ripping DivX

[Big Ry 10+ year member]

I'm not too keen on all the different formats and file extensions for videos, so maybe someone can help me out on this. Years and years ago, my parents bought one of the first DVD players to hit the market. Its was a Sony Proscan I believe. It didn't just play DVDs though, it also played DivX movies. They basically are like rentals. You pay $5 anytime you want to watch it (the DivX player is connected to the internet via a phone cord), or you can pay $20 and have unlimited views just as if it were a DVD. Well now that technology is obsolete and I still have 5-6 DivX movies. I still, however, frequently see DivX mentioned online. But from what I've read it doesn't appear to be the same thing I had. Thats irrelevant though. My question is, is there any type of software were I can rip these old DivX movies to either a DVD or some other form of video file? Preferably with menus and any extras features intact.

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[Big Ry 10+ year member]

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[Big Ry 10+ year member]

no1?

 

[Big Ry 10+ year member]

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[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

No idea but i do remember those "DivX" machines

 

[Big Ry 10+ year member]

tunebite claims to convert DivX but i dunno if its the same thing lol

 

[timaishu 10+ year member]

Never heard of such a thing..

You should try a home theater forum. Im sure they would be more helpful.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

The DIVX rental system was created in 1998 in time for the holiday season and was discontinued on June 16, 1999 because of the costs of introducing the format, as well as its very limited acceptance by the general public. Over the next two years the DIVX system was phased out. Customers could still view all their DIVX discs and were given a $100 refund for every player that was purchased before June 16, 1999. All discs that were unsold at the end of the summer of 1999 were destroyed. The program officially cut off access to accounts on July 7, 2001.

DIVX appeared on PC World's list of "25 Worst Tech Products of All Time" in 2006 (as a "Dishonorable mention")

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[Big Ry 10+ year member]

yeah prolly will. well i just got a free serial for turnbite platinum so ill see if it works! lol

 

[Big Ry 10+ year member]

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HA thats great. yeah i was thinking back when we got the play "WTF would i want to pay a rental fee for when i already bought the movie?"

 

[Big Ry 10+ year member]

Well tunebite was a waste of time, guess that DivX is different then these movies :/

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Does it even use .vob files?

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

auto gordian knot and dvd shrink and possibly anydvd depending on security

use dvd shrink to rip the dvd to .iso and use AGK to convert it to divx/xvid

i made backups of my whole dvd collection using this method

 

[Big Ry 10+ year member]

Does it even use .vob files?

there were a couple VOB files when i looked at the contents in windows explorer but the majority werent VOB

 

[Big Ry 10+ year member]

auto gordian knot and dvd shrink and possibly anydvd depending on security
use dvd shrink to rip the dvd to .iso and use AGK to convert it to divx/xvid

i made backups of my whole dvd collection using this method

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif uuuh, im trying to get the DivX into DVD not vise versa. I use DVD shrink to copy DVDs i rent and borrow. you think itll actually work for DivX movies? i think im using an older version of DVD shrink. IIRC, the newer one i tried to download was askin me to pay for it lol.