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Is there a straightforward way to convert a DVD (or VOB files) to an Xvid or Divx? I'm looking for something as easy as Handbreak. All the products out there are either not free, full of spam, or require too much twiddling and experimentation.

I'd be happy with either a Windows or Mac OS X solution.

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  • Handbreak doesn't support Xvid/Divx
  • I can already rip a DVD into its VOB files. I need a way to convert the VOBs to Xvid/Divx
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OGMRip can do it, but doesn't match all the criteria. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Jun 13 '10 at 2:07
What's wrong with handbrake? Select the source, select a preset, go. Not too complicated if you ask me. – squircle Jun 13 '10 at 2:14
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have you checked around other questions on Super User? possible duplicates include superuser.com/questions/47394/… and superuser.com/questions/54516/good-dvd-ripper-for-divx-closed and superuser.com/questions/4387/dvd-ripper-for-windows and superuser.com/questions/18428/best-mac-os-x-dvd-ripper ... generally you're looking for a DVD ripper program or a video encoding program. – quack quixote Jun 13 '10 at 2:52
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@thepurplepixel: remember, AVI is a container. h.264 is a video codec. XviD/DivX are different (compatible) variations of the MPEG4 video codec. you encode video streams with video codecs and store them in containers. AVI and h.264 are apples and oranges -- not the same thing. – quack quixote Jun 13 '10 at 6:27
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mplayer/mencoder can do it.

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I've used Xilisoft DVD Ripper. It seems to work OK. You do have to pay for it though.

(I'll add a caveat: The company that sells this is easy enough to contact by email and their support seems OK. But you can't get an address - like an actual street address - for them an this worries me, a little.)

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