# Help Please. DVD to MP4 player **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 24, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-please-dvd-to-mp4-player/474207 "2008-11-24T04:52:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-please-dvd-to-mp4-player/474207/1 "2008-11-24T04:52:47Z")
Hi all I’m sure there is a simple solution so post anything you think will help. Basically I want to put my favourite movie onto my mp4 player. I have used DVD shrink to back the DVD on to my harddrive -fine no problem. I’m trying to use MTV video converter to convert it to mp4. When I hit the imput video button and I go to the video on my hard drive I get two folders Audio\_TS and Video\_TS. The audio\_ts folder is empty and the video\_ts folder has a whole heap of files in it. It looks like I can only pick one file at a time to run thru the converter (would doing it this way even work??) and even when I do it get and error message and the program shuts down. I’m getting grumpy. Would Nero be of any use? Anyhoo if you have a suggestion let fly. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-please-dvd-to-mp4-player/474207/2 "2008-11-24T04:59:22Z")
Handbrake. ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@matt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-please-dvd-to-mp4-player/474207/3 "2008-11-24T05:17:56Z")
Unfortunately due to legal copyright infringement paranoia, we’re not allowed to give out any “how to” information about copying digital media on these boards. However, this place has more info than you could ever want, if you can handle digging around for it: > **[Guide, How To, Tutorial and Article list - VideoHelp](https://www.videohelp.com/guides)** > > Guide / How To / Tutorial and Article list To expand on **beowulff’s** answer: > **[GadgetAja Blog](https://gadgetaja.com/blog)** > > Dapatkan Berita dan Informasi Terbaru Dari Kami Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-please-dvd-to-mp4-player/474207/4 "2008-11-24T06:10:42Z")
> [@matt](#): > > Unfortunately due to legal copyright infringement paranoia, we’re not allowed to give out any “how to” information about copying digital media on these boards. Legally purchased DVD + Legally purchased mp4 player = not allowed??? Please tell me you are kidding ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-please-dvd-to-mp4-player/474207/5 "2008-11-24T06:31:05Z")
> [@madrabbitwoman](#): > > Legally purchased DVD + > Legally purchased mp4 player = not allowed??? Please tell me you are kidding If you’re a resident of the US, that’s the law. If you live elsewhere in the world, that may or may not be the case. Some DVDs now come with a digital copy on the disc designed for you to copy over to a portable device/PC, however, so there are a few companies who realize restricting people from watching a movie on their MP4 player or PC is stupid. The DMCA is an absurdly stupid law, for many reasons. For example, to play a Blu-Ray DVD on a PC, the software on your PC will check to see if you have a monitor and monitor cable which supports DRM. If you do _not_ have the correct cable and monitor, the software will refuse to play the disc, until you replace them. (And just having the right monitor or cable is not enough, **both** must be compliant.) Slysoft sells a program which allows you to get around this problem (and it _is_ a problem, one shouldn’t have to throw out a perfectly good monitor and/or cable to watch something they’ve _legally_ purchased), but its technically not legal in the US for you to buy or own the software. (The odds of you getting busted for buying and using it, however, are another matter.) ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-please-dvd-to-mp4-player/474207/6 "2008-11-24T15:48:36Z")
Right the law itself is stupid and inconsistent. Essentially, you have the right to make backup copies, or to copy the media unto a different format (say from Cd to mp3, or tape to dvd, etc.). BUT the law, here in the US at least, also says that you can’t circumvent copy protection schemes, even to assert the rights listed above. Personally, I have 0 moral problems doing what you want to do, and I do it routinely. Now, if you copied the dvd with dvd shrink onto your PC, you have already done what needed to be done 😉 Now it’s just a matter of taking those vobs and turning them into an mp4 file. Others have already given you some great resources most of which use free tools. My recommendation for a quick, easy and intuative piece of software for ALL of your encoding purposes is: [TMPGEnc - Products: TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress - Product Overview](http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/te4xp.html) TMPEG Xpress 4. Edit: forgot to add why I’d recommend it. First, as long as you have a direct show codec pack installed it’ll take ANY format and output to DVD format, mpg2, mpg1, Divx and Divx DVD format, Mp4, several other Mp4 and .avi codecs, wmv, h.264, .mov and a number of Hd and other miscellanious formats. It also has an import wizard which will allow you to quickly select the tracks to import from a DVD. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-please-dvd-to-mp4-player/474207/7 "2008-12-06T06:23:22Z")
> [@matt](#): > > Unfortunately due to legal copyright infringement paranoia, we’re not allowed to give out any “how to” information about copying digital media on these boards. The only DMCA-infringing part is the encryption circumvention involved in ripping the DVD, and he’s not asking about that part, so I’m assuming that’s kosher. > [@abelazhang](#): > > As one of mobile devices fans, I was looking for a valuable all-in-one converter that can both rip DVD and convert video. Recently my friend recommend me the Best DVD Converter Suite — Aiseesoft DVD Converter Suite that can meet my needs. Now I will share with you. > > This Best DVD Converter Suite actually includes two useful software: Best DVD Ripper and Total Video Converter. > Aiseesoft DVD Converter Suite supports almost all the portable devices, such as: Google phone,PSP, iPod Classic, iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPhone (3G), iPhone, Zune, Zune 2,Blackberry, Nokia, Creative Zen, Sony Walkman, iRiver PMP, Archos, PS3, Apple TV, Xbox, iPAQ, Pocket PC, Mobile Phone, etc. You can enjoy your favorite DVD and video files on them. Do you work for these guys or something? Your post sounds like an advertisement. Anyway, as to the OP, [here](http://ipodlegends.com/how-to-convert-a-dvd-to-ipod-mp4-for-free/) is one of many nice guides (including screenshots) that shows you how to pull this off using only free software. e: whoops, I didn’t realize that this topic was almost two weeks old. I’m guessing that the OP already figured this out by now. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-please-dvd-to-mp4-player/474207/8 "2008-12-06T06:32:04Z")
Thanks anyway neutron star. ---
**Author:** ![prisoner6655321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f8ce5/32.png) [@prisoner6655321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prisoner6655321)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-please-dvd-to-mp4-player/474207/9 "2008-12-06T06:39:42Z")
Look on a website for iPhones like [http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum/dvd-to-iphone-and-ipod-touch/](http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum/dvd-to-iphone-and-ipod-touch/) Apple, a well-known DMCA nazi, encourages people to rip DVDs to the iPhone so I’m sure it’s okay, provided you own the DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-please-dvd-to-mp4-player/474207/10 "2008-12-06T08:55:10Z")
> [@prisoner6655321](#): > > Look on a website for iPhones like [http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum/dvd-to-iphone-and-ipod-touch/](http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum/dvd-to-iphone-and-ipod-touch/) > > Apple, a well-known DMCA nazi, encourages people to rip DVDs to the iPhone so I’m sure it’s okay, provided you own the DVD. Tell that to the guys who run [RealNetworks and tried to sell what they thought was a legal DVD ripper.](http://www.xconomy.com/national/2008/10/06/realnetworks-could-be-in-real-trouble-over-dvd-lawsuit-consumers-beware/)