DVD Ripping FAQs (for Any DVD Converter)

  • Q1: How to rip copy protected DVD with Any DVD Converter?

A: Before opening a DVD, please click Edit > Options > DVD, and then check Ripping DVD titles in DVDNav mode option.

 

  • Q2: Any DVD Converter only rips 40 mins of a 2 hrs DVD movie. Why?

A: It's quite possible that Any DVD Converter doesn't decrypt the copy protection completely. Please follow the suggestions below to try again:

1. Please use DVDSmith Movie Backup (freeware developed by us) to remove the protection and copy the "Full Disc" to your hard drive first, and then use Any DVD Converter to add the entire copied folder as a DVD disc and rip.

2. If problem persists, please use Any DVD Cloner Platinum which can decrypt more recent DVD copy protection. Use "Full Disc" mode in Any DVD Cloner Platinum to copy the DVD movie to DVD Folder, and then use Any DVD Converter to convert the DVD folder.

In Any DVD Converter, please click menu "File > Open DVD Folder" to import the DVD folder to the program.

 

  • Q3: How to rip my a DVD into one file, but not separated files?

A: Before opening a DVD, please click Edit > Options > DVD, and then check "Do not separate a DVD video disc as titles".

 

  • Q4: How to rip DVD movies by chapter?

A: Go to the right panel, unfold DVD Options, specify the chapters you want to rip and convert, for instance, 04 – 08, or 20 – 20.

 

  • Q5: How to rip DVD movies by title?

A: Please click Edit > Options > DVD, and make sure the "Do not separate a DVD video disc as titles" option is unchecked. On the source files panel, select the titles you want to rip and convert.

On the source files panel, select the titles you want to rip and convert.

 

  • Q6: Can I merge some DVD movie titles on the source file panel?

A: No. Unlike merging multiple videos, you cannot merge multiple movie titles. However, you can merge all titles into one. Please read Q3.

 

  • Q7: Is there a way to disable the director’s commentary when converting a DVD?

A: Open your DVD movie, unfold DVD Options in the right panel, click Audio Language option, and select another audio track to try again.

It’s recommended to check the audio language in the preview window before ripping a DVD:

1. Highlight the movie in the left panel.

2. Unfold DVD Options in the right panel, and then select one audio language from the Audio option.

3. Click Play button under the preview window to check the audio language to see if it is English.

4. Once the audio language is confirmed, you can start converting.

 

  • Q8: The movie is converted into another audio language. How do I change the language to preferred language?

A: Highlight the movie in the left panel, go to the right panel of Any DVD Converter, click DVD Options > Audio, and choose your preferred language from the drop-download options.

 

  • Q9: Can I choose my preferred subtitles to convert a DVD movie?

If your DVD has multilanguage subtitles, you can choose it in the Subtitle option in the right panel.

Unfold DVD Options, click Subtitle, and select your preferred language subtitles. Usually, En is short for English, De is Deutsch, Fr is French, It is Italian, Es is Spanish, Pt is Portuguese, Cn is Chinese, Jp is Japanese.

 

  • Q10: Output video and audio are out of sync. Is there a fix?

A: Please go to the right pane, unfold Audio Options, set "A/V sync" option to "default", and then close other programs especial anti-virus before encoding to try again.

audio and video out of sync

You can also click Edit > Options > Video, and you will find "Default sync factor" control bar. It's a factor to reach synchronization, the bigger value you move to, the better accuracy of sync you will get, meanwhile, the encoding duration will also become longer.

If problem persists, you can upgrade to Any DVD Cloner Platinum which can encode video and audio better.

 

  • Q11: Can Any DVD Converter support converting PAL DVD to NTSC formats?

A: Yes. Any DVD Converter supports almost all region DVDs. It can convert both the PAL and NTSC DVDs to DVD Video that can playback on both PAL and NTSC (for North America, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippine) TV systems.

 

  • Q12: Can Any DVD Converter burn DVD movie to a blank DVD?

A: No. Any DVD Converter cannot burn DVD to DVD. However, you can choose "DVD Video NTSC Movie" or "DVD Video PAL Movie" as the output format to generate a MPEG-2 file. Choose NTSC or PAL according to your TV system type. And then import this MPEG-2 file into some free DVD burning software like ImgBurn to create DVD Video disc.

 

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