How To Rip a DVD with DVDShrink

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This article will tell you how to transfer a DVD to your computer’s hard drive. With the appropriate software, you may burn the DVDs onto another disc or watch the movies right from the hard drive (See "Related wikiHows") Storing the movies on a hard drive also keeps the original discs safe in their cases and reduces wear on the laser in the DVD drive.

Before beginning, check to make sure that you have the appropriate hardware and software installed from the “Things You’ll Need” section below.

Step 1

Insert the DVD you want on your PC into the DVD drive.

Step 2

Open the DVDShrink program.

Step 3

Click on Open Disc.

Step 4

Select the drive where the movie is inserted and click OK.

Step 5

Wait patiently for a couple minutes as the program analyzes the disc.

The default setting for DVDShrink will compress the movie to fit on a standard recordable DVD, which is about 4.7 gigabytes (GB). See the "Tips" section below for additional options.

Step 6

Once you have all of the compression settings to your liking, click Backup!.

Step 7

Click the drop-down arrow under Select backup target and select ISO Image File. You may also change where the file will be saved to, such as My Documents or the Desktop, so that you know where it is later on.

Step 8

Click OK to begin the encoding process.

Step 9

You will receive a message once the backup has been completed successfully. Click OK and close the DVDShrink program.

Tips

There are a couple ways to avoid the compression of larger DVDs:
- Click on Edit, then Preferences…
- Here you can change the setting from DVD-5 (4.7 GB) to DVD-9 (8.5 GB) to ensure that the entire movie will be saved with no compression. This will require a large amount of free space on your hard drive.
- If you would like to keep the file size as small as possible while avoiding video compression, you may remove certain features that you will not watch/listen to. For example, DVD movies often contain additional audio tracks for different languages or commentaries.
  - On the left side of the program window, double-click the Main Movie folder icon.
  - On the right side of the program window, you will see a list of the various audio tracks. The only track you need to watch the movie is #1, so you may uncheck the others. Notice that when you remove the additional audio tracks, the percentage of video compression will decrease.
- You can also replace extra features if you are only interested in watching the main movie.
  - On the left side of the program window, double-click the Extras folder icon.
  - You can go down the list and preview each video clip with the player tools in the lower left corner of the program window. When you find a clip that you do not want, click it once to keep it selected.
  - On the right side of the program window, click on the drop-down arrow and select Still Image.
  - Here you may browse to your own still image that will replace the video clip but the default image should work fine.

Warnings

Only make a backup of a DVD that you own to avoid violating copyright laws.
Make sure to read all supporting materials and user agreements for any software you download and install.