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Axara DVD Ripper

DVDRip, convert and save dvd films from discs to computer, iPod, iPhone, PSP

Thanks to Axara Video Converter, you can simply save the video from DVD disc on your PC hard drive in different codec DivX, XviD, H.264 and any formats: .avi, .wmv, .mp4 and so on.
Besides saving video into the formats compatible with PC, you can make a duplicate of your disc.


Below you can see the instruction: "How to duplicate a DVD disc?" and "How rip a DVD disc to DivX?"

Let’s start!!!
For the beginning, you need to download the new version of AxaraVideoConverter from the official site www.video-audio-converter.com. Surely it is always better to use the upgraded version, as technical engineers constantly improve the features and characteristics of this software.
Please, download and install the application on your PC.

After running the converter, you will see the panel on converting video files, see picture below.
Video Converter Panel. Click the picture to see its real size.
Video Converter Panel. Click the picture to see its real size.
Now please insert a DVD disc with a movie into your computer cd drive. The next step – you need to add DVD movie into the program. There are some ways to do it.
Please, let’s have a look at two ways:
  • The 1st way.
    Click the right mouse button on the window "Sources files" – in the appeared window choose "Add DVD" – choose cd drive with DVD disc – press the button "OK". If all the steps are made properly, the program will automatically run disc analyzer and in some seconds the video will be added. In the window “Source files” you will see the file’s name.
  • The 2nd way.
    Click "Open files" or the button with a plus sigh ("+") – in the appeared window select the file you need – then choose VIDEO_TS.IFO file that is found on the DVD disc in the folder VIDEO_TS.
By the way, while adding some video discs the program can ask you to confirm the legality of your actions (as a rule these are licensed discs and discs from the rental – such discs are protected from copying). For protected discs you should confirm that your actions are aimed for creating a copy for personal viewing.
Attention, please: the right to backup DVD movies may vary subject to the country, that is why, before you open the protected discs, please, learn with the legislation of your country.

After opening DVD, the converter will show you all the related information, namely:
  • How many and what audio tracks are available in the given film;
  • What video formats are there on the disc;
  • By default, the program puts the longest time video fragment (as a rule, it is video film);
  • If DVD disc contains several languages, and before start the conversion, please, choose the needed language, otherwise, the program will put it automatically (as a rule it is the English language);
  • The duration of the film;
  • The width and height of its picture;
  • Video and audio codecs, used for movie’s compression, etc.
Program Info
Video Converter ver. 3,5
Release date: 01-22-2010
Install size: 12 Mb.
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To choose the suitable language of the movie, you need to switch the audio tracks – now, the initial movie is ready for conversion.

For conversion you need to choose the format you would like to save the video. In the upper part you can see the panel with the variety of formats: AVI, MPEG, WMV, RM, SWF, FLV. By default, the program choose .avi с DivX(MPEG4) as an output one. This format is the best one for keeping the files and playing them on a PC computer and dvd players.
Please, choose the format AVI.
The next step is to choose a folder, in which we will save the result file, and then name the file, for example, “Shrek.avi”
Now, pressing the button "Convert", the program will start converting from DVD to AVI.

If you wish, you can perform one more action before the conversion; namely, choose the quality you would like to get in the result movie. The quality is chosen thanks to the “Profile System” – you can both, create new configuration profiles and choose from the existed ones: Normal Quality, Standard Quality, High Quality, Low Quality. The chosen Profiles (settings) will help you to manage the quality of the image, its size and also to manage the size of the output file.
Please, take into consideration, that the higher the chosen quality, the bigger the size of the video file; also the conversion time increases (the conversion time also depends on the computer power).

At the bottom of the program you can observe various parameters of file conversion, such as:
  • The rate of processing video fragments per second;
  • Elapsed time of conversion;
  • The amount of time before the end of conversion.
When the conversion is finished, you will get the result AVI file that can be played with Windows Media Player (it is not necessary to have DVD disc with the movie at this very moment).

If you want to create a duplicate of a DVD disc, then in the left panel of the application you need to choose DVD player – then you will see only three formats: DVD, VCD, SVCD.
Please, choose DVD format - choose the desire audio track with the suitable language – set the quality of the output video using the “Profiles System”. (How to do it, please,
go above).

Press “Convert” to start the conversion.
After conversion, there will be two folders: VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS. AUDIO_TS folder will be empty, but VIDEO_TS will contain the following files: Video_ts.ifo, video_ts.vob, Video_ts.bup.......
The result DVD video structure you can write on a DVD disc using the built-in set for CDs recording. For this, please, go to the section “Burner”. Insert the blank or rewritable DVD disc.
Then please, choose in the left, mode of DVD video discs recording, and then you will see the two created folders: VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS. Now just add the files Video_ts.ifo, video_ts.vob, Video_ts.bup into the folder VIDEO_TS and press “Burn” – the program starts the process of recording data on an optical disc. The process of recording data is displayed in the form of orange scale at the of the program.
By the way, before the creation of a DVD video disc, please, choose the recording format “Burn DVD-Video” - it is necessary in order the program can create a new files system “UDF –Bridge” that will allow you to play this disc on a home DVD Player.
Here we have described the way of saving DVD disc on a PC and creating its copy for computer, home and portable devices. If you find the conversion process to be a little bit complicated for you, please, connect our support service – we are always glad to assist.
We hope, you are really satisfied with our program and can easily recommend it to your friends and acquaintances
With best wishes
Axara-Media team.

* 2 Pass Encoding - is a special mode, when the video is encoded in two passes (the initial video file is worked out twice). During the first pass, there is a process of getting some information about the initial video. Thanks to this, there is an opportunity more optimally to allocate bitrate on the result file (foe example, at the beginning of the film, when there are the titles and not so much moving scenes, the bitrate can be low and the quality will not change, but in the middle of the film on the dynamic scenes the bitrate increases). On average, bitrate remains such as given in profile.
* Bitrate – is the number of bites in video per second (the parameters are responsible for the quality of the video).
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