DVD Ripping Program?

[winipcfg]

Is there a free DVD program somewhere? I'm looking for something that'll turn my DVDs into MPEG files so that I can put them onto my iPod. Any ideas?

[phata$$]

how do you put mpegs into your ipod??

I just got mine so I am just learning.

[Scurvy]

videos have to be in an mp4 format to put them on your iPod. you can download a converter, or just dl them in the correct format off of limewire or whatever

[Pressure Drop]

http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/index.htm

this is a freeware media converter, it can take from and convert too many different filetypes including mpeg-4


as for dvd ripper,
i use DVD Shrink 3.2
i think this was a legal freeware program but becuase it could bypass copyright protection some big company bought the rights to it and changed the license so it is now illegal to distrubute it

[winipcfg]

Oh... are you sure iPods aren't compatible with MPEG? I don't have a video yet; I just ordered one so I'm not sure what all is compatible and what isn't. I thought I read somewhere that MPEG worked, though... doh...

Well I guess I'll just be on the lookout for other programs. I'll see if I can find that DVD Shrink though.

Thanks much.

Edit: I was able to find a copy of DVD Shrink (it's free, but you have to search for a copy of it, since dvdshrink.org can't host a copy) and got the MediaCoder program from SF. I'll throw a DVD in and give ripping and converting a shot in the next couple of days. Thanks again for the help.

[Mr. Peanuts]

ImTOO DVD Ripper. Really fast software.

[Pressure Drop]

Oh... are you sure iPods aren't compatible with MPEG? I don't have a video yet; I just ordered one so I'm not sure what all is compatible and what isn't. I thought I read somewhere that MPEG worked, though... doh...

Well I guess I'll just be on the lookout for other programs. I'll see if I can find that DVD Shrink though.

Thanks much.

Edit: I was able to find a copy of DVD Shrink (it's free, but you have to search for a copy of it, since dvdshrink.org can't host a copy) and got the MediaCoder program from SF. I'll throw a DVD in and give ripping and converting a shot in the next couple of days. Thanks again for the help.

np

i'm pretty newb at these things and that media coder had way to many options , but if you go to their forums they have some ppl who've put user guides which is usefull, then you can tweak them. I was trying to convert avi's to MPEG-2 and was happy with it

but i'm sure there are guys here with way more tech knowledge than me who got better programs

i liked these cuase they were free and did what i wanted them too, but i wasn't looking at ipods :turned:

[Mr. Peanuts]

Oh... are you sure iPods aren't compatible with MPEG? I don't have a video yet; I just ordered one so I'm not sure what all is compatible and what isn't. I thought I read somewhere that MPEG worked, though... doh...

Thay play .mp4 MPEGs, not .mpg's or .mpeg's.

That's the main reason I didn't touch the video iPod. that and the battery life.