Virtual Drive Use a virtual drive for DVD-Copy/Ripper bundle

[grayghost2]

My first operational question
Having just purchased Copy/Ripper bundle

Can I use DVD Copy and DVD Ripper in a virtual environment. ?
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I have never used (nor do I "have") VMWare Player or Virtual Box.
I have read on Wikipedia and have googled VMWare Player.
Have just found ... but no info page.

My ignorance is a challenge, even for me.

If a virtual environment is possible how would I use it for DVD-Copy + DVD-Ripper. Any tutorials would be appreciated.
Would I still have to "install" a virtual OS in the virtual partition to use DVDFab products?

Any preferences for a virtual drive ? ... shareware would be ...
What about DVDFab Virtual Drive ?
Am I stretching the friendship here ? Or should I be on a more appropriate forum?
Way in over my head at the moment.

Would appreciate any guidance, thank you

[signals]

grayghost2

DVDFab Copy and Ripper require unfettered access to your PC resources to work properly. In some cases they may work in a virtual environment and many Mac users used this trick before there was a Mac version of DVDFab. It is not recommended however and while some functions may work correctly, others may not.

DVDFab Virtual Drive (free) can be used to mount disc images for processing or playback with software that can't use an ISO file as a source (not needed for DVDFab or DVDFab Media Player).

[grayghost2]

Thanks Signals
I am still learning.

We have not installed our paid Ripper and Copy yet. DVDFab rig is not internet connected yet, We are waiting for cabler to come to install some LAN points in the house. WiFi is very patchy due to interference.

Some newer MPEG files (not DVDFab converted) do not always play audio. Hoping DVDFab Copy and Ripper will resolve that problem when I process our DVD again.

[signals]

I hope so as well. You can check almost any video file with the (free) MediaInfo program to see what parameters were used to create it and insure that it meets the requirements of your playback hardware/software. Here is a link to the website , you can also find it on videohelp.com or sourceforge.net

[grayghost2]

I have spent about 2 hours investigating developer is very open/honest about his financial survival.
After all list is also very impressive include BBC Broadcasting, Danish Broadcasting Corp.

Just be vigilant when installing MediaInfo to disable any "extra-offerings"

I have also downloaded which provides easy access to MediaInfo in Windows Explorer (I assume context menu). I have yet to test MediaTab.