etc etc.
Dowloaded and success within minutes of first time of use. :approve: Now all I need is a waterproof cover so I can watch chick-flick trash in the bath....
