Copies of my own DVDs to my own Media Center

are they commercial dvd's or ones you have made yourself? Commercial DVDs
are protected. You need a third party software to recompile your own
homemade dvd's to an mpg or wmv file. nero works good for me on vista.
"swhite1" <sew3fan.DeleteThis@msn.com> wrote in message
news:837D7848-E0A5-4C32-8064-939B57B1E358@microsoft.com...
> What the heck do I do to copy my own DVDs to my own Media Center? I was
> led
> to believe (just watch the advertisements/commercials) this was one of the
> fuctions of VISTA?
> Please someone help me before my laptop becomes a UFnOs...unidentified
> flying new operating system?
> I have read the discussion groups referencing this same question but
> regarding Windows XP. Please tell me, in plain ol' english that 1. I can
> do
> it and 2. How I can do it. I have copied the audio and video files but
> when I
> get back to "the movies" aka Windows Media Center there really isn't a
> clear
> command to play back the dvd I copied. I hope I'm not asking too much
> here...?
>
> Scott

I don't know what commercial you saw that gave you the impression
that Vista would copy your DVD movies, it doesn't because it is
illegal in many jurisdictions. Vista does support a DVD jukebox
which can hold the physical DVDs and load them on request.

The good news is that you CAN do what you want with very
little work by tweaking a few things

First you need to transfer your DVD to the hard drive, as mentioned
previously commercial DVDs are encrypted so you need to excersie
your rights to fair use... and use a tool called DVD Decrypter
http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/ to copy your DVDs to the PC.
(You cant just copy the Video_TS folders you must use a DVD
decryption tool)

This will give you a Video_TS folder which contains a copy of the
DVD.

The best thing to do is create a parent folder for all your DVDs, perhaps
called 'DVDs' in that folder create a folder named after the title
of the DVD and in that named folder place the Video_TS folder
and its contents. Then simply repeat for all of your DVDs.

You now have a collection of ripped DVDs

You then need to enable the DVD Library function of Vista Media Center
with a small registry edit.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930526

After doing that and rebooting go into the DVD libray and right click
and add your DVDs folder the the list of watched folders.

After that you should be in business.... you can manually add DVD artwork
by downloading the DVD cover and naming it folder.jpg and saving it
in the folder named after the movie title that contains the Video_TS folder.
(There are also other ways to get artwork and movie info including cast
info, but lets see how you get on with all this before moving on!)





"swhite1" <sew3fan.RemoveThis@msn.com> wrote in message
news:837D7848-E0A5-4C32-8064-939B57B1E358@microsoft.com...
> What the heck do I do to copy my own DVDs to my own Media Center? I was
> led
> to believe (just watch the advertisements/commercials) this was one of the
> fuctions of VISTA?
> Please someone help me before my laptop becomes a UFnOs...unidentified
> flying new operating system?
> I have read the discussion groups referencing this same question but
> regarding Windows XP. Please tell me, in plain ol' english that 1. I can
> do
> it and 2. How I can do it. I have copied the audio and video files but
> when I
> get back to "the movies" aka Windows Media Center there really isn't a
> clear
> command to play back the dvd I copied. I hope I'm not asking too much
> here...?
>
> Scott

I thank you indeed buellpilot. Although it is now quite late for me to sstart
I will attack in the morning and get back to you. I hope Colin is succesful
as well. It all almost sounds daunting but I've come through worsse scenerios.
As far as the commercials I guess we see what we want to see. When the
actor, athelete, celebraty or even a green animation appear on screen and
display how their lives are just so complete and organized right there on
thier HP laptops with Windows Vista you kinda get lost in the smoke looking
at the mirrors...
Thanks again for the heads up and I'll be in touch.
Scott


"Buellpilot" wrote:

> I don't know what commercial you saw that gave you the impression
> that Vista would copy your DVD movies, it doesn't because it is
> illegal in many jurisdictions. Vista does support a DVD jukebox
> which can hold the physical DVDs and load them on request.
>
> The good news is that you CAN do what you want with very
> little work by tweaking a few things
>
> First you need to transfer your DVD to the hard drive, as mentioned
> previously commercial DVDs are encrypted so you need to excersie
> your rights to fair use... and use a tool called DVD Decrypter
> http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/ to copy your DVDs to the PC.
> (You cant just copy the Video_TS folders you must use a DVD
> decryption tool)
>
> This will give you a Video_TS folder which contains a copy of the
> DVD.
>
> The best thing to do is create a parent folder for all your DVDs, perhaps
> called 'DVDs' in that folder create a folder named after the title
> of the DVD and in that named folder place the Video_TS folder
> and its contents. Then simply repeat for all of your DVDs.
>
> You now have a collection of ripped DVDs
>
> You then need to enable the DVD Library function of Vista Media Center
> with a small registry edit.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930526
>
> After doing that and rebooting go into the DVD libray and right click
> and add your DVDs folder the the list of watched folders.
>
> After that you should be in business.... you can manually add DVD artwork
> by downloading the DVD cover and naming it folder.jpg and saving it
> in the folder named after the movie title that contains the Video_TS folder.
> (There are also other ways to get artwork and movie info including cast
> info, but lets see how you get on with all this before moving on!)
>
>
>
>
>
> "swhite1" <sew3fan DeleteThis @msn.com> wrote in message
> news:837D7848-E0A5-4C32-8064-939B57B1E358@microsoft.com...
> > What the heck do I do to copy my own DVDs to my own Media Center? I was
> > led
> > to believe (just watch the advertisements/commercials) this was one of the
> > fuctions of VISTA?
> > Please someone help me before my laptop becomes a UFnOs...unidentified
> > flying new operating system?
> > I have read the discussion groups referencing this same question but
> > regarding Windows XP. Please tell me, in plain ol' english that 1. I can
> > do
> > it and 2. How I can do it. I have copied the audio and video files but
> > when I
> > get back to "the movies" aka Windows Media Center there really isn't a
> > clear
> > command to play back the dvd I copied. I hope I'm not asking too much
> > here...?
> >
> > Scott
>
>
>

Didn't work! Took a long time to transfer a lot of nothing.
Here is my guess as to why;
You write
transfer DVD to hard drive then,
use the tool DVD Decrypter to
copy DVDs to PC (laptop)
then you backtrack and say
create a parent directory and
place the video_ts folder and its contents
in there...
wait....what? Am I to copy DVD files 1st
then use the encription tool?
I gotta tell you this happened(or didn't
just as i had expected it would last
night that's why I called it quits then.
I am as perplexed as anticipated and
now must leave it behind whilst I tcob.
Until later(I'll try again), peace out
Scott

--
Scott


"Buellpilot" wrote:

> I don't know what commercial you saw that gave you the impression
> that Vista would copy your DVD movies, it doesn't because it is
> illegal in many jurisdictions. Vista does support a DVD jukebox
> which can hold the physical DVDs and load them on request.
>
> The good news is that you CAN do what you want with very
> little work by tweaking a few things
>
> First you need to transfer your DVD to the hard drive, as mentioned
> previously commercial DVDs are encrypted so you need to excersie
> your rights to fair use... and use a tool called DVD Decrypter
> http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/ to copy your DVDs to the PC.
> (You cant just copy the Video_TS folders you must use a DVD
> decryption tool)
>
> This will give you a Video_TS folder which contains a copy of the
> DVD.
>
> The best thing to do is create a parent folder for all your DVDs, perhaps
> called 'DVDs' in that folder create a folder named after the title
> of the DVD and in that named folder place the Video_TS folder
> and its contents. Then simply repeat for all of your DVDs.
>
> You now have a collection of ripped DVDs
>
> You then need to enable the DVD Library function of Vista Media Center
> with a small registry edit.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930526
>
> After doing that and rebooting go into the DVD libray and right click
> and add your DVDs folder the the list of watched folders.
>
> After that you should be in business.... you can manually add DVD artwork
> by downloading the DVD cover and naming it folder.jpg and saving it
> in the folder named after the movie title that contains the Video_TS folder.
> (There are also other ways to get artwork and movie info including cast
> info, but lets see how you get on with all this before moving on!)
>
>
>
>
>
> "swhite1" <sew3fan.TakeThisOut@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:837D7848-E0A5-4C32-8064-939B57B1E358@microsoft.com...
> > What the heck do I do to copy my own DVDs to my own Media Center? I was
> > led
> > to believe (just watch the advertisements/commercials) this was one of the
> > fuctions of VISTA?
> > Please someone help me before my laptop becomes a UFnOs...unidentified
> > flying new operating system?
> > I have read the discussion groups referencing this same question but
> > regarding Windows XP. Please tell me, in plain ol' english that 1. I can
> > do
> > it and 2. How I can do it. I have copied the audio and video files but
> > when I
> > get back to "the movies" aka Windows Media Center there really isn't a
> > clear
> > command to play back the dvd I copied. I hope I'm not asking too much
> > here...?
> >
> > Scott
>
>
>

Your better bet is using My Movies, available at www.mymovies.name download
2.30 pr9. It will not only allow you to monitor folders, it will autodownload
all your dvd covers, info on the movie, and full collection management. Works
well with extenders as well.

OK... try again...

Things to remember.... don't copy anything from the DVD
to the hard drive yourself by using explorer, the contents
of the DVD are protected so anything you manually copy
will be junk!

DVD Decrypter both decrypts the DVD AND copies it to the
hard drive. Once DVD decrypter has copied it to the hard drive
you can move the resulting folder anywhere you like.

Thats why I suggest you copy/move it into its parent folder once
DVD decrypter has done its thing.

Basically what i do is stick the DVD i the drive start DVD Decrypter
and hit the big button at the bottom, I usually just let it copy the
Video_TS folder to the the root of drive C: (or whatever drive you want it
on)
and once DVD Decrypter is finished i move the Video_TS folder into
my DVD folder structure;

DVDs - Movie1 - Video_TS
- Movie2 - Video_TS
- Movie3 - Video_TS





"swhite1" <sew3fan RemoveThis @msn.com> wrote in message
news:15F0DA00-11AE-4FCE-AC00-F0845DC25DC0@microsoft.com...
> Didn't work! Took a long time to transfer a lot of nothing.
> Here is my guess as to why;
> You write
> transfer DVD to hard drive then,
> use the tool DVD Decrypter to
> copy DVDs to PC (laptop)
> then you backtrack and say
> create a parent directory and
> place the video_ts folder and its contents
> in there...
> wait....what? Am I to copy DVD files 1st
> then use the encription tool?
> I gotta tell you this happened(or didn't
> just as i had expected it would last
> night that's why I called it quits then.
> I am as perplexed as anticipated and
> now must leave it behind whilst I tcob.
> Until later(I'll try again), peace out
> Scott
>
> --
> Scott
>
>
> "Buellpilot" wrote:
>
>> I don't know what commercial you saw that gave you the impression
>> that Vista would copy your DVD movies, it doesn't because it is
>> illegal in many jurisdictions. Vista does support a DVD jukebox
>> which can hold the physical DVDs and load them on request.
>>
>> The good news is that you CAN do what you want with very
>> little work by tweaking a few things
>>
>> First you need to transfer your DVD to the hard drive, as mentioned
>> previously commercial DVDs are encrypted so you need to excersie
>> your rights to fair use... and use a tool called DVD Decrypter
>> http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/ to copy your DVDs to the PC.
>> (You cant just copy the Video_TS folders you must use a DVD
>> decryption tool)
>>
>> This will give you a Video_TS folder which contains a copy of the
>> DVD.
>>
>> The best thing to do is create a parent folder for all your DVDs, perhaps
>> called 'DVDs' in that folder create a folder named after the title
>> of the DVD and in that named folder place the Video_TS folder
>> and its contents. Then simply repeat for all of your DVDs.
>>
>> You now have a collection of ripped DVDs
>>
>> You then need to enable the DVD Library function of Vista Media Center
>> with a small registry edit.
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930526
>>
>> After doing that and rebooting go into the DVD libray and right click
>> and add your DVDs folder the the list of watched folders.
>>
>> After that you should be in business.... you can manually add DVD artwork
>> by downloading the DVD cover and naming it folder.jpg and saving it
>> in the folder named after the movie title that contains the Video_TS
>> folder.
>> (There are also other ways to get artwork and movie info including cast
>> info, but lets see how you get on with all this before moving on!)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "swhite1" <sew3fan RemoveThis @msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:837D7848-E0A5-4C32-8064-939B57B1E358@microsoft.com...
>> > What the heck do I do to copy my own DVDs to my own Media Center? I
>> > was
>> > led
>> > to believe (just watch the advertisements/commercials) this was one of
>> > the
>> > fuctions of VISTA?
>> > Please someone help me before my laptop becomes a UFnOs...unidentified
>> > flying new operating system?
>> > I have read the discussion groups referencing this same question but
>> > regarding Windows XP. Please tell me, in plain ol' english that 1. I
>> > can
>> > do
>> > it and 2. How I can do it. I have copied the audio and video files but
>> > when I
>> > get back to "the movies" aka Windows Media Center there really isn't a
>> > clear
>> > command to play back the dvd I copied. I hope I'm not asking too much
>> > here...?
>> >
>> > Scott
>>
>>
>>

Here we go again. I guess you can tell I am not thrilled with this process.
I used the decryptor as instructed. 7.7 gigabytes later I have a huge folder
sitting on my "c" drive. This Media Center is a toilet bowl. How do I watch
the d@## movie?
--
Scott


"Buellpilot" wrote:

>
> OK... try again...
>
> Things to remember.... don't copy anything from the DVD
> to the hard drive yourself by using explorer, the contents
> of the DVD are protected so anything you manually copy
> will be junk!
>
> DVD Decrypter both decrypts the DVD AND copies it to the
> hard drive. Once DVD decrypter has copied it to the hard drive
> you can move the resulting folder anywhere you like.
>
> Thats why I suggest you copy/move it into its parent folder once
> DVD decrypter has done its thing.
>
> Basically what i do is stick the DVD i the drive start DVD Decrypter
> and hit the big button at the bottom, I usually just let it copy the
> Video_TS folder to the the root of drive C: (or whatever drive you want it
> on)
> and once DVD Decrypter is finished i move the Video_TS folder into
> my DVD folder structure;
>
> DVDs - Movie1 - Video_TS
> - Movie2 - Video_TS
> - Movie3 - Video_TS
>
>
>
>
>
> "swhite1" <sew3fan.DeleteThis@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:15F0DA00-11AE-4FCE-AC00-F0845DC25DC0@microsoft.com...
> > Didn't work! Took a long time to transfer a lot of nothing.
> > Here is my guess as to why;
> > You write
> > transfer DVD to hard drive then,
> > use the tool DVD Decrypter to
> > copy DVDs to PC (laptop)
> > then you backtrack and say
> > create a parent directory and
> > place the video_ts folder and its contents
> > in there...
> > wait....what? Am I to copy DVD files 1st
> > then use the encription tool?
> > I gotta tell you this happened(or didn't
> > just as i had expected it would last
> > night that's why I called it quits then.
> > I am as perplexed as anticipated and
> > now must leave it behind whilst I tcob.
> > Until later(I'll try again), peace out
> > Scott
> >
> > --
> > Scott
> >
> >
> > "Buellpilot" wrote:
> >
> >> I don't know what commercial you saw that gave you the impression
> >> that Vista would copy your DVD movies, it doesn't because it is
> >> illegal in many jurisdictions. Vista does support a DVD jukebox
> >> which can hold the physical DVDs and load them on request.
> >>
> >> The good news is that you CAN do what you want with very
> >> little work by tweaking a few things
> >>
> >> First you need to transfer your DVD to the hard drive, as mentioned
> >> previously commercial DVDs are encrypted so you need to excersie
> >> your rights to fair use... and use a tool called DVD Decrypter
> >> http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/ to copy your DVDs to the PC.
> >> (You cant just copy the Video_TS folders you must use a DVD
> >> decryption tool)
> >>
> >> This will give you a Video_TS folder which contains a copy of the
> >> DVD.
> >>
> >> The best thing to do is create a parent folder for all your DVDs, perhaps
> >> called 'DVDs' in that folder create a folder named after the title
> >> of the DVD and in that named folder place the Video_TS folder
> >> and its contents. Then simply repeat for all of your DVDs.
> >>
> >> You now have a collection of ripped DVDs
> >>
> >> You then need to enable the DVD Library function of Vista Media Center
> >> with a small registry edit.
> >>
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930526
> >>
> >> After doing that and rebooting go into the DVD libray and right click
> >> and add your DVDs folder the the list of watched folders.
> >>
> >> After that you should be in business.... you can manually add DVD artwork
> >> by downloading the DVD cover and naming it folder.jpg and saving it
> >> in the folder named after the movie title that contains the Video_TS
> >> folder.
> >> (There are also other ways to get artwork and movie info including cast
> >> info, but lets see how you get on with all this before moving on!)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "swhite1" <sew3fan.DeleteThis@msn.com> wrote in message
> >> news:837D7848-E0A5-4C32-8064-939B57B1E358@microsoft.com...
> >> > What the heck do I do to copy my own DVDs to my own Media Center? I
> >> > was
> >> > led
> >> > to believe (just watch the advertisements/commercials) this was one of
> >> > the
> >> > fuctions of VISTA?
> >> > Please someone help me before my laptop becomes a UFnOs...unidentified
> >> > flying new operating system?
> >> > I have read the discussion groups referencing this same question but
> >> > regarding Windows XP. Please tell me, in plain ol' english that 1. I
> >> > can
> >> > do
> >> > it and 2. How I can do it. I have copied the audio and video files but
> >> > when I
> >> > get back to "the movies" aka Windows Media Center there really isn't a
> >> > clear
> >> > command to play back the dvd I copied. I hope I'm not asking too much
> >> > here...?
> >> >
> >> > Scott
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Is there a problem with 7.7 Gb? That sounds about right for a 2-hour
movie...

Media Center wasn't really designed to watch copied DVDs...have you tried
the MyMovies add-in from www.mymovies.name?

Dana Cline - MCE MVP

"swhite1" <sew3fan RemoveThis @msn.com> wrote in message
news:5D5B9DE7-06A0-4171-9A34-E41BEDCE442E@microsoft.com...
> Here we go again. I guess you can tell I am not thrilled with this
> process.
> I used the decryptor as instructed. 7.7 gigabytes later I have a huge
> folder
> sitting on my "c" drive. This Media Center is a toilet bowl. How do I
> watch
> the d@## movie?
> --
> Scott
>
>
> "Buellpilot" wrote:
>
>>
>> OK... try again...
>>
>> Things to remember.... don't copy anything from the DVD
>> to the hard drive yourself by using explorer, the contents
>> of the DVD are protected so anything you manually copy
>> will be junk!
>>
>> DVD Decrypter both decrypts the DVD AND copies it to the
>> hard drive. Once DVD decrypter has copied it to the hard drive
>> you can move the resulting folder anywhere you like.
>>
>> Thats why I suggest you copy/move it into its parent folder once
>> DVD decrypter has done its thing.
>>
>> Basically what i do is stick the DVD i the drive start DVD Decrypter
>> and hit the big button at the bottom, I usually just let it copy the
>> Video_TS folder to the the root of drive C: (or whatever drive you want
>> it
>> on)
>> and once DVD Decrypter is finished i move the Video_TS folder into
>> my DVD folder structure;
>>
>> DVDs - Movie1 - Video_TS
>> - Movie2 - Video_TS
>> - Movie3 - Video_TS
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "swhite1" <sew3fan RemoveThis @msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:15F0DA00-11AE-4FCE-AC00-F0845DC25DC0@microsoft.com...
>> > Didn't work! Took a long time to transfer a lot of nothing.
>> > Here is my guess as to why;
>> > You write
>> > transfer DVD to hard drive then,
>> > use the tool DVD Decrypter to
>> > copy DVDs to PC (laptop)
>> > then you backtrack and say
>> > create a parent directory and
>> > place the video_ts folder and its contents
>> > in there...
>> > wait....what? Am I to copy DVD files 1st
>> > then use the encription tool?
>> > I gotta tell you this happened(or didn't
>> > just as i had expected it would last
>> > night that's why I called it quits then.
>> > I am as perplexed as anticipated and
>> > now must leave it behind whilst I tcob.
>> > Until later(I'll try again), peace out
>> > Scott
>> >
>> > --
>> > Scott
>> >
>> >
>> > "Buellpilot" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I don't know what commercial you saw that gave you the impression
>> >> that Vista would copy your DVD movies, it doesn't because it is
>> >> illegal in many jurisdictions. Vista does support a DVD jukebox
>> >> which can hold the physical DVDs and load them on request.
>> >>
>> >> The good news is that you CAN do what you want with very
>> >> little work by tweaking a few things
>> >>
>> >> First you need to transfer your DVD to the hard drive, as mentioned
>> >> previously commercial DVDs are encrypted so you need to excersie
>> >> your rights to fair use... and use a tool called DVD Decrypter
>> >> http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/ to copy your DVDs to the PC.
>> >> (You cant just copy the Video_TS folders you must use a DVD
>> >> decryption tool)
>> >>
>> >> This will give you a Video_TS folder which contains a copy of the
>> >> DVD.
>> >>
>> >> The best thing to do is create a parent folder for all your DVDs,
>> >> perhaps
>> >> called 'DVDs' in that folder create a folder named after the title
>> >> of the DVD and in that named folder place the Video_TS folder
>> >> and its contents. Then simply repeat for all of your DVDs.
>> >>
>> >> You now have a collection of ripped DVDs
>> >>
>> >> You then need to enable the DVD Library function of Vista Media Center
>> >> with a small registry edit.
>> >>
>> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930526
>> >>
>> >> After doing that and rebooting go into the DVD libray and right click
>> >> and add your DVDs folder the the list of watched folders.
>> >>
>> >> After that you should be in business.... you can manually add DVD
>> >> artwork
>> >> by downloading the DVD cover and naming it folder.jpg and saving it
>> >> in the folder named after the movie title that contains the Video_TS
>> >> folder.
>> >> (There are also other ways to get artwork and movie info including
>> >> cast
>> >> info, but lets see how you get on with all this before moving on!)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "swhite1" <sew3fan RemoveThis @msn.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:837D7848-E0A5-4C32-8064-939B57B1E358@microsoft.com...
>> >> > What the heck do I do to copy my own DVDs to my own Media Center? I
>> >> > was
>> >> > led
>> >> > to believe (just watch the advertisements/commercials) this was one
>> >> > of
>> >> > the
>> >> > fuctions of VISTA?
>> >> > Please someone help me before my laptop becomes a
>> >> > UFnOs...unidentified
>> >> > flying new operating system?
>> >> > I have read the discussion groups referencing this same question but
>> >> > regarding Windows XP. Please tell me, in plain ol' english that 1. I
>> >> > can
>> >> > do
>> >> > it and 2. How I can do it. I have copied the audio and video files
>> >> > but
>> >> > when I
>> >> > get back to "the movies" aka Windows Media Center there really isn't
>> >> > a
>> >> > clear
>> >> > command to play back the dvd I copied. I hope I'm not asking too
>> >> > much
>> >> > here...?
>> >> >
>> >> > Scott
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

Thank you so very much 'rlith'. I can hardly believe how easy 'mymovies' was
to setup on my laptop. It's has copyied all of my Discovery Channels' "Planet
Earth" series without a hitch. It will take me awhile to take ful ladvantage
of its capabilitiessuch as, labeling, catorgorizing, etc, but wow what a
great site it is that you directed me to. Copying is now a seemless operation
in my Windows Media Center. I do not know or care if I can copy back to a dvd
disc. That was never my intention. Thank you once again.
--
Scott


"rlith" wrote:

> Your better bet is using My Movies, available at www.mymovies.name download
> 2.30 pr9. It will not only allow you to monitor folders, it will autodownload
> all your dvd covers, info on the movie, and full collection management. Works
> well with extenders as well.

Sorry "tomlives2000" I guess you misunderstood my question. I don't wish to
make copies I just wanted my dvds in my media center is all...
--
Scott


"tomlives2000" wrote:

> are they commercial dvd's or ones you have made yourself? Commercial DVDs
> are protected. You need a third party software to recompile your own
> homemade dvd's to an mpg or wmv file. nero works good for me on vista.
> "swhite1" <sew3fan DeleteThis @msn.com> wrote in message
> news:837D7848-E0A5-4C32-8064-939B57B1E358@microsoft.com...
> > What the heck do I do to copy my own DVDs to my own Media Center? I was
> > led
> > to believe (just watch the advertisements/commercials) this was one of the
> > fuctions of VISTA?
> > Please someone help me before my laptop becomes a UFnOs...unidentified
> > flying new operating system?
> > I have read the discussion groups referencing this same question but
> > regarding Windows XP. Please tell me, in plain ol' english that 1. I can
> > do
> > it and 2. How I can do it. I have copied the audio and video files but
> > when I
> > get back to "the movies" aka Windows Media Center there really isn't a
> > clear
> > command to play back the dvd I copied. I hope I'm not asking too much
> > here...?
> >
> > Scott
>
>

"swhite1" <sew3fan.TakeThisOut@msn.com> wrote in message
news:5D5B9DE7-06A0-4171-9A34-E41BEDCE442E@microsoft.com...
> Here we go again. I guess you can tell I am not thrilled with this
> process.
> I used the decryptor as instructed. 7.7 gigabytes later I have a huge
> folder
> sitting on my "c" drive. This Media Center is a toilet bowl. How do I
> watch
> the d@## movie?
> --
> Scott
>

Scott, DVDdecryptor leaves out one folder. You will need to create it
yourself. It is called AUDIO_TS and it will be empty. Your directory
should look like this:

c:\movie
c:\movie\VIDEO_TS
c:\movie\AUDIO_TS

Of course the movie directory will reflect the name of your movie, say Tuna
would be c:\tuna I use WinDVD 8 to play movies from my hard drive as I
am not sure if MCE or Windows Media Player will work?


Captain Roberts

How is the fact you are trying to do something that is, essentially, illegal
(copies a DVD) and is also not a function of Media Center, an indication of
whether or not MCE is a valid product?

BTW, you watch the movie by putting the DVD in the DVD drive, it's a heck of
lot easier than the pain you are going through )
--
James
Orlando (Goofy says "Hey!"), FL

"swhite1" <sew3fan RemoveThis @msn.com> wrote in message
news:5D5B9DE7-06A0-4171-9A34-E41BEDCE442E@microsoft.com...
> Here we go again. I guess you can tell I am not thrilled with this
> process.
> I used the decryptor as instructed. 7.7 gigabytes later I have a huge
> folder
> sitting on my "c" drive. This Media Center is a toilet bowl. How do I
> watch
> the d@## movie?
> --
> Scott
>
>
> "Buellpilot" wrote:
>
>>
>> OK... try again...
>>
>> Things to remember.... don't copy anything from the DVD
>> to the hard drive yourself by using explorer, the contents
>> of the DVD are protected so anything you manually copy
>> will be junk!
>>
>> DVD Decrypter both decrypts the DVD AND copies it to the
>> hard drive. Once DVD decrypter has copied it to the hard drive
>> you can move the resulting folder anywhere you like.
>>
>> Thats why I suggest you copy/move it into its parent folder once
>> DVD decrypter has done its thing.
>>
>> Basically what i do is stick the DVD i the drive start DVD Decrypter
>> and hit the big button at the bottom, I usually just let it copy the
>> Video_TS folder to the the root of drive C: (or whatever drive you want
>> it
>> on)
>> and once DVD Decrypter is finished i move the Video_TS folder into
>> my DVD folder structure;
>>
>> DVDs - Movie1 - Video_TS
>> - Movie2 - Video_TS
>> - Movie3 - Video_TS
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "swhite1" <sew3fan RemoveThis @msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:15F0DA00-11AE-4FCE-AC00-F0845DC25DC0@microsoft.com...
>> > Didn't work! Took a long time to transfer a lot of nothing.
>> > Here is my guess as to why;
>> > You write
>> > transfer DVD to hard drive then,
>> > use the tool DVD Decrypter to
>> > copy DVDs to PC (laptop)
>> > then you backtrack and say
>> > create a parent directory and
>> > place the video_ts folder and its contents
>> > in there...
>> > wait....what? Am I to copy DVD files 1st
>> > then use the encription tool?
>> > I gotta tell you this happened(or didn't
>> > just as i had expected it would last
>> > night that's why I called it quits then.
>> > I am as perplexed as anticipated and
>> > now must leave it behind whilst I tcob.
>> > Until later(I'll try again), peace out
>> > Scott
>> >
>> > --
>> > Scott
>> >
>> >
>> > "Buellpilot" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I don't know what commercial you saw that gave you the impression
>> >> that Vista would copy your DVD movies, it doesn't because it is
>> >> illegal in many jurisdictions. Vista does support a DVD jukebox
>> >> which can hold the physical DVDs and load them on request.
>> >>
>> >> The good news is that you CAN do what you want with very
>> >> little work by tweaking a few things
>> >>
>> >> First you need to transfer your DVD to the hard drive, as mentioned
>> >> previously commercial DVDs are encrypted so you need to excersie
>> >> your rights to fair use... and use a tool called DVD Decrypter
>> >> http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/ to copy your DVDs to the PC.
>> >> (You cant just copy the Video_TS folders you must use a DVD
>> >> decryption tool)
>> >>
>> >> This will give you a Video_TS folder which contains a copy of the
>> >> DVD.
>> >>
>> >> The best thing to do is create a parent folder for all your DVDs,
>> >> perhaps
>> >> called 'DVDs' in that folder create a folder named after the title
>> >> of the DVD and in that named folder place the Video_TS folder
>> >> and its contents. Then simply repeat for all of your DVDs.
>> >>
>> >> You now have a collection of ripped DVDs
>> >>
>> >> You then need to enable the DVD Library function of Vista Media Center
>> >> with a small registry edit.
>> >>
>> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930526
>> >>
>> >> After doing that and rebooting go into the DVD libray and right click
>> >> and add your DVDs folder the the list of watched folders.
>> >>
>> >> After that you should be in business.... you can manually add DVD
>> >> artwork
>> >> by downloading the DVD cover and naming it folder.jpg and saving it
>> >> in the folder named after the movie title that contains the Video_TS
>> >> folder.
>> >> (There are also other ways to get artwork and movie info including
>> >> cast
>> >> info, but lets see how you get on with all this before moving on!)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "swhite1" <sew3fan RemoveThis @msn.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:837D7848-E0A5-4C32-8064-939B57B1E358@microsoft.com...
>> >> > What the heck do I do to copy my own DVDs to my own Media Center? I
>> >> > was
>> >> > led
>> >> > to believe (just watch the advertisements/commercials) this was one
>> >> > of
>> >> > the
>> >> > fuctions of VISTA?
>> >> > Please someone help me before my laptop becomes a
>> >> > UFnOs...unidentified
>> >> > flying new operating system?
>> >> > I have read the discussion groups referencing this same question but
>> >> > regarding Windows XP. Please tell me, in plain ol' english that 1. I
>> >> > can
>> >> > do
>> >> > it and 2. How I can do it. I have copied the audio and video files
>> >> > but
>> >> > when I
>> >> > get back to "the movies" aka Windows Media Center there really isn't
>> >> > a
>> >> > clear
>> >> > command to play back the dvd I copied. I hope I'm not asking too
>> >> > much
>> >> > here...?
>> >> >
>> >> > Scott
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>