Best DVD ripping tool?

For a while now, I have watched some videos in .avi format.

The visual and audio quality is brilliant, and it got me thinking I wouldn’t mind ripping my entire DVD collection to .avi. For most TV shows and movies, I generally dont watch all the extra features on the DVD, and I rarely use the chapter skip function.

So, I figured it would be pretty damn convenient to have my entire collection on a HDD somewhere on my home network, and then I can watch a movie from any computer in the house.
Besides that, storing DVDs in a convenient way that enables a quick search for a specific title has become quite a hassle.

So, has anyone else ripped their DVDs? What is your favourite tool?

videohelp.com/ is an excellent place to look, loads of tutorials and links to free software

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But it converts into mpeg.

Thanks for the link. You are right, very informative! :slight_smile: