How to Compress a DVD Movie onto a Hard Drive

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Tip 1 - Using an External Hard Drive to Store Your Home DVD Library Backups - TopTenREVIEWS

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Aarthi Tejuja | permalink

Using an external hard drive to store your DVD library allows you to save space on your computer, make backups of your collection and easily stream movies on media players such as Apple TV and Xbox 360.

For further reading: http://dvd-copy-software-review.toptenreviews.com/using-an-external-hard-drive-to-store-your-home-dvd-library-backups.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to Rip DVDs to Your Hard Drive

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Joseph M Clemente | permalink

Looking for a quick and free way to rip DVDs? Maybe because you have a crap load of DVDs in your movie collection? With devices and software like Apple TV

For further reading: http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/rip-a-dvd/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to Rip a DVD to your Hard Drive and Play it on your PC

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Cesare Businelli | permalink

Are you looking to for a way to play your media DVDs without rifling through your collection and swapping discs? Today we’ll take a look at ripping a DVD to your hard drive and playing it with some popular media players.

For further reading: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/20293/how-to-rip-a-dvd-to-your-hard-drive-and-play-it-on-your-pc/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - Turn Your PC into a DVD Ripping Monster

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Marcio Nery | permalink

Click to viewCommercial DVDs are far too expensive to let scratches turn your video into a glorified coaster, but most people still don't back up their DVD collection. Once upon a time, the four to eight gigabyte footprint of a DVD on your hard drive was prohibitively large. But since the price of a gigabyte has plummeted, ripping your entire DVD collection to your computer is not just possible, it's prudent—and it's easy. Let's take a look at the best ways to back up and play any DVD rip on your home computer, along with how to burn a DVD rip back to a playable DVD.
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For further reading: http://lifehacker.com/371636/turn-your-pc-into-a-dvd-ripping-monster ^[4]

Tip 5 - How to copy DVDs (Movie Only) with DVD Shrink

Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago | Submitted by Knut Krause | permalink

This guide will show you how to use DVD Shrink to copy only your Main Movie from your DVDs onto a blank (single layer, 4.36GB) DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW or DVD+RW disc.

For further reading: http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/how_to_copy_dvd_movie_with_dvd_shrink.cfm ^[5]