|
|
Posted by Ken Maltby on 02/23/07 17:25
"Laphan" <info@PleaseDontSpam.com> wrote in message
news:12t4b01nmbt1cc4@corp.supernews.com...
> Hi All
>
> I've searched and searched and I can't find a decent DVD to AVI / WMV
> ripper
> anywhere, especially a freeware one!
>
> I've gone and got us a camcorder that records to DVD-R / DVD-RW and hasn't
> got any cable outputs on it. Its a Canon DC100 and Canon have told me
> that
> I need ripping software to get the data off so that I can mess around with
> it in say MovieMaker and ultimately get it back on DVD.
>
> I really like the simplicity of No1 DVD Ripper, ie select DVD, select
> format
> (AVI, WMV, etc) and rip, but on my P4 3Ghz, 512MB, 250GB WinXP Pro SP2 PC
> it
> took over 5 hours to rip a 1 hour 4 min DVD (home made one so no
> protection)
> to AVI and the file size was 2.5GB !
>
> Tried WMV and although the file size went down to 500MB it still took 4
> hours!
>
> Canon said DVD ripping would be as fast as downloading from tape to PC via
> firewire, but this surely isn't right.
>
> Does anybody know how to get realistic file sizes and rip times with this
> software or one as simple?
>
> My friend downloaded a 45 min episode of Prison Break as an AVI file and
> the
> file size is only 340MB and the quality is great. How can this be so?
>
> Is AVI better than WMV?
>
> I tried the AVI xVid method, but Windows Media Player on machines that
> didn't have this codec couldn't play it!
>
> All I want is a very good video/audio quality file with a manageable file
> size like the Prison Break file - am I asking too much?
>
> Thanks for listening to my rant. Any help would be very much appreciated.
>
>
You might want to check out the new Magix "Movie Edit Pro 12"
it claims special features to extract "Videos from DVD camcorders".
http://site.magix.net/english-us/home/video/movie-edit-pro-12/
Luck;
Ken
Navigation:
[Reply to this message]
|