Why oh why ...

[scottishlass]

.. are SMAP concert DVDs so damn expensive? Wanted to buy Drink SMAP and pamS but I can't dish out over 70 Dollars for one concert. His Hubbiness™ would kill me :(
But I so want to watch those two concerts ... after buying Pop Up Bang, Birdman and MIJ and watching them all innumerous time I want some new drug :)

Anyone know where I could download these two concerts from?

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[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

thanks ^^ I would say the same, but I really have no idea how to rip a dvd ^^;;;

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

You only need two free for download programmes. Let me know if you want to learn how to rip (for anything but nefarious reasons ;))

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

really? lol..I'm sure :P yeah, I wouldn't mind learning (just fair warning, I can be pretty daft at this stuff) ^___^

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

No worries, I'm sometimes also a bit slow in that department :)

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

hehe, that's good :D so which programs do I need?

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Okay first of all you'll need DVD Decrypter ( a friend of mine uploaded it to MU here (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4JV0JBU0)

Install the programme, put a DVD you want to rip into your DVD drive and run DVD Decrypter.
First you'll see in the top left corner a button called "source" where you select the drive you've put the disc in that you want to rip.
Then directly under that in the box marked "destination", select the location where you want the ripped files saved.

Click the big picture of the arrow pointing from a disc to a rectangular little HD and the programme starts ripping. Just ignore the whole thing for 15-20 minutes (depending on the length of the episode/movie etc. it can take longer) and when it's finished it will play some weird tune and a pop-up will appear letting you know the rip was successful.
Close DVD Decrypter. Now you have all those weird .vob files which you need to convert into .avi to play properly.

I'll post the second half in a new post :)

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

*downloading away* ^_^

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Download Auto Gordian Knot (http://www.autogk.me.uk/) (download a full version and avoid any betas) and install the programme.

Before you run the programme make sure you don't have anything to do after you start Auto GK, best time for this is shortly before you go to bed. So Auto GK can convert the files while you sleep.
If by any chance you'll get an error message mentioning something like missing codecs or you need to download DivX, then go to this site and download the codecs for both DivX and Xvid only. Xvidmovies (http://www.xvidmovies.com/)

Open Auto GK and look for a tab called "input file", select the file named "VTS_01_0".
For the "output file" select a folder where you want to have the new files.
There will be a window with audio files, make sure to check the one you want. Same with subtitles... (This program will hard-sub the subtitles, for example, if the dvd was Japanese and it offers Chinese and English subtitles, then if you select English, the English subtitles will become a permanent part of the final .avi file.)
Choose the file size you want. For most movies the standard you choose is the "2cd(1400MB)" option, you'll get a super great picture, but your movie will be divided into two parts. OR you can select the "custom MB" option and select the size you want.
You can ignore the "advanced settings" though if you have more time on your hands you can start playing with the settings.
Click the "add job" button, then click start.
Go to bed :D

Once you get up again the next morning, check your destination folder and there, a shiny new .avi file will be waiting for you. Test it in whatever media player you use for .avi files.
If it plays well and you're happy with the quality, then go in and delete all those other files taking up loads of space on your HD. There will be all kinds of little log files too... delete them, they're worthless. (...just delete everything except the final .avi file)
You have successfully ripped a DVD.

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

thanks for the detailed info, I will try it out tonight with the Drink SMAP DVD and if it works I can upload it for you :)

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Thank YOU !!
But as I said, if you are not satisfied with the files while on default settings, fiddle a bit with the settings and options, so you get familiar with the programme. Both programmes are very good :)

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

you're welcome :))
*nods* will see how it turns out :)

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

I keep my fingers crossed :)

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

I figured out how to do it and it worked ^^ thanks lots for the help ^^ but I tried to making it 700mb and that was no good (quality wise)..lol..so I will do it again as 2 files :) when I upload the files for you, is it okay with megaupload and I'm probably gonna have to split the files *ponders* is it okay if I split them in parts of 200mb?

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Whatever you feel comfortable with, Allie. I have a premium account so I can download even big files without problems.

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

okay coul :)

then here are first part of the first DVD :)

file 1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZPDT8XHF
file 2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NF50E0S3
file 3
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ITAB9GPE

there is a part of the beginning of the file that is just black (don't ask me why, because I have no idea whatsoever), but if you skip in a bit in the file you will get to the beginning of the concert (so there isn't a part missing, it's just some weirdness) ^___^

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)
Just one question, are these the avi or vob files? (Because of the name and no ending like .avi/.vob etc.)

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

is avi as you figured out, guess it gotta weird when I split the file, but glad it's working ^_^

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Yup :) Downloading the second part now :)

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

coul :) I) will try to rip the second DVD tomorrow ^_^

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Okies :) Thank you :)

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

here are the three first files, sorry it took a while..I have been quite spaced out for a few days :D

file 1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5DUIBBK8

file 2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PBJ364WV

file 3
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BQY4O4Z6

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

I will put part two of the first DVD on upload, so I will send the links to you tomorrow :) and then I will rip the second DVD (with the rest of the concert) ^_^

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

WOHOO!! Watching the first part now, figured out that I had to rename cd1 with .avi and it runs in Windows Media Player :)
THANK YOU!!!

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

yay! glad it's working ^___^

here is the links for the second part

file 1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TXWWVFPR

file 2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZX9FZSBT

file 3
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N3VD8L9L

and you're welcome :) gotta share the boys ^^

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

or if I split them in parts of 250mb? or would you rather I split them in 100mb?

I finally got it done now :) so just let me know and I will upload :)