A very simple request...

jdrake90 · Mar 11, 2006

I want to take a family video (that I have burned onto a DVD) and convert it back into an MPEG file to edit with a video editing software. Every program I have found just takes the VIDEO_TS files on the DVD and converts them to IFO files or something... and I need mpeg.

I'm sorry if i'm the 30 million'th person to ask this... but a simple freeware recomendation would be appreciated... or a guide to ripping DVD's to mpeg (or AVI for that matter).

Thanks,

Jdrake90

cornbread · Mar 11, 2006

This site has a lot of nice guides, maybe you'll find something here.

http://www.videohelp.com/

Radical · Mar 11, 2006

This might help

http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/articles/dvdtodivx.html

habbajabba · Mar 11, 2006

free dvd to avi prog. haven't used it
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/DVD2AVI_Ripper/1141656474/1

itshondo · Mar 12, 2006

Have you tried Windows Movie Maker? Although a relatively simple program, it will import most files and after editing, allow you to save them in the format of your choice.

jdrake90 · Mar 12, 2006

Thanks for the info guys!

JDrake90

H2 · Apr 6, 2006

DVD Ripping to AVI or Mpeg

jdrake90

I want to take a family video (that I have burned onto a DVD) and convert it back into an MPEG file to edit with a video editing software. Every program I have found just takes the VIDEO_TS files on the DVD and converts them to IFO files or something... and I need mpeg.

Hey jdrake90,

What program did you settle with? I need to do the exact same thing with about 14 DVDs.
I figure by now you should be a pro at it.

jdrake90 · Apr 6, 2006

I can't remember off of the top of my head... which program ended up working. Just do a google search for DVD to AVI... or DVD to IPOD and you will eventually find it. Most freebies take a copy protected DVD and turn it into a VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folder... which doesn't give you a video file.

The program that ended up working however... wasn't the best quality, but then... I was using a home video...

OH... here are two possibilies (I have these installed, but I'm not sure which one worked)

DVD2AVI ripper

-and-

DVD Decrypter

Hope that helps.

Jdrake90

sno.lcn · Apr 6, 2006

I've also had good results with No.1 DVD-Ripper or something like that. It will let you rip to several formats I think and you can have it rip each chapter or whatever to a different file for if you're ripping a whole season of South Park or something.

habbajabba · Apr 13, 2006

VirtualDubMpeg2 will open vob's or mpg's & save them as avi's
http://fcchandler.home.comcast.net/stable/
you only need choose compression. xvid works well. It does not handle ac3 audio

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