[ethancaine]

Do you have to have a DVD decoder to rip the DVD's? I have a hardware decoder on my old ATI card, but it is crappy, full of problems, and I'd rather not temp install it for this purpose.

[ethancaine]

Do you have to have a DVD decoder to rip the DVD's? I have a hardware decoder on my old ATI card, but it is crappy, full of problems, and I'd rather not temp install it for this purpose.

[janine]

Please look at the guide for how to get movies on the Axim posted at:

www.aximsite.com

It is in the Forums section under Multimedia. If you have a Dell Axim, this is a good place to get help with anything related to the Axim.

You can post questions at this site in the Forums, or participate in their live chat rooms.

Hope this helps!!

[ethancaine]

Okay, that guide is similar to the DivX guide in this forum, but it doesn't answer my question of wether or not you need to have a decoder installed.

[janine]

I'm sorry for not being able to tell you that....someone in this forum will probably respond to your post eventually.

I suppose my intent was to let you be aware of that site and possibly you could use it as another way for you to find the answer to your question.

Did you try the LIVE CHAT ROOMS at that site? Perhaps if you do, you won't have to wait so long here for an answer. That is why I posted it...I was only trying to help you. Sorry.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by ethancaine

Okay, that guide is similar to the DivX guide in this forum, but it doesn't answer my question of wether or not you need to have a decoder installed.

It depends on the DVD. Some rippers can crack the DVD cold, some require a decoder to "open" the stream before it can be hijacked (which is what rippers do).

[dh]

Originally Posted by Jason Dunn

It depends on the DVD. Some rippers can crack the DVD cold, some require a decoder to "open" the stream before it can be hijacked (which is what rippers do).

Most DVDs that I have ripped need to be "unlocked" in a player before they can be ripped. WMP works sometimes, others I just install the player that is on the DVD and delete it when done.

[ppcvidz.com]

1. Obtain the following program:

http://www.share2.com/dvdripper/

[EDITED: warez link edited out - we don't allow warez linking here. - Moderator]

Follow the very easy to follow interface and save your movie as a VCD with infinite size settings. Cancel when it asks to start burning to a cd.

2. Import video with either Windows Movie Maker or Windows Media Encoder. When asked to save, chose "save media for Pocket PC" and then decide either full screen or small screen.

The DVD conversion takes about 3-4 hrs and the mpeg to wmv conversion takes about another hour on a Athlon XP 2200+ w/ 512MB ram and Western Digital 7200RPM 8M cache drive. Then you are left with about a 150-200MB file for a 1.5-2hr movie.

That's two steps folks, very easy.

[Techtoys]

I bought the BVRP ripper after reading the posts here. Boy, does it take a long time (probably my fault though, 5x DVD player and 1GHz machine). I have been extracting the Matrix for about 9 hours, and it has nearly finished.

The software is easy to use, but it could be more informative about what is being done (the time remaining is hopelessly inaccurate and takes a long time to appear).