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How do I extract a movie from a DVD?
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this post was submitted on 13 May 2024
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I haven't ripped an optical disk in many years, but a lot of folks recommend Handbrake.
Handbrake is the answer. I did this somewhat recently for a friend and it worked flawlessly
Handbrake would have been my recommendation a decade ago so I'm glad to see that it's still relevant.
I should have added: you can get an external USB DVD drive pretty cheap from the usual places. Second hand market will be very cheap. Just make sure it's compatible with the disks. For example, the US, Europe and Japan all have different formats.
Yea, like $15
But they are slooow for ripping, about 4x longer to rip the same DVD.
My internal drive rip's a DVD in 10-15 minutes, the external takes an hour.
I'm pretty sure it's a USB bottleneck. Maybe there's USB 3 drives?
Yes, they can be slow. This is a case-by-case thing. If you plan on ripping a LOT of optical disks you may want an internal drive. If you just want to archive a few disks like the OP, an external makes more sense to me.
You can get a USB 3.0 external drive, too, but they are more expensive. The Hitachi LG Data Storage GP96Y is supposed to be quite good, and works with phones, too.
Yeah, there are USB 3.0 drives. Ultimately, the speeds will get bottlenecked by disc read speeds, instead of USB.