Author: Steve Wesemeyer Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] DVD to PC
On Thursday 06 August 2009 17:27:30 Rob Malpass wrote: > Hi all
>
> OK - sorry this is not particularly Linux but it's been driving me nuts.
>
> What I want (and maybe I'm being too exacting here) is a program for Linux
> or indeed Windows that will just take a video DVD and dump out an avi / mpg
> / whatever file preferably at enough res that I can watch on a big screen
> TV.
>
> I've tried k3b which just does nothing when I click rip DVD (and there's a
> perfectly working DVD mounted). There is no free software I can find for
> Windows that can handle it. Apparently Nero and Roxio can do it but
> Amazon reviews are mixed.
>
> Surely someone must now a one or two click solution to this. One obvious
> sticking point for me is I've tried several Linux possibilities which seem
> to call a transcode GUI - which refuses to run in my res / font sizes and
> won't resize.
>
> Any advice anyone?
>
> Cheers
> Rob
I have used vlc successfully for this. You can save and convert the movie into
numerous formats.
