Hi Rob,
Have you tried DVD Shrink? Its free and I got it running under wine a
while back.
Matthew
On 25/04/2012, Rob Malpass <linux@???> wrote:
> Hi all
>
>
>
> I think I asked something similar a few months back but please bear with me
> - as ever this is driving me mad...
>
>
>
> I want a simple program to turn a DVD into a video file - purely for
> personal use - need the space in the living room - I'm not doing anything
> knowingly nefarious here. For the moment, let's not concentrate on which
> format and therefore which codec. For what should be not far short of a
> simple job - I'm coming up against all sorts of weirdness trying to do it
> either free or with Linux or both.
>
>
>
> I've tried k3b, which just hangs
>
> I've tried k9copy to produce an iso - which works but not sure what good
> that actually is - save for burning the iso back to optical media again as
> backup.
>
> I've tried dvd:rip which seems to work - until you play the avi back and
> you
> get the equivalent of an analogue TV picture which hasn't been quite tuned
> in well i.e. diagonal lines and crackled unintelligible sound.
>
>
>
> I must be missing something - and I'm getting to the stage where I'd
> happily
> pay for something that works. With umpteen DVDs and a smaller living
> room,
> need something quick (in every sense).
>
>
>
> Surely there must be a simple program out there to rip DVDs easily. Any
> ideas anyone?
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Rob
>
>
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