[sracer]

Please refer to my post in this thread: http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/foru...ic.php?t=11875

for an alternative to PocketMatrix's DivX guide....

[sracer]

Please refer to my post in this thread: http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/foru...ic.php?t=11875

for an alternative to PocketMatrix's DivX guide....

[TheNewSteve]

I don't have a DVD-R drive on my PC, but my roommate has a fancy schmancy iMac that's pretty much top o' the line... and it has a DVD-R drive.

What should I do to rip the DVDs to a similar format on the Mac computer?

-Steve

[Pony99CA]

Originally Posted by dh

Here's the thread where we discussed this software.

http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/foru...ic.php?t=11285

(how do you make the short URLs?)

To get better URLs, use the URL tags, like this:

[url=http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11285]
"BVRP DivX Video Duplicator - anyone used it for the Pocket PC yet?" thread
[/url]

The above looks like the following when posted:

"BVRP DivX Video Duplicator - anyone used it for the Pocket PC yet?" thread

Notice that I also got rid of the "&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0" garbage, which you don't need to reference a thread (although you can use the "&start=" to reference a specific post).

Steve

[dh]

Originally Posted by Pony99CA

Please consider editing your post and applying my suggestion. Steve

Thanks Steve, it is done.

[dean_shan]

Originally Posted by Jason Dunn

It's the BVRP DVD tool. I should be getting it this week or next.

I'm just wondering why won't the sell it to Americans?

No person shall import, offer to the public or sell this product into the United States of America.

[bdegroodt]

Originally Posted by dean_shan

I'm just wondering why won't the sell it to Americans?

That's an interesting attempt to reach beyond the borders of the US, but I highly doubt the DMCA means squat outside the states.

I can see the borders of Canada and Mexico filling up with Ripping Cafes flooded with Americans now.

[dean_shan]

Originally Posted by TheNewSteve

I don't have a DVD-R drive on my PC, but my roommate has a fancy schmancy iMac that's pretty much top o' the line... and it has a DVD-R drive.

What should I do to rip the DVDs to a similar format on the Mac computer?

-Steve

On the Mac I use DVD Backup. It will rip the DVD and decode it for you. You can then play the DVD in Apple DVD player as if it were a real DVD. There is a guide some were on how to burn those files onto a DVD-R for back-up use on a DVD player.

[slyder@cox.net]

I have been doing this for awhile, and the easiest way to do it is a program for pc called dvd xcopy. the only problem here is that typically a normal dvd has multiple audio tracts, as well as special features. this puts the overall size of a dvd up to 9.4 gigs. xcopy will split this into two dvd's. an annoyance to have to get up and switch dvd's in the middle of a movie. the solution to this is a program called dvd2one. this program (after you decrypt the dvd) will let you eliminate the extra audio tracts, special features, etc. and then will figure out whatever (if any) compression is neccessary to shrink the movie down to 4.38 GB. this will burn perfectly on a dvd-r. this works great every time. I, of course only do this on DVD's that I own, :wink:

[KiLLiN-TiMe]

I use a program called DVD-to-AVI to convert the dvd to an mpeg 4 file then use windows media encoder to convert it to a WMA file for the pocket pc. It will convert to Divx if you have the codec and will also break up the file while you are encoding (in MB's) so they will fit on a cd or the likes.
I encoded the StarWars Attack of the Clones (yes I own it!) and it ended up being 206,754 Kb. And it is a pretty long movie.

[janine]

www.jenneth.info

explains why BVRP can't be sold in the USA. I don't think it's legal for this company to sell this software to the USA.

Downloading programs from the internet for encoding/converting purposes currently is not something the US Government has control over (yet). That is why you are able to download these programs from the net. But, there is control over what is sold here (like this software BVRP).

It's confusing, I know. But, from different places on the net that I've looked into, this is the best way I can explain it.