(Legal) DVD archiving help.

[jordanwj]

I have the Season 1 DVD of The Simpsons and am about to get 2-13 in a few weeks. When I attempted to rip the DVD and pick out individual episodes, it would not. The chapters were set in odd places and it wasn't done right, I've tried DVD Dec--, Handbrake, and other apps, none worked.

Any assistance or ideas?

[Handsome B. Wonderful]

Rip them to what exactly? It all really depends.

[jordanwj]

Rip them to what exactly? It all really depends.

My computer's hard disk. I have more than enough space for all the DVDs once I get them, it's simply a matter of separation. For example, I went through my raw rip of the Season 1 disc, I've only done two so far, and the VOBs start and end in odd places, ie: 15 minutes into Moaning Lisa when logically it should be the start.

[Charlie]

What program are you using to rip them? I use a program called HandBrake, it rips them into .mp4/.m4v format (iTunes/Quicktime/VLC), works perfectly.

[jordanwj]

I use handbrake for all my DVDs as well, just made a purchase on a lot of seasons 1-14 and so now I really hope there is a way to split these by episode. The only thing I found that needed tinkering was the language track.

[Charlie]

I've never had any problems using HandBrake, there should be a dropdown menu in the top left hand corner after you've loaded the DVD that shows the individual episodes. I've never had it cut out parts of the episodes before.

[jordanwj]

Well we'll see. The DVDs don't get here for a few days so I'll re-rip season 1 and see where I went wrong.

[Handsome B. Wonderful]

I use Freemake Video Converter. It can RIP DVD's to any file format and the worst case scenario is if the image is a bit grainy, but that's hardly ever the case.