StaxRip: Open source all-in-one DVD ripping

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StaxRip: Open source all-in-one DVD ripping

by Jordan Running Dec 29th 2005

Yesterday I posted about Elliott Back's How to rip a DVD tutorial and HandBrake Lite, a Mac app for ripping DVDs for your iPod. Apparently this is the week of DVD ripping, 'cause here's another DVD ripping app: StaxRip is a lightweight, open source Windows app for ripping DVDs to several different formats with a minimum of fuss. That includes H.264 and AAC, so this might be the solution for those looking for a Windows equivalent to HandBrake Lite.

Tags: dvd, free, open source, rip, staxrip, windows

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

GOD said 9:43PM on 12-29-2005

Anyone know a simple app to make a few MPG files or AVIs into a DVD compatible format? As in I want to burn a DVD using nero and play it on a DVD player.

AFD said 11:10PM on 12-29-2005

The TMPGEnc products are very streamlined and easy to use for DVD encoding and authoring. TMPGEnc Plus (or XPress) does the encoding to MPEG-2 and TMPEnc DVD Author allows for simple menu creation and turns the .mp2 and audio stream into a .vob file with folders, ready for burning.

http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/guide.html

Eyedropp3r said 11:39PM on 12-29-2005

I've used Nero Vision Express to do that a couple times.

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