We just bought the new P90X3 DVD’s and so far they are very solid. Like I’ve done with the past P90’s I wanted to burn these to ISO files for safe keeping, and also its just much easier to mount them virtually on any computer in my house and run them without the disks. These CD’s had a little bit different encryption on them, so just wanted to post a note about converting them to ISO files.
First, what programs will not work to convert them:
PowerISO
CloneDVD
Handbrake
Program that did work:
WinX DVD Ripper Platinum: (http://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-ripper-platinum/)
Notes about saving:
1.) You can save the image files without all of the intro content, so that it will auto start right at the beginning of each workout. To do this you just have to open up the CD’s, watch all the way through till where you select the workout, and take note of the track title. (Most of the CD’s start on track title 4 or 5). When you are looking in Winx DVD you can also take note of the time, since the workouts are all exactly 30 mins you can find the titles that are close to 30 mins and get a good idea of the content.
You can save the files in whatever format you want, but I chose to convert them to MP4 files so that they are smaller and I can play them without having to mount them as Disk Images. In terms of a “backup” this is not really a full backup, however in terms of ease of daily use having the MP4 file is a lot easier/more useful than having the full .iso backup.
–update–
When choosing the titles to copy, look for the titles with 40:06 listed as their time. There will be 2 on each DVD, those are just the workouts without the filler ads or any other content