====== Video ripping ======
===== Tools =====
  * MakeMKV 1.9.2 - Rip DVD and BD. Handles copy protection. Mandatory for BD.
  * Handbrake svn5274 - Compress mkv file. Can also rip DVD.
  * AnyDVD HD 7.0.9.0 - Handles copy protection.
  * VLC Player 2.0.8 - Plays mkv files. Can also transcode mkv files.
  * MKVmerge GUI 6.4.1 - Transcodes mkv files. Can also merge several mkv files into one.
  * RipIt4Me 1.7.1.0 - Rip DVD to folder with same file structure. (http://www.videohelp.com/tools/RipIt4Me)
  * VOB Blanker 2.1.3.0 - modify DVD's VOB. (http://www.videohelp.com/tools/VobBlanker)
  * [[https://www.apowersoft.com/free-online-video-converter|APowerSoft online Video Converter]]

**All DVDs and BDs are ripped with MakeMKV and then transcoded with Handbrake, except the discs mentioned below.**\\
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<color red>**Merge files after MakeMKV but before Handbrake, because merging with different compression will lead to artifacts around the merge area!**</color>
==== VCDs ====
Use APowerSoft online Video Converter to convert the .dat files from the VCD to .mkv, then encode with Handbrake

==== Rip with DVD-Cloner 2020 ===
<code>Along Came a Spider (2001) - default settings</code>
  * [[https://www.dvd-cloner.com/download.html|DVD-Cloner 2020]] from Open Cloner
  * [[https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15055&start=30|If you're experiencing rip errors, please read here first!]]
  * [[https://makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16629|Misleading Claim about Read Errors]]

==== AnyDVD HD then rip with MakeMKV ====
  Setup
  Identity (BD)
  Close Encounter Of The Third Kind (BD)
  Dexter (BD)
  King Naresuan 2
  Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special!
  Child 44
==== Rip with Handbrake ====
  The World Is Not Enough
  Journey To The Center Of The Earth (2009)
  Druids
  Ong-Bak
  Suriyothai
  Men in Black
  Sek Loso Jai sang maa
  Creedence Clearwater Revival - Featuring John Fogerty (2005)

==== AnyDVD HD then rip with Handbrake ====
  Monster House
  Stargate
  The Twilight Saga New Moon

==== Rip with MakeMKV, then transcode with MKVToolNix GUI, then Handbrake ====
  Dune
  Tintin - King Ottokar's Sceptre
  Tintin - Destination Moon
  We're the Millers

==== Rip with MakeMKV, then transcode with VLC Player ====
  Otto der Film

==== Rip with MakeMKV, but cannot compress resulting file (need to use uncompressed mkv file) ====
  Otto der neue Film

==== Start AnyDVD HD 7.0.9.0, rip with Ripit4me 1.7.1.0, remove VOBs from ripped files with VOB Blanker 2.1.3.0, then open VIDEO_TS.IFO with MakeMKV ====
  21

==== Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier 5.2, then open VIDEO_TS.IFO with MakeMKV ====
  Man On The Ledge
  The Space Between Us

==== Rip with Ripit4me, then Handbrake ====
  Royce

==== Rip with Ripit4me, then MakeMKV ====
  The Postman
  Flubber
  King Naresuan 1
  King Naresuan 4
  Too Much So Much Very Much

==== Rip with MakeMKV, then MKVmerge ====
  Rent (add 1st part, append 2nd part)

==== Links ====

  * [[https://www.raymond.cc/blog/recover-photo-and-data-from-scratched-or-damaged-cd/|6 Utilities to Copy Files from Scratched or Damaged CD]]
  * [[http://www.roadkil.net/program.php/P29/Unstoppable%20Copier|Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier]]
  * [[https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/363304-Make-2D-video-from-3D-video-*-mkv-file|Make 2D video from 3D video *.mkv file?]]