Converting DVD to AVI at DVinfo.net

Matthew Weitz · June 1st, 2005, 09:35 AM

I came back from a vacation where you do this activity and the company videotapes it for you. So I've got a DVD with my family and a bunch of people I don't know on it. I want to take the DVD, convert it to AVI (best quality possible), and re-edit it so it's just my family. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what kind of program I should use? Thanks.

Christopher Lefchik · June 1st, 2005, 01:18 PM

First rip the DVD to your hard drive with DVD Decrypter. Then convert it to an avi with DGMPGDec.

Matthew Weitz · June 1st, 2005, 02:15 PM

Does DVD2AVI encodes it with DivX or can it make a raw AVI or Microsoft DV AVI?

Christopher Lefchik · June 1st, 2005, 05:24 PM

I just learned that the original DVD2AVI had unfixed bugs. You should now use DGMPGDec, which is DVD2AVI with a bunch of bug fixes. I've updated my first post to reflect this.

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Does DVD2AVI encodes it with DivX or can it make a raw AVI or Microsoft DV AVI?

I honestly don't know. You'll just have to try it. You won't lose anything if it doesn't, as the program is completely free.

Dan Euritt · June 2nd, 2005, 05:25 PM

rip the mpeg's off of the dvd, but use the womble mpeg editor to cut out the stuff you don't want... that way you won't lose any video quality, because you won't be converting/re-encoding the mpeg's to another format.

Matthew Weitz · June 17th, 2005, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Christopher Lefchik

First rip the DVD to your hard drive with DVD Decrypter. Then convert it to an avi with DGMPGDec.

Jeez whiz. Are there instructions on how to use DGMPGDec? There doesn't seem to be any in the program itself, nor on the website.

Giroud Francois · June 18th, 2005, 01:04 AM

you do not need to decrypt anything, since i doubt that a personal DVD comes with any kind of protection.
the best converter on the market is max DVD to avi.
http://www.dvd-converter.com/

Dan Euritt · June 18th, 2005, 09:32 AM

the womble editor will edit the vob's directly, no need to "convert" anything... just copy the entire dvd right over to your hard drive.

Christopher Lefchik · June 18th, 2005, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Matthew Weitz

Are there instructions on how to use DGMPGDec? There doesn't seem to be any in the program itself, nor on the website.

A zip file that has an older version contains a Quick Start guide. You can download it at http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-14565.html.

I also found this guide, "How to frameserve DVD/MPEG2/HDTV to an advanced video editor", that shows how to edit the DVD contents in Premiere (or another editor) without actually converting the DVD to an avi.

Jeff Geissler · June 24th, 2005, 05:59 AM

i was just about to ask the same question here... but you beat me to it ;)
thanks!

I'll try the dgmpgdec -- hope it doesnt cause too much problem.

I was given footage for a DVD I'm creating, and need to include it in my multi-cam edit... So I'll have to figure out how to get the file to import into FCP

June 1st, 2005, 09:35 AM	#1
Matthew Weitz Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 42	Converting DVD to AVI I came back from a vacation where you do this activity and the company videotapes it for you. So I've got a DVD with my family and a bunch of people I don't know on it. I want to take the DVD, convert it to AVI (best quality possible), and re-edit it so it's just my family. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what kind of program I should use? Thanks.

June 1st, 2005, 01:18 PM	#2
Christopher Lefchik Trustee Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: US Posts: 1,152	First rip the DVD to your hard drive with DVD Decrypter. Then convert it to an avi with DGMPGDec. Last edited by Christopher Lefchik; June 1st, 2005 at 05:24 PM.

June 24th, 2005, 05:59 AM	#10
Jeff Geissler Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Baltimore, MD USA Posts: 55	i was just about to ask the same question here... but you beat me to it ;) thanks! I'll try the dgmpgdec -- hope it doesnt cause too much problem. I was given footage for a DVD I'm creating, and need to include it in my multi-cam edit... So I'll have to figure out how to get the file to import into FCP __________________ www.j-geissler.com Baltimore, MD 21085

June 1st, 2005, 02:15 PM	#3
Matthew Weitz Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 42	Does DVD2AVI encodes it with DivX or can it make a raw AVI or Microsoft DV AVI?

June 2nd, 2005, 05:25 PM	#5
Dan Euritt Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Carlsbad CA Posts: 1,132	rip the mpeg's off of the dvd, but use the womble mpeg editor to cut out the stuff you don't want... that way you won't lose any video quality, because you won't be converting/re-encoding the mpeg's to another format.

June 18th, 2005, 01:04 AM	#7
Giroud Francois Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: switzerland Posts: 2,133	you do not need to decrypt anything, since i doubt that a personal DVD comes with any kind of protection. the best converter on the market is max DVD to avi. http://www.dvd-converter.com/

June 18th, 2005, 09:32 AM	#8
Dan Euritt Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Carlsbad CA Posts: 1,132	the womble editor will edit the vob's directly, no need to "convert" anything... just copy the entire dvd right over to your hard drive.