(Substitute /dev/disk2 for your DVD drive). However, ddrescue can rip copy-protected DVDs to iso files like this: Some DVDs have bad sectors as a copy protection mechanism, which makes some tools choke. OS X users will need a special version of tsmuxer, however. If you want to convert makemkv's output to an mpeg file (mpeg-ts) then you could use tsmuxer. The first one at the top is "title 1." After ripping, you could then convert it (to condense/transcode it) by using handbrake or VLC. To select specific titles, count down from the top of the checked title options. MakeMKV is also good for ripping DVD or blu-ray to a raw mpeg file. MPlayer is another excellent option for ripping a raw mpeg stream from a DVD. For windows users handbrake can also use VLC's libdvdcss if you first install it. It uses VLC by default for ripping if installed on OS X. HandBrake is a free user friendly open source tool for ripping DVD's and simultaneously transcoding (condensing) the output file. WindowsFAQ-1.1.x#Some DVD movies don't work at all or they crash/freeze to menu or playback
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This is how to rip the "raw" video from a DVD, assuming you want to rip your DVD's title 1 to filename dvdout.mpg, from drive dvd:\ > "%PROGRAMFILES%\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" dvdsimple:///d:#1 -sout "#standard" You'll need to type this at the command prompt (windows) or terminal (linux), all on one line. This page mostly deals with using it to rip a raw video file from the command line. You can use VLC to rip a "raw" video file from a DVD, or you can use VLC to create a condensed "transcoded" video file from a DVD.