Maybe the wrong place to ask, so sorry to the mods if thats the case.

I’ve a load of movies on DVD and wonder if its worth converting to mp4 and building a personal media centre to save loading each and every disc. I’ve tried to convert a movie I like to mp4 today using VLC but that crashes. I then downloaded winxdvd ripper - that worked better but cut the movie off after 10 minutes (I fail to see why I should have to pay 40 quid to get more than 10 mins of video).

I also tried an old Ubuntu install on another laptop and Handbrake and VLC there but got no video at all.

Is there any app/program that is open source/actually free where I can just drop in my DVD and create an easy mp4 file to be viewed via my media player/TV?

Thanks in advance

  • ToeNailClippings@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Thanks, I tried Handbrake and got nothing out of it. I’ll look at their website and see if there is somehting I missed

    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.deEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I think they want to avoid legal trouble so they won’t distribute DRM-breaking software. Maybe there’s a fork but I would first try libdvd on Linux or MakeMKV on Windows.