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DVD movie to DivX : the "best" solution?
Overview- Get and install the needed software
- Rip the DVD video files to disk: SmartRipper
- Encode the movie to DivX: DrDivX
- Rip the subtitles: VobSub
- Play the movie: Windows Media Player
- DrDivX: the "best" solution?
1. Overview
In mid 2003, most DVD software are mature and a lot of methods exist to transfer a movie from a DVD to a PC. Likely the easiest solution to transfer movie to a standard compliant VCD and SVCD is DVDx, to a DVD it's DVD Shrink and the choice for output is simple because based on legacy MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 standards. In the DivX world, MPEG-4 is still evolving and people start to have troubles playing their old DivX 3.x movies, particularly since DivX set top boxes appeared from China and Europe.
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