dvd transfer

skylight1987

question I have the entire box set of Frasier on dvd. my dvd player broke and I don't want to by a new one. laptop dvd also broken .id love to get all the episode onto a usb or something so I could watch them on my smart phone . is this possible and where can I get it done and does it cost a lot?
thanks

JDxtra

The whole lot is available to stream for free on All 4.

Paying someone to transfer it from DVDs would cost a lot as it would be very time consuming.

scamalert

ever heard of torrents ?

could probably downloaded while you typed that.

skylight1987

JDxtra wrote: »

The whole lot is available to stream for free on All 4.

Paying someone to transfer it from DVDs would cost a lot as it would be very time consuming.

so I download the channel 4 player to my phone ? can you do that from Ireland ?

orourkeda1977

Is "frasier" code for "fart porn"

CalamariFritti

Handbrake is what you need. Can't remember if you have to replace a DLL in order to circumvent the copy protection or if Handbrake has it built in. I think you need to replace it but if you google handbrake dvd copy protection you will find plenty of guides. Its not a problem really.
Tons of others available but Handbrake does it just fine.

As others have mentioned its a lengthy process though. I did it once with Scrubs and it took me all day going back and force to the laptop, change disks, identify the correct files with the episodes, name the files, restart the process. Hour of it. Its a bit of a pain. Download may be quicker but it could also be a problem to find a decently ripped version.

Frasier is brilliant and nice to have on the player as its easy to go back to a few episodes and start laughing all over again. Good luck

pleas advice

...but I don't know what to do with these tossed salads and scrambled eggs,

JDxtra

skylight1987 wrote: »

so I download the channel 4 player to my phone ? can you do that from Ireland ?

Yes, All 4 is available in Ireland.

JDxtra

Fraiser complete boxset is 44 DVDs. It would just be so tedious ripping and converting that manually.

New Home

Lidl from time to time sell digitalisers (I remember seeing them for cassette tapes and for videotapes). Alternatively, could someone lend you a DVD player, even an external one for laptops?

JDxtra

New Home wrote: »

Lidl from time to time sell digitalisers (I remember seeing them for cassette tapes and for videotapes). Alternatively, could someone lend you a DVD player, even an external one for laptops?

Bad idea. That would be even more time consuming as you would have to play it in real time - it would take over 96 hours in playing time alone. Plus all the messing around with lining up the recordings.

New Home

You could binge watch it while it's transferring, killing two birds with one stone. :P

AllForIt

You could buy a new dvd player for eff all. http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8544001/Trail/searchtext>DVD+PLAYER.htm

Not that hard to replace a dvd drive in a laptop either.

DVDfab is good for converting. Frankly not worth the trouble, it's rather time consuming.

New Home

You can get DVD players for less than €20 on Adverts, but the Op said s/he didn't want to replace it. Having said that, if it works, in his/her shoes I'd buy the one that's going for a fiver (or the free to take away one), sort out my DVDs, and then hand it in to a charity shop, if I really didn't want to keep it.

skylight1987

so I downloaded the channel 4 app and Frasier isn't on it....typical.... I might investigate torrent .thanks for all the advise folks

JDxtra

skylight1987 wrote: »

so I downloaded the channel 4 app and Frasier isn't on it....typical.... I might investigate torrent .thanks for all the advise folks

Oh, shame - it's on All 4 on the desktop version. Must be just not available on mobile.