Where To Get More Help

The AfterDawn site used to be one of the best sources of information and tools for DVD ripping; recently the site has had to remove many guides and downloads for legal reasons, and they haven't yet been rewritten to cover newer options. The best sites are now Doom9, VideoHelp.com and Digital Digest.

Doom9 doesn't have as many guides as some sites, but it organizes them well, and there's a comprehensive glossary covering everything from aspect ratios to video codecs. The guides are organized by what format you want to end up with. There's also a section on converting between non-DVD formats.

VideoHelp.com is also known as VCDHelp and DVDHelp and a few other variations. It has a large and well-organized set of links to guides on a variety of other ripping sites, as well as those on creating Video CDs, SVCDs and DVDs from various video sources.

DigitalDigest covers HD DVD and Blu Ray as well as DivX, XviD and digital TV. The guides concentrate on freeware and trial software, so you can get started straight away.