and dance by the light of the moon

[sab]

Okay, I am embarking on a massive undertaking in an attempt to bring thirtysomething to the people. I have these DVDs that were made by someone who had recorded the episodes off of their Lifetime rerun airings, and assembled these onto DVDs with interactive menus, four episodes at a time, for 24 dvds total.

So, first, do you have a favorite DVD-to-avi ripping program that allows you to select individual episodes or chapters off an episodic DVD and rename them into individual .avis? I am currently using Aimersoft DVD Ripper, which does all those things quite splendidly but also outputs the avis with these weird bars on the sides. I'm figuring there's an option I can choose to get rid of the bars, but I am always up for trying new software. Those of you who have ripped shows from DVDs to avi, what have you used? Was it fast? Intuitive? Expensive?

Also, the guy who made these DVDs I'm using left off the episode titles on many of the discs, and didn't indicate episode number or season at all, so for that I'm cross-referencing with a Thirtysomething episode guide, and when all of this is done, I hope to have the entire 87 episodes of thirtysomething, broken down by season, in individual episode .avis, for youuuuuuuuu.

Your mission, should I survive and this task be completed, is to WATCH this show, to love it and share it with me.

This may take quite some time, but I'm committed to the task and will have this show available to you, STAT. Watch this space.

Comments

[ratcreature]

OMG! This would be so awesome to be able to rewatch, and I would love you forever! *hearts* (Sadly I have no clue about DVD ripping to helpyou out with tips.

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

Wow, just wow!!!

And since I commented on your other post I've been pondering why in the world they wouldn't release it on DVD? It makes no sense!!!! (esp. wouldn't the target audience be foks with disposable income?)

[isabeau.livejournal.com]

Re DVD-to-avi -- I use (and like) Handbrake. It's a little annoying in that the chapter list just gives the length without other identifying information, but it works just fine. And is free :)

[livii.livejournal.com]

I'll be happy to try an episode or two if you put it up! Good luck with the project - I hope you can build the fandom up!