So I have spent the last month ripping my dvd collection which is above 300 to ISO files. I love accessing them across my network using my TViX 4110 but the space requirement is rough. So I was wondering if anyone could lend some advice on batch converting a ton of ISO's to some smaller format (DVIx) or such. I dont mind loosing the menus from the original DVD's but I dont have the time to manually go through each video and do an extract, pick the VOB, then convert.

Does anybody have any ideas?

Thanks,

Jason

I can't think of anything that's going to give you a good batch process. But you can use DVD Decrypter to quickly read the ISO and rip the main movie to a VOB file and then you can rename the VOB to Mpg and it should work just fine.

But with 300 files that will obviously take some time. I looked into this same basic thing a few months ago for a project I was working on and I didn't find anything that would handle that for me.

Just one work of caution - if you decide to use the process I've outlined before be sure to also have DVD Decrypter to only select one audio stream or you'll have issues streaming some of the Mpg files.

You can use something like daemon tools or alcohol 120% to create multiple virtual drives and mount your isos to those drives. Then use AutoGK to create a batch convert of your movies for each drive. You'll need to find the vob/ifo for each drive but you can do it all at once and let it run.

Im in the same boat running out of space, I downloaded the latest AutoGK and I use a mediagate 350hd, could give some thought on settings to convert
dvd to divx would be nice to have 5.1 if that could be done. What size would you set to still have decent video quality etc... thanks


You can use something like daemon tools or alcohol 120% to create multiple virtual drives and mount your isos to those drives. Then use AutoGK to create a batch convert of your movies for each drive. You'll need to find the vob/ifo for each drive but you can do it all at once and let it run.

This is simply thinking out loud but may work.

Doesn't winrar extract iso files? Their website says it does. I know that if I have several zip files that I can select many zip files at the same time and extract them to separate folders. In theory you could select multiple iso files and right drag to where you want them extracted. On the popup menu it will list "extract each archive to separate folder" . After the extraction you could then just add each movie to autogk and do a batch convert. It is really quick to add a movie to autogk but the actual conversion to xvid will take some time...just set it up and forget about it.

Good Idea of using winrar.....So I tested the theory. I did a search for ISO files on my NAS. I grabbed 5 files and ran the "extract files to seperate folder" option. That worked. Took forever though.....because its on a NAS. Next used autoGK to convert.

Pretty simple and it works well. Time is a major issue. My NAS is a 2TB and i have 1.4 TB used right now. That only leaves about.125 TB left. I cant do the conversion on the NAS because I dont have enough space. So..... I am copying to my local machine and converting. It seems the be the fastest solution.

I am only doing movies that I rarely watch so I have a mix of ISO and AVI now.

But everything is working.

Thanks for all the tips.

J

I've been thinking about this too. I have a Buffalo that plays Divx and the biggest hurdle, in the conceptual stage, is how much is involved in getting a decent rip.

I've seen 400MB rips of ~45-50 minute TV shows that to my aged eyes are as good if not better than DVDs, but I've seen other rips two or three times the size that really crappy. I know about different resolutions, but there are other variables too I suspect.

I've also heard it takes about a day to do a decent rip of a DVD which means it will take a year to rip the 300 ISOs.

I'm hoping some people could offer info about conversions that still maintain decent qaulity and would be nice if 5.1 would be there ,xvid,divx bitrate and what size there getting after finished.

I've been thinking about this too. I have a Buffalo that plays Divx and the biggest hurdle, in the conceptual stage, is how much is involved in getting a decent rip.

I've seen 400MB rips of ~45-50 minute TV shows that to my aged eyes are as good if not better than DVDs, but I've seen other rips two or three times the size that really crappy. I know about different resolutions, but there are other variables too I suspect.

I've also heard it takes about a day to do a decent rip of a DVD which means it will take a year to rip the 300 ISOs.

I'm hoping some people could offer info about conversions that still maintain decent qaulity and would be nice if 5.1 would be there ,xvid,divx bitrate and what size there getting after finished.

AutoGK will give you options for your conversion. You can set the size limit for your converted file (or a target percentage). I would suggest keeping most movies at 1.4gb or above depending on the length and type of movie. For audio, you can set it to keep the 5.1 audio or convert it to mp3.

Try a program named handbrake. I use it all the time to convert my iso's for my Ipod Touch. It does do batch conversions, although you have to manually create the batch. It's free and fast. Google handbrake. The only problem is I don't include any menus or extra features when creating my iso's, so I don't know how they will affect your conversion.

Let me give you one thought on iso's. This is a format that you can directly and quickly burn a dvd from. When one of the grandparents wants a copy of the birthday party all I have to do is burn it with no conversion and no lose of quality. You give this up when converting to another format. Hard drives are cheap nowdays $99 for 500 gigs. A long time ago to save space I stopped including any menus and extra content along with any audio except the dolby 5.1. This save a bunch of space, plus if I really want the extras I can pull original dvd.

Thanks for the input, I downloaded it and looks like a neat program but Im not
having any luck loading ISO's, is there any setting I need to have or damond tools or something? thanks


Try a program named handbrake. I use it all the time to convert my iso's for my Ipod Touch. It does do batch conversions, although you have to manually create the batch. It's free and fast. Google handbrake. The only problem is I don't include any menus or extra features when creating my iso's, so I don't know how they will affect your conversion.

Let me give you one thought on iso's. This is a format that you can directly and quickly burn a dvd from. When one of the grandparents wants a copy of the birthday party all I have to do is burn it with no conversion and no lose of quality. You give this up when converting to another format. Hard drives are cheap nowdays $99 for 500 gigs. A long time ago to save space I stopped including any menus and extra content along with any audio except the dolby 5.1. This save a bunch of space, plus if I really want the extras I can pull original dvd.