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RIPPING DVD'S WITH VLC
My Own Version of this Tutorial
ripping Movies with VLC

  1. Open VLC
  2. Put a DVD in the Optical Drive on your computer
  3. Play the DVD in the Drive
  4. While PLaying the DVD, go click on "Playback", then "Title", and look for the longest file in the list (usually), one that conforms closest to the runtime of the movie on the back of the JEwel Case, this is your movie to be ripped
  5. While doing this, it's often a good idea to also check on the Language track you want to use - this is found under "Audio" and then "Audio Track" - and it most likely will be selected for your region or the default region of the disk. If vague or when in doubt, if you're in a English Speaking Country - this is usually "1" for the default language, which in my case is English. If it's another number - like some DVD's - note this number
  6. Also while doing this, it's a good idea to check the Chapters and make sure it's on "1"
  7. Now, stop the movie/DVD
  8. Click on "Media" and then "Convert/Save", a new pop-up will come up
  9. Click on the "Disc" tab
  10. On the Disc Tab, you need to change the "Title" field to the number of the longest title which is the actual film, leave "No Disc Menus" checked. Change the "Title" field to this number. Based on the other information above, set Chapter to "1" if no info or when in doubt, set audio to the number for the default language or "dub" you want (in this case I'd use "1" for English).
  11. Click "Convert/Save"
  12. We're nto quite done yet, you need to chose a directory to rip it to, and a filename - so you will click "BRowse" select (in this case Linux) your home folder desktop, and then name the movie.
  13. Click Start
  14. A Movie should take between 30-90 minutes to rip depending on the length and size of the movie, so probably a good idea to do somethign else while this is going on
  15. After finishing, it's a best practice to open the new file in VLC and make sure it works, especially before copying to your Plex Media Server

ripping TV Shows with VLC
  1. Open VLC
  2. Put a DVD in the Optical Drive on your computer
  3. Play the DVD in the Drive
  4. While PLaying the DVD, go click on "Playback", then "Title", and look for the longest files in the list - these are anywhere between 15 to 50 minutes - you will need to re-run this process each time you rip and episode. The short ones are menus, about-documentaries, and bonus features.
  5. While doing this, it's often a good idea to also check on the Language track you want to use - this is found under "Audio" and then "Audio Track" - and it most likely will be selected for your region or the default region of the disk. If vague or when in doubt, if you're in a English Speaking Country - this is usually "1" for the default language, which in my case is English. If it's another number - like some DVD's - note this number
  6. Also while doing this, it's a good idea to check the Chapters and make sure it's on "1"
  7. Now, stop the movie/DVD
  8. Click on "Media" and then "Convert/Save", a new pop-up will come up
  9. Click on the "Disc" tab
  10. On the Disc Tab, you need to change the "Title" field to the number of the longest title which is the actual film, leave "No Disc Menus" checked. Change the "Title" field to this number. Based on the other information above, set Chapter to "1" if no info or when in doubt, set audio to the number for the default language or "dub" you want (in this case I'd use "1" for English).
  11. Click "Convert/Save"
  12. We're nto quite done yet, you need to chose a directory to rip it to, and a filename - so you will click "BRowse" select (in this case Linux) your home folder desktop, and then name the movie. Remember that if you are using Plex or another media server program, you might want to use S(xx) (ie S01 for Season 1, S02 for Season 2, etc.) and E(xx) (E01 for Episode 1, or E02 for episode 2) to make sure the program parses episodes properly on your media server as this is a standard way to do it.
  13. Now click "Start"
  14. Depending on the length of the episode, it can take between 15 minutes to an hour to rip to file. So find something else to do in the meantime.
  15. Once the episode is done ripping, good idea to test with VLC or another video app
  16. Once tested, you can actually return to step one and repeat, and the only thing you'd need to change is the "Title" numbers to rip the actual episodes properly.