DVD Ripper
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DVD2AVI
DVD2AVI is actually the best application there for decoding DVD. So why has it not been mentioned before as the best method of making DivX? Basically because it has too few options to make a good quality movie. For example, you cannot just crop and resize the video.
DVD2AVI allows you to create a D2V project file for your VOB files after you have ripped them with some DVD ripper. After you have ripped the files, open DVD2AVI and select the VOB files you want to convert,and finally,you can create a D2V project file for the selected VOB files.
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HandBrake
HandBrake is a tool for converting DVDs (or VIDEO_TS folders on your hard drive) to MPEG-4 files available on PC, iPod, or other compatible devices.
Windows users can choose between GUI and CLI versions and both of them require DVD43 to be installed if you want to rip copy-protected DVDs. When you browse the DVD, be sure to choose the VIDEO_TS folder and then select the "title" that contains the actual movie. Specially,for Windows users , HandBrake definitely makes it easy to copy DVDs to your iPod, though the overall process still takes a few hours.
DVD Author
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DVDStyler
DVDStyler is a cross-platform DVD Authoring Application. It is a free software distributed under GNU General Public License (GPL). Here are some Features: you can drag and drop MPEG files directly; you can import image file for background; you can create NTSC/PAL menus; you can place text and images anywhere on the menu screen; you can change font,font color and background color; you can put basic text buttons; you can copy and paste any menu object; you can set chapters for each movie. DVDStyler provides a complete package for authoring DVD , creating an ISO image and burning to blank media. DVDStyler is available for both Linux and Windows.
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DVD Author GUI
DVD Author GUI is a GUI frontend for dvd author and related tools. By DVD Author GUI, you can intergrate titles, titleset, menus, audio streams and create ISO Image. It has a powerful and complete interface to generate DVD menus.