DVD Ripping and Decryption Guide: A FairUseTube Primer

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1 DVD Ripping Decryption Guide: A FairUseTube Primer In a welcome ruling vidders amateur remixers everywhere, Library of Congress recently made an exception prohibition in DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) which made it illegal break copy-protection on DVDs. It is now completely legal do decrypt DVDs rip m r computer for purpose of using footage from motion pictures in noncommercial remix videos (a practice commonly called "vidding"). Vidding includes things like Anime Music Videos (AMVs) or similar types of music videos common on YouTube, which Library of Congress strongly implied in its ruling constitute fair use. Prior ruling, it would have been illegal break copy-protection on DVDs rip m r computer, even for purposes which are orwise fair use under US copyright law. In celebration of this ruling, this site now offers following guide on how decrypt DVDs, rip m r computer, convert footage in a format which can import in common video editing software for purposes of noncommercial remix. Note: This guide is only for Windows users. For Mac users, best program use for both decryption conversion is Hbrake. Before You Get Started You will need following freely available software: 1. DVD Decrypter - This program decrypts most common form of DVD copy-protection* (called CSS) rips DVD r computer as a single VOB file. Because of vaugeries of US copyright law, it is now legal use program rip DVDs for noncommercial remix purposes, but it is not actually legal distribute or host software itself on a US-based website. However, can download program from a British website HERE. 2. AVIdemux - Available for download HERE. This is best easiest use program I have found for converting DVD format video in AVI files, which can n be imported in most types of video editing software. *Note: While DVD Decrypter will successfully decrypt 90% of commercial DVDs out re, re are some DVDs it will not work with. In addition regular type of CSS encryption, 1 / 14

2 some more high profile movies will also use fake bad disc secrs (essentially deliberately inserted disc errors) which will thwart DVD Decrypter cause it crash with a disc-read error. Though re may be ors, only program I have found that will successfully rip those kinds of DVDs is commercial program DVDFab, which is not free will have pay purchase it. Step 1: Decrypting Ripping DVD 1. Install DVD Decrypter insert DVD want rip in r DVD drive. 2. Run DVD Decrypter click OK on box that pops up alerting about region coding. It n bring a screen that looks like this: 3. We need make sure r options are correctly. Go Tools > Settings click on "IFO Mode " tab. The following options be checked. The most important are that file splitting is " none," " Select Main Movie PGC " is checked, that it is remove both RC RCE protection. After ting those options, click OK. 2 / 14

3 4. Back onit mainnow screen, Mode > IFO I. Click through region protection alert screen again. lookselect like this: 3 / 14

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4 DVD Input All with tab. multiple chapters episodes of main of a Processing" TV movie show may already have be main selected, select which though ifstream are want ripping under Next click on "Stream tab, make sure "Enable Processing is5. selected. Todefault. reduce final file size, everything except video channel English audio channel.uncheck Make sure radio butn below list of audio available channels isseparate ones "Direct Stream Copy rar than "Demux" (which would split video in files). Leave " a "Map ting on It now look like this: 6.speed On left-h side ofit main screen under "Destination," click onspecific of folder icon aa direcry itspecify will save be pretty ripped big files file.. recommend using hard drive with plenty space, since 7. Click big DVD > IHard Disc icon appear of r in computer, specified direcry probably as VTS_01_1.VOB. an take letexternal 'erabout rip! Depending 20 minutes on rip, DVD output file Step 2: Convert Video File AVI 4 / 14

5 Now that have ripped movie a single VOB file, need convert it something r video editing software can work with. To do that, we will use Avidemux. 1. Run Avidemux, drag drop VOB file in main window. Click yes when it asks if want index file (this is crucial or it won't work). 2. On left side of main screen, change "Video" drop down box from "copy" "M PEG-4 ASP (Xvid) ". ( Note: At time I wrote this article, XVID was stard video format most people used rip DVDs. Now, might want rip it in x264 format, also known as MP4-AVC. ) 3. Change "Audio" drop down box "MP3 (lame)." 4. The "Format" drop down say "AVI." At this point everything look like this: 5 / 14

6 5. Under video, click "Configure codec, worry about are is on compression " Pass) method This final video bring will up use. aas window The for configuring tings need XVID General" tab. Set Mode Encoding "Cons tant Quantiser about (Two (I find Pass)," file this size. generally which If(Single allows were works going best for specify a."small best a target file quality size, size.) it would Then be best as 're it on not "Video o worried Size Quantiser in range.2-4 Four iswhich usually sufficient, but for maximum quality I footage am going long inly 2. Also make sure " Aspect Ratio "Pixel issomewhere " slider Cusm 1:1." The tings now look like this. Click OK save XVID Configuration tings. 6 / 14

7 6. Under click onwith, "Filters filters canvideo, play around but." This only ones bring we'reup worried a window about like arethis. There are lots of resize.crop 7 / 14

7.video, of width We Then now height). need It is crop important resize do it in video this order: so that it isslider in proper aspect ( ratio crop n resize.

8 7.video, of width We Then now height). need It is crop important resize do it in video this order: so that it isslider in proper aspect ( ratio crop n resize. Double-click filter "Crop" This actually brings see making up a movie, window movie n which fill will allow entire screen. green crop Move out black bars atright until p ratio botm can. of adjust "Top" "Botm" boxes by clicking arrows both black bars are completely highlighted,until like this. click OK. 8 / 14

8. Next, double-click on "MPlayer resize" filter make sure itwidth is "Lock Ratio. Aspect r DVD is inthe widescreen format, " IfHD select 16:9 in Source (if it's select 4:3).

9 8. Next, double-click on "MPlayer resize" filter make sure itwidth is "Lock Ratio. Aspect r DVD is inthe widescreen format, " IfHD select 16:9 in Source (if it's select 4:3). For widescreen fullscreen DVDs, Destination dropdown box be this 1:1. Make sure box next Nearest Multiple ofstage 16 "Round is checked. resize dimension values n be aumatically. For Method,Resize default ting offullscreen Bilinear rendering resolution, 720p Then resolution. click be time fine, OK. can though For more do now, that video I"or at am going artifacts. two tings keep by Incidentally, moving will it both atproduce DVD if slider resolution, sharper want so that results so upscale it at r reads look cost footage like "1280," of longer this. for 9 / 14

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10 9.program Close filters box, n clickbut in "video" option at of Click on frame rate. The be at avideo aumatically detect this, case it doesn't, forpal movies, frame , for TV shows itwhich becan If frames rate, click are per using OK. second, DVD from outside select United from States, drop itdown may box. use After p stard check ofwindow. frame 25 rate 10 / 14

11 10.click Under Stereo Audio tings on left side of window, click Configure. The tings I normally use are Channel Mode: Mode: CBR,Q uality: 2, Bitrate 192. Then OK. 11 / 14

12 11.tings Again under Audio or alone. Click OK. tings, click Filters. Set Mixer "stereo," leave 12 / 14

13 12. You now be ready spending run video conversion. by disk "save" icon clicking floppy p screen, select r output direcry, type in at "MovieName.avi." Then click save butn length botm of sure everything full film, ofwhich film off depending main if looks go. screen want, okay The on which allow full before speed conversion of might r select process want computer. hours "in" rendering will use "out" likely Note render points take that Do whole out several sothis timeline a short movie. hours can test sliders only for clip arender at feature make part Congratulations! AVI file, When can n render import completes, in r video will editing have software. successfully ripped movie an A Few Furr Notes - Once have converted r DVD AVI format, Windows Media Player may not be able play XVID format if XVID codec is not installed. If try play video in Windows Media Player hear audio but only see black, that means video codec isn't installed. The best way take care of this is install Combined Community Codec Pack, which will allow Windows Media Player play pretty much every type of digital video format re is. 13 / 14

14 - Some video editing programs, especially older versions of Sony Vegas, will not recognize XVID codec won't let import video in r timeline. To fix this, need trick program in thinking video is encoded with similar DIVX codec by changing FourCC codes in video's metadata. While this sounds complicated, it is actually extremely simple do. Just download AVI FourCC Code Changer, run program, open r final converted video file, change both fields "DIVX" (exactly like that, all caps with no quotes). I know first-h that trick works get XVID videos work with Sony Vegas Movie Studio 8, though I don't know if any or programs have that issue. 14 / 14

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