I have just updated my Guides on Ripping your DVDs for backup and watching on the go and would like some input from you guys and gals and would really like some of you to try out the DVD2DIVX Guide itself. It seems to be one of the fastest and easiest ways to get your DVD on your PPC for free and can be adjusted to what quality you want to the size of memory card you have that I have found.
I have seen all the talk about FairUse and other programs here in the forums, but I have also seen allot of people have problems with them. I'm just trying to do my part in making this kind of thing easy to do with as little trouble to people as I can.
Its a shame that now days we have to go through so much just to use OUR Media that we paid for and have fair rights to just to use it in the way we want.
So if you would give it a shot and lets see if this way of doing it makes any difference or not. I've tested it on 2 PC's and 2 Laptops and not a single problem. But my PC's have basically the same software programs on them so I need some outside input.

Just click the link in my Sig and then the "Ripping DVDs" button in the navigation bar just to make sure all the links work.
Thanks.

Dell Axim X30 High
512 SD card WM2003SE
Fav App PocketDVD1.1

Thanks for the information (and all your work on the guides )

Regards

Rob

  

visited your site and the guide for DVD to DivX is helpfull I will be giving it a try and report back, thanks

This might seem strange to a few folks, but that's sort of how I work ...
Is it possible to create an avi or divx or something directly from an ISO file? Let's say (just for the sake of arguement) that I have a few ISO files and I don't want to burn them just to rip 'em again in order to get the movie on my PPC. Any ideas?

There is an application that lets you view and copy the contents of an ISO. Its called ISO buster, might work for you.

here is a link that might help

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...d,22987,00.asp

Thank you! Thank you!
I will check it out as soon as I get home. If I leave early, I can get home before my wife does ... naahhh, then she'll expect me to make dinner or something. OK, I'll check it out as soon as the baby is in bed

Sounds familiar to me

Hope ISO buster helps

Regarding your Guides, some thoughts for you :

1. on my systems I can't select DEmacrovision and Keysearch can't be changed

2. If someone wants to make clips from the resulting file then some re rendering will be needed that has an effect on quality. What application are there that would allow you to make clips without re rendering the file.

3. The files I made were very good quality, perfect for the ppc. I used pocketDivX encoder to make the clips and in this proccess I lost some quality, putting the bit rate to 500 when encoding the ripped DVD helped


I own a number of Music DVD's that is why clips are of interest.

OK. Really cool information, but a couple of questions.

1. On the Output Settings for DVD2DIVX, the DIVX 5.2.1 Codec doesn't show up. Where can I get this? Are other settings ok?

2. I used ActiveSync to transfer the file and my PPC didn't recognize it as a media player file even though my laptop did. Any thoughts?

Thanks for the great tutorial.

Peace,
Joe

You need to go here and download the divx codec for it to show up in your settings http://www.divx.com/divx/download/
After using the divx codec you will have the file needed to be sent to your PPC. But you must also have a divx player on your PPC in order for it to play.
I highly recommend the latest Unstable BetaPlayer found here http://betaplayer.corecodec.org/ Note don't let the word Unstable scare you, its better than the stable.

Dell Axim X30 High
512 SD card WM2003SE
Fav App PocketDVD1.1

Then you may want to use SmartRipper to rip your DVD to pick what chapter a certain music video is in. First open up your music video in your DVD Player app and find what chapter you want to rip, and then point Smartripper to rip from that chapter. Then use DVDx with the settings in the guide, this way you will not have to double encode your music videos with PocketDivxEncoder. Go here for SmartRipper

Dell Axim X30 High
512 SD card WM2003SE
Fav App PocketDVD1.1

I got the software loaded and it works ok with one slight issue.

When I open the player on my PPC, I get an error message. "Video files (AVI, DIVX): Video and Audio data are not interleaved. This type of AVI file is not properly supported."


I really appreciate your tutorial.

Peace,
Joe

Are you using BetaPlayer on your PPC ? And does it play ok on your PC ?

Dell Axim X30 High
512 SD card WM2003SE
Fav App PocketDVD1.1

I'm using the BetaPlayer on my PPC and it plays alright using the DivX Player on my laptop.

Peace,
Joe