How to Copy Rip Encrypted DvD Movies Remove CSS & Convert to AVI DIVx
Most movie DVDs are encrypted. Therefore, you need more than just a DVD copier program. On Windows systems I use software called DVFfab 8 (www.dvdfab.com) to copy or rip CSS (”Content Scramble System”) encrypted movies and videos to the hard drive. You’ll need at least 8gb of hard disc space. You can download DVFfab 8 here.
Rip DvD using DVDfab8 software program from www.dvdfab.com.
It isn’t free but it let me use it for a few days before requiring a code key to work. I ran it inside a VMware virtual machine running Windows Ultimate 7 on a system running Linux Ubuntu Lucid 10.04. Is there Linux software to “descramble CSS “enhanced” DVDs? The man page for the program vobcopy (runs on Linux) states,
‘CSS is sold by the DVD industry as a “copy protection”, though it’s more of a “view protection” as it makes DVDs unviewable with unlicensed players. Some people have hacked CSS decryption routines, and one of those is
available as a libdvdread counterpart.’ On Linux I use vobcopy and libdvdread. The library libdvdcss must also be installed. I downloaded it from http://archive.debian-maintainers.org/unofficial/packages/libdvdcss/current_i386/. The Debian package version 1.2 libdvdcss2 may be installed using the Package Installer.
Once you have the DVD movie ripped to your hard drive, if you are using Windows, you may use Flask MPEG to convert it to the AVI Divx format, which is much smaller than the vob files on the original DVD. You can download Flask MPEG here.
Download Flask MPEG for Windows systems.
Before running Flask MPEG you must install the Divx video and MP3 sound drivers. Download the Divx driver here. You can control the size of the final file by setting the frame rate, resolution, and sound quality.
Should you want to convert DVD vob files to AVI Divx on Linux you may use various programs, however, I stick to using ffmpeg when I can. According to ffmpeg’s documentation, “You can transcode decrypted VOBs:
ffmpeg -i snatch_1.vob -f avi -vcodec mpeg4 -b 800k -g 300 -bf 2 -acodec libmp3lame -ab 128k snatch.avi.”
If you are using Ubuntu like me then you can install ffmpeg by typing “sudo apt-get install ffmpeg” in the terminal.
Enjoy your movies!
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