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Ripping a DVD to xvid or divx avi is really quite easy, if you have the right tools. You’ll first need to download DVD decrypter and auto gordian knot (autogk). DVD decrypter allows you to rip the raw DVD video and audio data off of your disk drive, decrypt the CSS protection, and finally remove any other protection schemes, such as Macrovision. AutoGK is a package of codecs and a GUI interface that will take the raw DVD data through an AV processing pipeline to produce a single windows video file.


Step 1: RIP

Put in a DVD and launch DVD Decrypter. Choose IFO (Information File) mode:



Now make sure you’ve selected a destination for your files:



Now you need to find which program chain to rip (PGC). Pick the one that’s the longest, or in the case of a TV dvd, the episode you want to rip:



Everything’s set up. Just click the green arrow and wait about twenty minutes, after which you will have a set of files which look like this:

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The whole ripping process shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes.


Step 2: ENCODE

Launch AutoGK and select the first .vob that you just ripped as an input file, and set an output file name:



Now you need to select audio (choose the first one) and subtitles, if any:



If you’re ripping a TV, set the preferred size to 350MB, if you’re ripping a movie, choose either 700MB or 1400MB, depending on your preference:



Finally, click on advanced settings and choose MP3 VBR 128kbs:



Then click “add job” and “start.” After all this, you’ll have a log that looks like the following:

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Step 3: WATCH

You’re done. Delete all the non .avi files and enjoy the fruits of your ripping.