DVD Ripping????

[mocat5]

I know this will sound dumb but I am trying this out for the first time and just need some help on how to do this. I know there are people out there that do this all the time and it is probably very easy.

What I want to do is back up some of my DVD's. I downloaded and installed EasyDiVx 0.82 and tried to rip the DVD to AVI. The process is slow and also very space consuming. When it was done the file was there and it played very well.
However, there was no sound. What did I do wrong? Did I forget to rip the sound? I went again and tried it again and checked all the settings but do I have to make it 2 cd'd and not one for this to work?
Do I need to download some other program? What do you people out there use that will make the quality stay pretty good and work almost the same? I am not too worried about the amount of cd's it uses to make the entire movie.

If someone can help please either post or email me.

Thanks

[NascarFool]

Take a look over at http://www.vcdhelp.com

[Busby]

DVD Ripping is space consuming for like a period of 5-20+ hours

SmartRipper pulls the VOBs off the DVD disc (can take 4-5GB of space for VOB files, these are the uncompressed MPEG and, sometimes, AC3 audio)
FlaskMPEG encodes the movie from the VOBs to a DiVX AVI file and uses any type of audio choice you have a codec for.

MP3 is one of the best compressable codecs to use for audio on DVD Rips. DiVX is one of the best, if not the best, codec to use.

http://www.vcdhelp.com is by far the best site for guides. I've used their guides before and they work. I personally don't like the programs they recommended. FlaskMPEG and SmartRipper are programs that are easy to learn. FlaskMPEG is not as powerful and customizable as say Nandub but it works just as good in most cases.