Saving a DVD movie to HD

[dishdude]

I have some old home VHS videos that I transferred to DVD using a standalone DVD recorder (The type you connect to a TV) and I am trying to save the video from that DVD to my pc's hard drive and I can't figure out how.

Any suggestions?

 

[greenaccord02]

There are a lot of options available, and I am not an expert. The commonly used term for what you want to do is "DVD ripping." You might try searching that on google to find a free bit of software that will allow you to rip into some commonly used video format such as .avi

 

[97tbird]

DVDShrink, DVD Fab decrypter etc might do it.

 

[uc50ic4more]

I've used Handbrake for a while now: http://handbrake.fr/

It's cross platform, too.

 

[bepperb]

I like DVDShrink to rip the dvd, and handbrake to compress it down for my iphone. They're both free and relatively easy to use.

 

[eljefino]

Handbrake is great. The .264 codec will save you some space.

If you want to rip encoded commercial DVDs you need an add-on but HB alone will do what you want to from your home burnt DVDs.