DVDs onto a USB for portable player or tablet

[jawk]

Hi all,
We have a bunch of DVDs that would be good to dump to a USB to view with the portable DVD player or tablet or telly in the Jayco.
Ive ripped CDs plenty of times but never a DVD - any tips on how (legal stuff aside)?
Thanks
Gary

 

[Drover]

Depending on the player, TV etc they may not play if you copy in the DVD format, you really need to convert them to AVI, Mp4, DivX etc that sort of format for them to be recognised, a DVD will require from 4 to 7gb of drive space where the other formats a lot less.
It is doable to put a DVD onto a USB stick, you will need a pirate programme like DVD Shrink or DVD Decrypter or similar (so I have been told ) they also need Nero to help compile the files.......this sort of programme will crack the lock code and allow you to copy the disc, it will also compact the data so it will fit onto a blank DVD or you can just put it on a HDD, once that is done you can convert the DVD file to a more compact format like DivX, AVI etc.......just have to make sure you don't compress the files too much or the quality suffers big time, keeping them to about 1.8Gb usually allows for a good pic and sound........................
It can take bloody ages and it isn't really legal, so my informed sources tell me...............

 

[jawk]

Depending on the player, TV etc they may not play if you copy in the DVD format, you really need to convert them to AVI, Mp4, DivX etc that sort of format for them to be recognised, a DVD will require from 4 to 7gb of drive space where the other formats a lot less.
It is doable to put a DVD onto a USB stick, you will need a pirate programme like DVD Shrink or DVD Decrypter or similar (so I have been told ) they also need Nero to help compile the files.......this sort of programme will crack the lock code and allow you to copy the disc, it will also compact the data so it will fit onto a blank DVD or you can just put it on a HDD, once that is done you can convert the DVD file to a more compact format like DivX, AVI etc.......just have to make sure you don't compress the files too much or the quality suffers big time, keeping them to about 1.8Gb usually allows for a good pic and sound........................
It can take bloody ages and it isn't really legal, so my informed sources tell me...............

struth... my retired dad likes to tinker with stuff - I think he might have a job... Thanks heaps to your sources very much appreciated!

 

[MickL]

I'm told by a friend of a friend that you can use DVD Decrypter to rip the DVD to your PC as VOB files or a single ISO image file. You can then use a free software called hand brake to convert it to the format your TV recognises which will be in the specs. If you can fork out money for some kind of media player such as a WD Live or similar you could then play the ISO file direct to the TV without compressing which will save you a lot of time and hassle.

 

[Drover]

Yep, thats what I had been told too @MickL , forgot about ISO ,still takes ages to convert to the format.

 

[Dobbie]

I investigated this some time back and ended up giving up so we still burn dvds at home and carry them with us. Mainly foxtel programs I want to catch up on.

It's a bit fiddly but no more fiddly than the time taken to convert formats, imho.

I decided life was far too complicated ....if it was ever easy I'd do it.

And we use a program called dvd clone to copy stuff. Cost about $50 i think but works well.

 

[Bushman]

OK I got lost in all this techno stuff in the first post :dizzy:
I'll just take the disc and wack it in the DVD player:loco:

 

[Drover]

I looked at the TV Guide, crap, looked at the Foxtel guide, crap, looked at the listing for Netflix, crap.................off to beach, look at the sights.

 

[Dobbie]

Aargh but I've got some BBC box sets I've recorded ...just need to burn to DVDs so I can watch them at my leisure.

I really like the BBC first and Box set channels and they often run a full series in one go so it's then easier to burn. I'm almost totally devoted to BBC stuff...how boring!

 

[warren cook]

Or you can get to know another member who has kindly just filled 2 Terabytes of movies onto a hard drive for me after helping him on the weekend with his new van purchase.

Its like the stars aligned @ChrisFatboySydney, you needed help with the van purchase and I needed help with all this technical IT stuff.

Wait until you hear about @ChrisFatboySydney set up, all I heard was:

wireless
hard drive
I-pad
5 terabytes
smart TV
projector
movies
kids
car
anytime
anywhere

When you piece them all together it means something, something that I now want........

 

[Drover]

Stay away, stay away or you will be drawn into a vortex of digitising, it's worse than being on this site, it's next week before you know it...............................................I happen to know someone who has a few TB's of rainy day stuff...................................takes ages to figure out what to watch then....

 

[warren cook]

Stay away, stay away or you will be drawn into a vortex of digitising, it's worse than being on this site, it's next week before you know it...............................................I happen to know someone who has a few TB's of rainy day stuff...................................takes ages to figure out what to watch then....

@Drover I hear you, honestly I do. Give me a bonfire and a few beers over a movie anytime!

We try to keep the kids away from too many electronics and get them out on their scooters or bikes exploring like when we were kids. But you just cant escape the fact that the kids are growing up around it all now and they have to be in the loop or they will fall behind, we can plead ignorance and get away with it but the next gen are so reliant on it all now.

My 6 yr old's asked for a phone for Christmas so they can go on facebook and the internet.

 

[jawk]

@Drover I hear you, honestly I do. Give me a bonfire and a few beers over a movie anytime!

We try to keep the kids away from too many electronics and get them out on their scooters or bikes exploring like when we were kids. But you just cant escape the fact that the kids are growing up around it all now and they have to be in the loop or they will fall behind, we can plead ignorance and get away with it but the next gen are so reliant on it all now.

My 6 yr old's asked for a phone for Christmas so they can go on facebook and the internet.

We are lucky in a way that we dont have monile coverage at home and internet is dead set terrible (512k tops) so none of our kids have grown up 'connected' as such. So I dont mind a DVD after the colouring in books, reading books, i spy etc have been exhausted on trips. Also, I get sick of "Spotto!!" after a while coz im crap at it!!

We went to a science museum last year - my poor youngest daughter did not know how to work the computer game or joystick (8yo)...good parent bad parent conundrum !

Addit - she is allowed to get a iphone for her 12th birthday but has to set it up herself (she's 8 now so it will wear off hopefully!!)

 

[warren cook]

Addit - she is allowed to get a iphone for her 12th birthday but has to set it up herself (she's 8 now so it will wear off hopefully!!)

By the time she is 12yr of age there will probably be some kind of implant and the I phone will be like the old Atari.