James Delahunty
1 Jun 2005 12:05
We have added a pretty simple guide to compressing your DVDs to .ratDVD files. ratDVD allows you to compress an entire 9GB DVD to 1 single file about 1GB-3GB (depending on the DVD and your settings) in size, keeping menus, bonus features, multiple audio and subtitle tracks as well as video Angles. It was written as a way to share entire DVDs easily over the Internet but also is a pretty good backup tool if you store backups on your computer.
The guide uses DVD Decrypter to rip the DVD first because ratDVD cannot handle copy protected DVDs. Currently it requires users to have Microsoft Windows XP, DirectX 9.0, Windows Media Player 10 and a Software DVD Player like WinDVD for example.
Read the guide at: https://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/dvd_to_ratdvd.cfm
You can download ratDVD from: https://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_tools/ratdvd.cfm
You can download DVD Decrypter from: https://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd_decrypter.cfm
Visit the ratDVD homepage at: http://www.ratdvd.dk/index.htm