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As of 2012 a second guide, [[DVD Rip Using DVDfab and FairUse Wizard]] has been added. In this guide a DVD is backed up and encoded using the impressive [[H.264]] format. Note that both [[Handbrake]] and FairUse Wizard can produce XviD and H.264 output. == DVDfab versus SmartRipper =={{:DVDfab versus SmartRipper}} Either software is able to accomplish the task. DVDfab is a stripped down free version of commercial software while Smart Ripper is an absolutely free application. DVDfab has a simpler interface, however, Smart Ripper has a lot more features and functionality as both free versions are compared.== Handbrake: Double Side / Two Disk DVD Sets ==An example is the movie "The Right Stuff" which was released as a double sided DVD with the first half of the movie on side (a) and the second half on side (b). This ends up as two directories on the harddrive which, with normal processing, results in handbrake producing two video files. Handbrake cannot combine them because it can only recognize one directory of VOB files at a time.Solution: Concatenate the VOB files using MS-DOS. copy /b part1\VTS_01_01.VOB+part1\VTS_01_02.VOB+part1\VTS_01_03.VOB+part1\VTS_01_04.VOB+part1\VTS_01_05.VOB+part2\VTS_01_01.VOB+part2\VTS_01_02.VOB+part2\VTS_01_03.VOB+part2\VTS_01_04.VOB+part2\VTS_01_05.VOB EVERYTHING.VOBUsing MSDOS copy (binary) will accomplish the same thing as an old program called VOBMerge. The problem with VOBMerge is that it has glitches which make it difficult to use with more than one directory, this is why you should use MSDOS COPY instead.This will not preserve chapters. To do that you will have to use a software utility which may require re-encoding.== DVDfab: Troubleshooting =={{:DVDfab Troubleshooting}} * Determining which Title(Angle) to rip Some DVD have 2 complete movie tracks, often a "rated" and "unrated" version. Typically the longer one is what you want, but not always. Sometimes it has been observed that the more desirable "unrated" version was a minute or more shorter. DVDFab seems to favor the first of the two occurrences without regards to size or which version. The point was originally with DVD to have 2 different camera angles but that is less common. Sometimes you have to use the Internet search to find out which is the correct angle. A list of [[Movie Censorship]] information sources is also useful to determine which track you want to make a backup of. There are online resources to locate information about your DVD and which track is the unrated version.# http://www.movie-censorship.com/# http://www.cduniverse.com# http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/43598/hot-tub-time-machine/# http://video.barnesandnoble.com/DVD/Hot-Tub-Time-Machine/John-Cusack/e/883904206040#TABS[[Category:Video Tools]]