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887487 2010-05-23 23:56:00 hi, i want to put my DVD collection onto my PC so i downloaded dvdfab but when i use it it cuts the movie up into chapters how can i stop this and make it so it rips the full movie as one big file?

note: this is not going to be used illegally it is just so i can take the movies i OWN and put them on my laptop so i can watch them while im away

thanks in advance :)

FYI it is illegal in New Zealand to rip a DVD/Bluray even if you own the original disc.
It is only legal to rip music CDs.
CYaBro (73)
887488 2010-05-23 23:58:00 really oh i didnt know that i only thought it was illegal if you didnt own the disk or if you sold/lent/gave copies of that movie to other people smithinator (15240)
887489 2010-05-24 01:33:00 I know people who use it all the time -Never done an ISO yet, they only use full disc or main- its never had any splitting either , maybe some new setting in version 7 :confused:

Its how DVD Fab has always worked, It saves the files in chapters the same as they are on the DVD, if theire are 43 vob files on the DVD then you get 43 vob files on your PC.

DVDfab replicates the authored DVD so it can be burnt back to DVD.
Metla (12)
887490 2010-05-24 01:41:00 really oh i didnt know that i only thought it was illegal if you didnt own the disk or if you sold/lent/gave copies of that movie to other people

That's what most people think but they are wrong.
I looked into this quite a bit a few months ago when I was looking at importing a dvd/bluray media server from the USA.
But because of the law here it would be illegal for us to sell them here.
It is a bit of a grey area in the USA at the moment too with court cases ongoing.
CYaBro (73)
887491 2010-05-24 01:51:00 FYI it is illegal in New Zealand to rip a DVD/Bluray even if you own the original disc.

Then why is it legal to be able to buy both Recorders and blank media here in NZ? :confused::confused:
Zippity (58)
887492 2010-05-24 01:54:00 Yes DVDFab does copy the DVD as per VOB viles under teh Video_Ts folder, it copies them the same as the DVD, BUT not in chapters or scenes as such.

I went to a mates place this morning, used his DVDfab to test it and Heres an example -- One of his purchased DVD's, using dvdfab produced 4 vob files, results as expected.

BUT the movie actually has 25 chapters when you load it onto the dvd player - thats not 25 vob files.

I think smithinator may be confusing the vob files with the movie chapters - two different things.

Most DVD's when played on a standard DVD player allow you to jump to a certain chapter - or scene.

AFAIK DVDFab wont convert to a single AVI - you need other programs for that.
wainuitech (129)
887493 2010-05-24 03:02:00 . Metla (12)
887494 2010-05-24 03:12:00 Just ripped a Rainbow concert DVD to my desktop, kept it at DVD9.

The main movie is split into 5 vob files. So it was merely a mistake of mine to describe the resulting vob files as chapters.


Anyway.............meh.:cool:

Thread starter could always just stitch the vob files into a single file, if he can find an app that does it without re-encoding (direct stream) then it will be fast and quality will stay at 100 percent.

or just save as an ISO, I believe VLC plays ISO files.
Metla (12)
887495 2010-05-24 03:57:00 ive been playing around with it it seems if i use dvd to mobile and set up certain settings not only can i choose the file size/format i can set aspect ratios and a whole lot more also the movie is great quality and comes out as one big file thanks for your help everyone smithinator (15240)
887496 2010-05-24 04:01:00 :dogeye: Metla (12)
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