Friends with Money--will not burn

This film will not burn, the main film file does not show up on the ripping menu, and all other programs i've tried stop at VOB 2. Help! Any luck with any other programs that are free and downloadable? I think it's Sony's ARCOS protection or something.

 

have you given RipIt4Me a try. have not seen a movie yet that this program will not break. also have you tried DVDFab, along with VobBlanker?

 

yes, tried both vob blanker and fab decrypter, both got hung up on VOB 2. I'll get the other one and see. thanks

 

and i'm using 98, which is not going to work, i think? as it says 2000 and up only

 

AnyDVD ripped it, shrink wouldn't open it but CloneDVD worked perfect.

I like using shrink for everything, so I just had clonedvd transcode it with no compression and then just sent it to shrink.

Try AnyDVD

 

Do you mean even after ripping it dvd shrink would still not recognize the main film file?

 

See, I tried ANYDVD once but could not figure out how to rip with it--it seemed to do nothing, direct me nowhere, etc. Any basic help on using anydvd? you're saying, i think, RIP with anydvd, use the ripper, then rip again with dvd shrink? explain, please, your message was quite confusing. any good anydvd guides around? thanks!

 

Hey LOCO and all,dont forget to check the box that asks to remove the bad files (much like VOBblanker does).
there are many cases which using DVD Shrink or Nero to rip a movie causes a hangup even with AnyDVD. You have to get the file on your system to use VOBBlanker, so skip a step, and use the ripper.
I personally still use ANyDVD+DVDDecrypter+VOBBlanker on the 10% of movies that have a weird file that old reliable ANyDVD+Recode wont do.

 

sorry if i didn't make sense.

Most of the time I use DVD Decrypter (with AnyDVD running in the background) to rip the DVD, then use DVD Shrink to compress it down to size.

This movie ripped fine using DVD Decrypter, but it wouldn't open in Shrink. So i used CloneDVD to open it and save it so that Shrink could use the files. You can have CloneDVD compress it to size but like using Shrink.

So its one extra step for me but it all worked in the end.

PS: you only have to rip it once.

 

mainomega---

It's OK, I realised I ramble a little when explaining things...

I know, I was talking about the act of "burning on the fly" not going to the hard drive first
(Technically, since both Shrink and Nero write to a temporary file before burning its not really bypassing the hard drive is it?)
and using either Nero recode or Shrink to do all the work.
If doing an extra step is fine with you, thats all that matters.
Knowing a few different ways to get to the same destination in this hobby is a must.

 

thanks Mainomega--

so lemme get this straight--I RIP using clonedvd (as i would dvdfab decrypter, if it worked), then i run the files through dvd shrink, burn with nero. so basically you're saying that anydvd is taking the place of the ripper i usually use that doesn't work now? has anybody ripped Friends with Money with clone dvd? and it is basically similar to dvd shrnk, or fabdecrypter--i mean, load it on, and then pretty basically easy to run the film through and rip?

thanks guys, gals.

 

Used AnyDVD with Shrink...no problem.

 

AnyDVD can rip movies, BUT if you choose to use something else to rip, even with AnyDVD running in the backround, there maybe a chance you will need to run the file through another program (VobBlanker) before ready to shrink and burn. There is a button [bold]remove unreferenced and balanked cells[/bold] that usually takes care of needing blanker after ripped.
Sometimes, though not usually, it takes a week or 2 to update AnyDVD for new movie releases that are problems. Thats why we love having more than one way to do things.

 

AnyDVD, CloneDV 2, Duck soup. No problems what so ever.