Burning and compressing DVD's

Now I have sold my entire CD collection I am planning on doing the same with my DVDs I have. But some of them, such as a couple of yoga ones, I want to keep electronically, as I am becoming nomadic soon and can't carry things about.

What program should I be using for windows? I just did a sucessful burn with DVD shrink, that has made it down to about 2 gig, but theyre still vobs and i want some other format, like a wmv or whatever, with 2 hours bring about 1.4 gig.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks

Use handbrake: http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php

Seconded with Handbrake. Overall this is a good guide:

http://uk.gizmodo.com/5788997/rip-watch-and-organize-everything-the-ultimate-media-guide

i haven't done it for years but Mac the Ripper was always good.

Also try get hold of a copy of VLC video player to help with the horrible codec minefield.

This should answer almost any compression/ripping/burning/conversion issue:
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdbackup

Thanks everyone - will the free handbrake work with protected DVD's and will it compress also? I didnt think it could do either

Tommy Mac - that guide is also easily accesible and quick. Thanks. I can't be bothered to be an expert.

However, it doesn't say, basically, what format to rip to, which is most versatile. I am not fussed about massively high quality. What should I rip it to?

Cheers

What a load of retards. Handbrake does not support netbooks....my resolution is too low.

?????

In what sense?

I hope you mean the people who make your netbook are retards not the people on the forum who gave you advice....

If you have a netbook then you should really get a better computer and STFU :) or find someone with a more powerful machine to do the ripping and compressing on then just put the final file on it. Or just give up because is it really worth it to watch a stuttering artefacty yoga video on a screen the size of an envelope?

its an instructional DVD :)

Lynx - handbrake to run requries 1260 by 620

mine is only 600....

and of course handbrake is the retard not you lot! Whats next best?

I've been using dvdFab - it's pretty simple. Not sure if it's a particularly good one or not

I just tried DVD Fab, but it seems to take 3 hours. Thats mental isnt it?

Regardless of whatever program you use, ripping a DVD with a netbook will take fecking ages. Do it on a PC with decent specs.

Well I spose I only need to do 5, so its ok