Dvd's

i was wondering if it is possible & legal to rip DVD's on to my notebook & play them later?
& how to do so?

 

It's certainly possible. See DVD Shrink, which will make you nice backup copies.

Whether it is legal is another matter. The DVD companies would prefer you to buy another copy if your original gets damaged.

John

 

I'm not copying i just want to watch them on my notebook without the original DVD
EDIT: i read descrip. on file hippo can you play them before burning?

 

if you own the movie, i believe you are within your rights of "fair use" to copy it to your hard drive. programs like dvd shrink 3.2 will allow you to create an iso image of the dvd, and then using another free program like alcohol 52%, you can mount that iso image as a dvd drive.

 

OK thanks any more free programs like this& is alchohol 120% ok?

 

...........or create the dvd folders to your hard drive, where you can play the VOB files with a dvd player program.

 

Or play the folder with VideoLAN.

 

alcohol 120% is not a free program.

I'd suggest dvd decrypter.

 

Um yes it is downloaded from file hippo it said it was the full program coudnt find the other & dvd decreptor got shut down i thought ill search for it.
EDIT guess it is a trial sorry but dvd decripter did get shut down

 

Yeah, that's what I do.

btw, what's the advantage of using an ISO image with a virtual drive?

To the OP. Sometimes, DVD Shrink can not decrypt movies. In those instances, some kind of DVD decrypting utility might be required. Not sure if that type of software constitutes illegality or not. Possibly, yes!

 

According to the DMCA, actually circumventing encryption isn't illegal, but acquiring or making tools to do so is. How's that for logic? "It's not illegal to drive, but it's illegal to make or own a car".

 

Doesnt make much sense
any other programs & can anyone recommend the best DVD player software?

 

i think you can probably still find an archived copy....possibly www.oldversion.com

 

vlc media player

 

Nope removed
thanks ill try that one out

 

Doesn't XP Media Center have the neccesary mpeg-2 codec to play the movies from your hard drive? If you use DVD Shrink to compress a 4GB movie to 1GB (for example), you don't really need the "best" player anyway (if you see where I'm going)..........

 

I cant figure it out then i tried the files doesnt work

 

What specifically is not working?

 

http://www.mrbass.org/dvdrip/

dvd decrypter : google - a man's best friend

 

Thanks
Will WinDVD play these movies from DVDShrink as well?

 

Yes. Any dvd player software can play VOB files (although I can't get Vista's Media Center to recognize them for whatever reason).