Ripped DVD's Not Playable on a PS3

Hello again everyone. I posted earlier about ripping all of my DVD collection into AVI files. I have ran the following script and it works very well:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dvd2Avi
However, for some reason I cannot play the ripped AVI on my PS3. It just says "unsupported data". Are there any edits I can make to that script to encode the files properly for PS3?

You'll have to figure out what codecs the ps3 natively supports. As said before: 'avi' is merely a container that can contain almost anything: divx 3/4/5/6... xvid... h.264(?) etc. and these are only the video codecs I can come up with. You also need to worry about audio codecs (mp3, ac3, mp2 etc.) and then worry about all the different settings those audio and video codecs have.
If you want to rip for your ps3, than you'll have to document some specific options you might need to use or avoid. But by using google, I think you'll find a whole lot of documentation. It is enough for your rip to be completely/partially unreadable by your ps3 if 1 setting is wrong...
I find it a whole lot easier to set up a server that is able to transcode everything on the fly.

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I have just read a couple of posts where some people are getting on their high horse about the fact that ripping DVDs is illegal in the US and therefore cannot be discussed on these forums.
I would like to remind everybody that these forums are available world-wide and that ripping DVDs for your own viewing pleasure is not illegal everywhere in the world.
My American cousins, chill out!
Do you think that it is right for the USA to impose it's laws upon the rest of us? I do not, as we did not have the opportunity to vote upon this matter, nor did we vote for the lawmakers who made such a preposterous law. Do not forget, you guys tipped all our tea in the harbour to fight such injustices!

Sorry, but Apple explicitly prohibits discussions about ripping DVDs here in their forums:
"Do not submit software or descriptions of processes that break or otherwise ‘work around’ digital rights management software or hardware. This includes conversations about ‘ripping’ DVDs or working around FairPlay software used on the iTunes Store."
Though the forums are read by people world-wide, the content is governed by US law and the US courts have in some cases ruled that even posting about breaking copy protection is a violation of the law. So while US law cannot and should not apply to you, it does apply to these forums. And regardless, it's Apple's system and they can make whatever rules they want.
The bottom line: discussions about ripping DVDs is not allowed here. If you can't or don't wish to abide by those terms, don't participate. There are plenty of other forums that either aren't based in the US or are (usually because they're not run by a major corporation that would get the content owners after them) willing to risk such discussions.

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Hello, I have a GeForce 440 on an intel 2.4 GHz machine.
I have been unable to play ANY DVDs on my computer's DVD drive using MSIDVD. Music/game CDs and VCDs play fine - just DVDs are not working. This seems to be a relatively common problem (i.e. works for one media but not the other) yet I haven't found a common solution or any that work for me. Any suggestions?
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Yeah, I tried that already - the tech supt. where I bought my computer suggested it because "there may be a problem running a DVD on a 2.4 GHz XP computer" .
Another odd thing is that the read light will flash a couple of times when I put the DVD in and then go steady. But no matter what program I use (MS Media, MSIDVD, PowerDVD, WINDVD) - none of them recognize the DVD(s). I'm beginning to wonder if the problem is not the software or video card but rather the DVD drive itself. But if that were the case why would regular CDs play fine?
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Ok, so this is not quite an ATV question (since I see the darker image when playing directly on iTunes on the Mac) but a lot of people are talking about this topic on this forum...
I've tried everything (or almost everything):
I tried Mac The Ripper + VisualHub (with the "go nuts" option)
I tried Handbrake (up to 8000kps)
I tried MediaFork (up to 8000kps)
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Would you mind sharing the settings you use (or would use) to rip a movie with the highest quality possible (i.e. quality as close to as what you see in the original DVD) but still playable by Apple TV?
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720p24 (1280 x 720 @ 23.98/24 fps or 25 fps.): 5.0 Mbps
540p30 (960 x 540 @ 23.98/24 fps, 29.97/30 fps): 3.8 Mbps
480p30 (854 x 480 @ 23,98/24 fps, 29.97/30 fps): 3.0 Mbps
405p30 (720 x 405 @ 23.98/24 fps, 29,97/30 fps): 2250 Kbps
360p30 (640 x 360 @ 23.98/24 fps, 29.97/30 fps): 1850 Kbps
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I have a collection of about 475 Region-2 DVDs (i.e., playable in the UK, not in the US)
You must have one of those old-fashioned DVD players that looks for region codes.
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Part 1. How to rip DVD to iPod/iPhone/Sansa/PSP/Zune and other MP4 and MP3 Players.
Step 1. Click “DVD Ripper” on the main interface to run Aiseesoft DVD Ripper(http://www.aiseesoft.com/dvd-ripper.html).
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Step 3. Choose your output format from the “profile” drop-down list. This best DVD ripper provides you so many formats that out of your expectation, such as “iPod video MPEG 4 (*.mp4)”, “iPhone 3G MOV 640*480 (*.mov)” and so on.
After you choose your output format, you can adjust your output video’s settings, such as “Resolution”, “Frame Rate”, “Bitrate”, “Sample Rate” and so on.
Click “Start” now to begin your conversion and you will get your video soon.
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Part 2. How to convert all video to MP4, AVI, FLV, 3GP, WMV, MOV, MPG, RM, RMVB, MKV, VOB…
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it has the same functions as the windows one. You can use it easy rip your DVD, convert your videos, transfer your iPod songs and videos bewteen iPod and your Mac and also make your own ringtone.
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I only use Verbatim DVDs
Only DVD-R (Single Layer)
Read this on iDVD quality = Result
*DVD quality*
1. iDVD 8 has three levels of qualities.
iDVD 6 has the two last ones
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• Best Performances (movies less than 60 min.) - High quality on final DVD
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Region codes:
iDVD - only burn Region = 0 - meaning - DVDs are playable everywhere
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I have seen a couple of posts about this, but they all seem to go in a different direction. The general theme of the problem is Handbrake not working on Mountain Lion but working on Snow Leopard.
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I have posted a note on the handbrake forum but got no reply yet.
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It goes through the process of encoding the files, all the settings are correct and I have noted the saved directory (even changed it a couple of times), and when it completes 100% there is no file to be found anywhere.
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tmenold wrote:
I am fairly new to ripping DVD's and was suggested to use Handbrake software. I figured out Handbrake currently is not compatible with iPhone 4 (looks like some mods need to be done to some folder files to do this). I recently tried Daniusoft and it's one you have to pay for, but I tried the free trial and it has a stupid watermark on the whole video. Also the converted file was 1.7Gb. To me that seems huge for a converted file for my iPhone. I am hoping to find free software and know that I might forfeit qualty for this. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
Can't really help you with software but I will say that the file size for the movie doesn't sound huge. I just checked the sizes of the digital download movies I have that were "free" with the purchase of Blu-Ray/DVD combo packs and they are in that range. One specific movie (Sherlock Holmes) is 1.79 GB and 128 mins long.

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