Q&A: How do I rip DVDs onto my external hard drive (a couple of questions, please)?
Question by muchluv4pets: How do I rip DVDs onto my external hard drive (a couple of questions, please)?
Maybe I’m making this way more complicated than it should be, but I wanted to rip all of my dvds onto a hard drive I just purchased and send it to my husband who is deployed. I was told I needed to download the following software (which I did): CloneDVD, PowerISO, FLV Player, ImgBurn, and DVD Shrink. I was also told I wouldn’t have to do anything once I installed the programs, and that whenever I put in a dvd the programs needed would automatically open and run. So I did all that, installed the external hard drive (which is a WD My Book Essential Edition 2.0, 750 GB). There is no manual that came with the XHD, all it said was that it will install itself and be ready for use. I have never done anything like this before. I put a dvd into my disk drive and all the computer’s doing is bringing up windows media player like I want to watch the dvd. How can I rip all of my dvds onto the XHD? I think I have a little over 100 dvds total.
Also is there a way I can separate all the movies into categories such as comedy, horror, etc. or will they all just be mixed up together?
Is there a way to condense each movie so that I can fit more onto the XHD without sacrificing quality?
Any other pertinent info would be greatly appreciated also.
Thanks so much.
Best answer:
Answer by Jerico
You may take a look at this step by step guide, it will teach you how to rip and copy DVD movie to computer, it’s easy to understand and works pretty well for me.
http://www.freedvdripper.net/guides/rip-dvd-copy-dvd-converter-dvd-edit-dvd.html
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