DVD ripping and AMV creation

[ckun]

your codecs here.
http://www.cccp-project.net/

Thank you, I'll check it out

You might also want to look into installing VLC player, which works well.

I have VLC player, but that won't mean a thing if I can't open a file because of codec.

have you, run into a DVD that decryptor can't handle yet? I haven't. When that happens, worry. Till then, spend your time editing.

Okay not yet, still with the governments lastest attempt at stopping DVD ripping, even if it is for creative purposes and now youtube and even here, you can understand why we can worry.

[ckun]

your codecs here.
http://www.cccp-project.net/

Thank you, I'll check it out

You might also want to look into installing VLC player, which works well.

I have VLC player, but that won't mean a thing if I can't open a file because of codec.

have you, run into a DVD that decryptor can't handle yet? I haven't. When that happens, worry. Till then, spend your time editing.

Okay not yet, still with the governments lastest attempt at stopping DVD ripping, even if it is for creative purposes and now you tube and even here, you can understand why we can worry.

Edit: If you type You Tube without the space it changes it to hosatchel. Hmmm...

[Melanchthon]

So what if you buy an new disk of an old movie. Will new copyright laws prevent me from ripping it?

No, because laws can't prevent you from doing anything. :x

Okay, seriously now.

How easily you can be prevented from ripping a disc depends on when the disc was produced and how eager the people in charge are to stop anyone from getting at the creamy MPEG-2 filling. I'm not getting into copyright laws because I don't understand them, but Doom9 has an interesting article on the DMCA.

[puremoonlite]

a stupid question maybe, but am I going to damage my dvds by ripping them? I wish I could just use a video streamer.

[madbunny]

a stupid question maybe, but am I going to damage my dvds by ripping them? I wish I could just use a video streamer.

No, 'ripping' your dvd is just reading it and saving the information to the hard drive. Just like you would read a data cd, or floppy disk and copy it to your hard drive. In the same way that 'burning' a disk doesn't mean that you take a flame to it, but are writing information.

By reading the data directly off of the disk you are getting a 1:1 copy (pretty much) of that information. That's the major argument that media companies use against it. (among others) Perfect copies. Streaming, or recording as it plays also works, but takes 100% as long as whatever you're copying. Unlike 'ripping' which takes various amounts (like... 4x the speed) of time.

try these site:
http://www.videohelp.com/
www.doom9.net

they have lots of information.

[ckun]

a stupid question maybe, but am I going to damage my dvds by ripping them? I wish I could just use a video streamer.

No, 'ripping' your dvd is just reading it and saving the information to the hard drive. Just like you would read a data cd, or floppy disk and copy it to your hard drive. In the same way that 'burning' a disk doesn't mean that you take a flame to it, but are writing information.

By reading the data directly off of the disk you are getting a 1:1 copy (pretty much) of that information. That's the major argument that media companies use against it. (among others) Perfect copies. Streaming, or recording as it plays also works, but takes 100% as long as whatever you're copying. Unlike 'ripping' which takes various amounts (like... 4x the speed) of time.

try these site:
http://www.videohelp.com/
www.doom9.net

they have lots of information.

Okay.... the .avis are working, I think. The problem is that even since I loading the codec, my windows seem to crash every few minutes depending where I am. Any ideas? Did I fuck up?

[madbunny]

Okay.... the .avis are working, I think. The problem is that even since I loading the codec, my windows seem to crash every few minutes depending where I am. Any ideas? Did I fuck up?

well, not knowing what you did, or what you're doing it's kind of hard to say.
If your computer started acting weird right after you installed something, then you might want to uninstall it. However, the cccp files have always been pretty stable for me, so it could be unrelated. I suggest using something like media player classic, or VLC player to play your videos. And see if you get the same issues.

At this point, if all the original questions have been answered you should start a new thread addressing your specific problems so that the people that frequent the forum can address it.