What Program Do I Need To Rip DVDs into a decent movie format?

[nickyj182]

Hola!

Im a student filmmaker and I have a bunch of short films I have made on a couple of different DVDs. Im wanting to put them all up on YouTube so my friends can check them out. What program can I get to rip my movies off of the dvd, and make them into a format I can upload onto YouTube? Any ideas or suggestions? The DVDs were made with iDVD.

Thanks a bunch

 

[NJuul]

Not sure, but I think that Handbrake might be the way to go. It rips DVD movies into MPEG-4 or H.264. I have never used it with DVDs made in iDVD though...
Maybe you can just use Quicktime to change the format.

 

[Chundles]

Not sure, but I think that Handbrake might be the way to go. It rips DVD movies into MPEG-4 or H.264. I have never used it with DVDs made in iDVD though...
Maybe you can just use Quicktime to change the format.

Little mis-understanding, Handbrake doesn't rip TO H.264 or MPEG-4. It uses H.264 or MPEG-4 encoders to rip to .mp4, it can also rip to .avi using a few different encoders.

What format does a video have to be in for it to work with YouTube?

 

[nickyj182]

I think its quicktime format. The ones ive uploaded before were .Mov

 

[j26]

We recommend the MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format at 320x240 resolution with MP3 audio. Resizing your video to these specifications before uploading will help your clips look better on YouTube.

This is what they prefer.

 

[mpw]

Quicktime Pro?

 

[Greebazoid]

handbrake rocks - I'm gradually moving my DVD collection into iTunes and use handbrake to do the ripping.

I use QT Pro to convert avi files to .mov