Rip DVDs with VLC

EDIT: For an updated tutorial with easier instructions, check out my newer video on how to rip DVDs with HandBrake: • Ripping DVDs with Hand...
For educational purposes only, this is how to use the free VLC media player to rip DVDs to files on your computer... and, there goes that mic again.
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[@usemame666]

thanks for this extremely detailed guide even after 9 years it'll still pretty useful since i was even the task to digitize two of my family home dvds

[@NerdOnTheStreet]

I'm amazed this video can be useful after so long, considering how ad-hoc the method was and how primitive my production quality was at the time. Thanks for the comment!

[@willdatsun]

jesus is that a mic or a kazoo?

[@gavinkyle9252]

ikr

[@monderino]

More like a kazoo if you ask me.

[@RednecksGoneWild]

i have to find another video to learn this i cant listen to him for 8 min.

[@elbanti]

😂

[@artmak818]

hahahahahah

[@red2fire2]

The low-end Mic... The hair... The unprompted rants about technology and websites in general... This is my new favorite channel

[@arthurwilder7915]

saved me a lot of time thank you for still having this video up 3 years later

[@xiiithhazard8802]

I've been asking all around the internet and you were the first person to actually explain this to where it actually worked for me. Thank you so much.

[@Ocxlocxl]

thanks for this, is actually told me how to do this properly, looking for the chapter start etc.....detailed and useful unlike many other similar tutorials, well done.

[@leecr1806]

THANK you so much for an excellent tutorial. I have been trying to do this for months and months. I save my DVDs straight off to preserve them. It not only uses loads of space but with the menus one can't use a playlist because the menus prevent them from playing and ending automatically. You've done a great job; I just wish I'd found your KZbin sooner :)

[@CaptainVelveeta]

1:53 for those who want to get to the point

[@sedecoste]

actually it's 2:20 on my computer :)

[@d0rkieWhat]

Sam Decoste what u guys mean by get to the point im new to this? :( its so slow? how u make it faster

[@d0rkieWhat]

I got it now lol I use handbrake

[@Aquarius.Essence313]

+War Eagle thank you

[@Aguilasaurus]

holy shit - you deserve a medal. My ears almost started bleeding

[@henryvyne8774]

Thanks so much! It's the clearest walkthrough I've found for VLC ripping, and it's working great so far. Thanks again.

[@baddogentertainment6960]

Just friendly advice: 1. Bad video is more watchable than bad audio...check that mic 2. This video could have literally been 30 seconds long. i. Open Media > Disc ii. Convert/Save I did learn something new from it, and I thank you for it, but I had to sit through 7+ mins of fluff to hear it. *****UPDATE***** Just realized you've vastly improved that audio situation in the 3 years since, judging by your newer vids. Good job!

[@CarolineMiner]

Thank you so much!! I watched several guides and read more, and yours was the only one that answered my question!!!

[@daovertaker]

Bro!! I didn't even know VLC can rip movies from DVD and I had this program for years. Thanks for teaching me something I never new about!

[@KateStrongHealer]

Thanks so much for this, great explanation, ive been trying to work out how to get the movie and not the extras.

[@KMFDM_Kid2000]

This still works and thank you for the tutorial. Helped with ripping some old safety DVDs for my job. Excellent.

[@ChristopherMerriman]

Excellent: Never realised I could do this with VLC and so saved downloading another tool. With the help of this vid it is straightforward and unlike some tools should work on all DVDs that I can play on my PC. The Grief: Files weren't playable on my tablet. I wanted to copy DVDs onto my android tablet for use when camping. On my PC I'm running VLC 2.2.1 on Windows 8.1 and the obvious profiles did not work for my android Nexus 10 tablet. MX player (and others) on the tablet could not play the file. Several hours later (mainly because of my ignorance), I have set up a tailored profile which produces playable files of sensible sizes. They will also play on a PC. I recommend that anybody who wants to fiddle with the conversion settings does this in a new profile rather than clobbering an existing one - it is a pain that the new profile has to be set up from scratch as there is no "copy from existing" feature. Key characteristics of the new profile are: Video: H.264 Video resolution: bit rate = unused; quality = 75% (adjust to suit); frame rate = 25fps (default is same as source); frame size 640 x 400 (this is the same ratio as Nexus 10 screen) Audio: AAC (Use of MP3 or MPEG caused it not to work on the Nexus. However using this setting caused an error in VLC which seems to be known about. FFmpeg compliance had to be set to -2. Easy to do, see: forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=111641 )

[@DanielStagnaro]

I really liked this. Ive been searching for the past hour for different programs, then I finally realized VLC would be great, so then I found a guide and its really great!

[@spacemonkey3128]

I got it to work by starting the video and in playback from the top menu at the bottom there is a red dot and record. Hit record and it will automatically save the video in your video file as you watch it. Very simple, it's taken me all day...

[@dfunkt_jester]

An easy way to tell what Title number you need is to actually get the movie to start playing (past the menu and advertisements). Once it's playing go up to Playback, hover the mouse over Title, and it will show you a list of all available titles. The one currently playing will have a dot next to it, and since it's the movie it should also be the longest in duration.

[@eriksenbriggs]

I usually hate tutorials, but this was on point and super helpful! Thanks mate!

[@ryant2407]

Thanks man. My sister is going on a trip soon and her laptop has seen better days, I'm using this to put some DVDs on her tablet.

[@NicksDomain101]

Thank you so much I accidentally ripped 4 hours of the menu haha I wasted about 30 mins

[@xenapromos]

I had a dvd that would not rip another any other program, but vlc worked. thanks.

[@MissJacquelineMarieBauer]

Thanks so much for this easy to understand overview of how to transfer my purchased DVD's onto my laptop and then to my iPad mini! I had trouble with Handbrake but this worked perfect. Much appreciated!!!

[@Xbox4life457]

Thank you so much!! I didn’t think about the chapters

[@billy_cross5580]

You do not have to play with chapters you simply have to find which title has the main feature the entire title number will need to be ripped so there may be 50 chapters in that one title but you rip all of them

[@redawg42]

Excellent job! VLC truly is the greatest video player/multimedia program in existence. Cheers!

[@The_gaming_archaeologist]

That certainly was a helpful vid. I'm attempting to build a voice pack for XCOM 2 and I have the movies and such I need the audio from, but the issue is downloading the video first before I can mess with it. AGain, thanks for the vid.

[@tommyraystaleyjr.2773]

If you’re creating music and you making your own videos, and how do you get the Contant to read the channels he plays in the computer, but how do you get it reading in your on the TV to my android M3u, you how do you make your own interview playlist m3u from scratch ? but how you do this I would like to know out it reads in Vlc player but it won’t read on the other VLC player ?

[@MetalMatt2510]

Ripped the dvd alright except that there was no audio, the audio track is set to -1 any suggestions on what i should do?

[@gabekramer7556]

+MetalMatt2510 I've been having the same issue. Have you found a work around for this? The only thing I've found to work is ripping the video and audio separately then putting them back together in something like Windows Movie Maker.

[@TheManEatingTurtle]

+Gabe Kramer Have you found a fix for it yet?

[@javihouse7682]

Same issue

[@ds5436]

This was useful, thanks. I had to cast it to my TV so I could watch while I fiddled around with VLC, because my alt+tab only works sometimes. The price you pay for a cheap PC...

[@Lawsperry]

Nerd on the Street, you sir, are a delightfully wonderful and intelligent young man. Worked beautifully for me. Thank you for posting! :)

[@MovieReviewGuyOfficial]

They actually did make a tablet/portable DVD player hybrid device. They sell ‘em at Walmart

[@els1f]

Thanks, man. I came back to a video file with the looping menu screen before watching this video :)

[@jakestockton4808]

I tried Handbrake, but the movie always ended up with artifacts. With VLC, it worked first try. Thanks for your help!

[@unicornicefoxxi7111]

hi i have followed this exactly apart from the actual dvd and film name and i have a few probs 1 it wont stop at the end of the film i just keeps going and then thru all the extras and crew interviews and things . 2 when i try to play it back there is nothing at all there to play

[@charlsieirish578]

thx. .also for other nice features, google ZillaTube

[@windycarney8793]

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[@HipHopHistoryGuy]

Appreciate the help, since I ripped a menu and not the movie. However, this video could have been made in about 1/4 the time if you weren't adding so much extra commentary!

[@audraogilvy2605]

Thank you!!!! I had wasted a lot of time before googling and finding this video. Big help!

[@preader7]

using Mac OS 10.9.5. when i open DVD Media from the file pull down, I get Audio_TS & Video_TS. i could not see your screen clearly [it's small & cloudy] so i couldn't continue. Thank you though for making this. maybe you can do it for a mac

[@uniteamerica9446]

Thanks for video, very nice of you. Please turn volume down on your mic setting, on future videos, sound is distorted.

[@JRRacing64]

Just seems to loop over and over when converting...

[@AleXanDraPR369]

your just ripping the menu title over and over again then... it happened to me...

[@pankajpathania8479]

It might be a virus which is causing this issue. You might go for wondershare video converter. It is easier to use it for your video conversion.

[@nicholastankinsung]

Mine has an encoding error and no audio after ripping. I would like to rip DVD with subtitles too. Any suggestions? Thanks a lot.

[@lauryncarrier]

I've been trying this using various file options etc but I can only get it to rip the video. No audio. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[@RosaFrikkinFranklin]

thank you for this - there is a section in which you can choose advanced options to manually set the exact minute you want to start the rip form before the convert stage - do you know where you can set an END point .... (I am using a DVD that does not have set chapters on the disc)

[@KyBelle01]

Great video!! This was exactly what I was looking for just to copy my dvd's onto my pc so I could watch them. Thanks!!!

[@javierf55]

Hi, great video, thanks. I have a DVD of guitar lessons that has a menu, do you know how to make it to keep the menu working?

[@NerdOnTheStreet]

To keep menus intact, you'll want to make a .iso backup of the DVD. I'm planning to make a video on that sometime in the future, but for now, you can look up a program like K3b to do it.

[@rohannegi98]

I want to save an audio cd to my pc. This technique helps but is there any way to do it in a bulk and not one by one.

[@armouredfiend777]

You Sir are a gentleman and a scholar, Bravo!

[@scottjenkins8407]

Another question, How can I watch my VLC files on TV? Please try to answer both of my questions.

[@KatieTVD93]

Please can you help me? I am trying to record selected scenes from DVD's, I know how to do this however when the files are saved to my videos, they are in MPEG format and a 1 minute clip is huge like 80MB. Do you know how I could change the file format?

[@magnoliasstressus]

NOTS, I was with you until what you started as being saved in an .ogg container plays as an mp4? thanks for any help.

[@theofficialandylaytonjames]

Great tutorial I have tried to do this of a DVD some gave me of a game show i was on however im just getting the the opening of the program and not the whole program???

[@NerdJake]

Very nice video! Any suggestions about how to change the language of the movie?

[@subutiamorris4699]

how do you get the audio (sound )to work, try in to digitize my fav movies but no audio

[@3JuiceBeetle]

Before coming onto this video, the whole movie was ripped and VLC kept looping 33 seconds. I didn't try playing it yet, I just wanted to know what it was doing.

[@arkchild3]

Thank you so much, it works like a charm. Quick (depending on the computer. The one I used is a dinosaur with a pentium 4, 2G ram, and lubuntu installed for speed.) It's convenient as I use VLC as my default media player on linux, and it's free without (aside from vlc) third party software. It took a bit of tinkering, but it worked in the end. Coincidentally I wanted to use this method to backup all of my Stargate DVD's. I was psyched when I saw your shirt and the example lol. You rock man.

[@sandiloo7869]

Thank you! This video was very straightforward.

[@slatebanner7775]

Nice pal. Thanks for the pointers.

[@janelgadomski4185]

wow u are really smart so dizzy kept trying the way other people said they didnt say about putting chapter 1 they just said dont want disc menue so i saw chapter 1 then to the right put 0 hope that was ok cause it shows its converting hope theres sound cause he explained that didnt see what he meant so let u know thank u

[@LyricsCrashx3]

hi, for some reason, it converted with spanish audio.. why did it do this and how to change to english?

[@hannahgargan154]

hey thanks for this video! I managed to rip the DVD fine but with No audio :( any suggestions? Anyone else have this problem?

[@ImanImanudin]

thanks Jacob for sharing this, it helps a lot

[@ivangutierrez5048]

i made a video for a class and only have 1 copy. I am trying to its a DVD. I have windows 7 on my PC. I don't want to pay to rip it. How do I create my own personal file do I can burn the DVD itself? thanks man

[@Blakehx]

Thanks for the gear tutorial! Is there a way to convert protected .m4a audio files to mp3 using VLC? I have iTunes songs and audiobooks that I'd like to be able to listen to in my car but it can only play mp3 and WAV files! Thanks!

[@theot71]

I am interested to know within VLC profiles what the Encapsulation is used for. I assume you specify the format of the output file. I sometimes go into a profile and change selection to raw option, especially if I am trying to strip out audio from video. I have to say I have hit and miss results using VLC convert/save I think it depends on the source file you are ripping from.

[@vinyltapelover]

I have successfully ripped movies, such as The Lone Ranger, Mission Impossible 3 and Toy Story 3, to my Wins X/P and Wins 7 machines. However, in doing so, the video[portion of the movie] records fine, through to the end credits but the audio will stop recording, depending on the movie, somewhere between 60 and 70 minutes, into the movie. Instructions from another media player I used, some years ago, included information that the audio would not record, after an hour on certain length movies. I applied that same thinking to VLC, and sure enough, I was able to rip the balance of the movie with video and audio. So you end up with spit clips, a Part 1 and Part 2, of the one movie. Once you determine the spot where VLC stops ripping the audio side of the movie, you can restart recording the movie, just past the point [I call it"digital marker"] through to the end credits. There is freeware that I use to make simple edits, to combine the two clips for viewing or if you wish to, create a dvd . Not being a techie, I hope this info may be a help to someone out there.

[@Aquarius.Essence313]

Minus all the talking awesome video Jacob! Helped alot

[@da_pikmin_coder8367]

Thank you I've been trying to convert DVDs of anime I buy into mp4s so that I can edit them on Premiere, but it would always either have no subtitles (if I need the subtitles for my edit) be the dub (when I want the Japanese voices) or just not work. Most of my problems lied in either not changing the audio track or not changing the subtitle track or not starting it at the right title.

[@natalyalecarpentier-mitche9205]

Which file type would be best for using in Windows Movie Maker? I have my own DVD and all, but MM doesn't like mp4 files... so frustrating.

[@plummerbrothers1130]

Hey, I'm ripping right now. Hope it works! BTW: Did you make your end titles in Blender??? Nice tutorial!

[@unicornicefoxxi7111]

did u have any luck ???

[@COWBOYBARNMAN]

ok, I have a question... if the dvd is not a full movie but short 5 to 10 min chapters, how do you select just chapter 3 only? What start number do you use and then end number? would it be 3 and 3? Or maybe 3 and 4? thanks!

[@NerdOnTheStreet]

I would guess that you would want to select Chapter 3 to Chapter 3. If it doesn't work, you can always try again with Chapter 3 to Chapter 4.

[@billy_cross5580]

Wait are you saying I have to insert the DVD into some part of the computer in order to rip a copy of it don’t want her hasn’t been working

[@IceStudios100]

Help, when I start converting VLC crashes, how can I stop that from happening again?

[@FSUStudentSection]

Good video. I prefer Handbrake, but VLC is great if you want to rip audio from movies.

[@user-vg8tv9kd5s]

Thanks, it's brilliant video, but my VLC would not download, it just seemed to be in a perpetual loop of copying, it's a shame, because I really liked your method - and wanted to use. But I've managed to get it done just by copy and paste - well would you believe, after trying to many ways, this one worked for one DVD, hope it works for all the rest, which would also mean that I'll not have to rely on any other software.

[@Ironbuket]

I just typed 'how to rip dvd' in to youtube search because i havent done it in a while and wasnt sure if handbrake was still the best way. This video came up first. Guess what DVD i have infront of me that I want to rip and add to my kodi box? Ark of truth... what are the odds? Anyone that owns this DVD will know how annoying the copy protection is at the start, you are forced to watch though about 5mins of unskippable preaching about why stealing is bad even though its a genuine DVD and then even when you get past that you then get an advert for the other stargate film. OMG I just want to watch the film geezz...

[@jadelucifer1021]

how long does it take to rip a movie,,i want a program to ripper movies in a half hour or less

[@totleymoss3364]

When i try to do this, the dvd does not rip the whole film, i only rips so far. I can watch the file of what it has done, bit it is jot the whole dvd, what can i do?

[@joekundoe]

hi, why there's no sound after i convertered it to my PC? pls help.

[@fcfdroid]

Do I have to sit and wait for the video to finish up or can I just fast forward to the end? or select the chapter and it'll save quickly?

[@jacksta84able]

I want to then take the file and put it on an external hardrive and play through the tv have tryed but no audio what format whould be best ???

[@jacksta84able]

@Soluciones Sencillas y más if you work it out drop a comment in here please and I will if I do

[@MCChubbyUnicorn]

It is completely legal to rip movies to your computer, if you own a LEGAL copy from your region. and you do NOT distribute them to others as that will be piracy.

[@MarioSonic2010]

Thanks so much for the tutorial video! I'm using the program to rip my Toy Story DVD right now!

[@H03Z0Wi3]

Yo, dude, buy a better microphone. your sound is terrible.

[@2005paultremblay]

Any suggestions as to also rip the subtitles? Let's say I want the basic English subs, which "track" is that on the Convert dialog box? Is it 1 or 0 or -1?

[@Yellowmon-sz2zf]

Thank you ,I got on the first try !!

[@ewasson69]

I added a dvd using vlc, plays fine on vlc, but no audio when i try to play it through media player

[@SingBetterIn3Days]

ed wasson most original DVd audio doesn't play on Windows Media Player

[@YARCHLRL]

HEY, BTW, CAN i CONVERT AUDIO FILES TO MP4 WITH THIS TO USE IN MY SD DRIVE ON MY CAR STEREO AS WELL??? I hope sooooooo... it needs to be an mp4 format to work at all.

[@cutedaemon999]

When i do it it gives me a 00:00:00 long video and its just the title. Any help on how to fix this?

[@jonroot87]

Thanks for the tutorial. Worked like a charm!

[@MM-nj6nn]

Hey, I followed along with your steps but when I started the convert, it said "VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///D:/#1'. Check the log for details." What happened? Thanks.

[@NerdOnTheStreet]

Well, you're going to have to check the log. It should either be in your appdata folder or in VLC's program files.

[@pices1970]

trying to figure out how to copy a workout dvd to another dvd. it has 4 different workouts in the menu that you can click on for each workout. im so lost. tech illiterate.

[@ZTclout]

how long should this take? In the video it seems to take a few seconds but my computer is still working at it now 15 minues and counting?

[@JoeCanyon3rd]

Thanks for this video, I was lost when I attemped this on my own but your video was very helpful, Thanx...

[@murrali1638]

So completeted ripping, after doing what you said and then Does NOT play. Shows a quicktime file on my desktop. but plays on nothing. Give specific instructions for A MAC please.

[@JohnJones-ec2uc]

After the movie is on your PC,,,,can you put the movie on a memory card or memory stick? Thanks

[@memyselfandi6422]

John Jones Of course you can, if you follow the instructions in the video you will end up with a movie file, which you can then transfer to anything, even a portable hard disk drive.

[@huntergutierrez6702]

how do you get audio on your dvd that you ripped I noticed that you didn't have audio also on the arch of truth right away do you have any suggestions? its muy importante

[@dustonmeyer4664]

how do you do tv series when there is multiple series on a disc so i can do it all at 1 time

[@Mechasonicrocks]

I went through all the steps listed in this video and the DVD seemed to rip the whole movie (which is 1:34:12 in length), but when the file appears, the length is 00:00. No other DVD I have ripped had this problem. Just so you know, the DVD with this problem is a bootleg; Would that be the cause of this error? I've already ripped another bootleg DVD without any problems. Is there a reason for this?

[@AndrewColomy]

I got this concert DVD I bought today and I want to rip the DVD and convert the individual chapters (each separate track) into mp3s so I can stick it on my iPod and play them track by track. Do I have to convert each individual chapter, or is there a way to convert them all, with VLC separating all the tracks?