DVD ripping

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[b]The Real Wizard wrote: [/b] [QUOTE] [b]Chief Mouse wrote:[/b]

Many softwares should be able to convert it to AVI, I'd use VirtualDub though.[/QUOTE]

VirtualDub doesn't recognize .vob files. But I did manage to create the long .vob file for the complete disc, so I've made some progress.

What's another program I can use to convert to .avi ?[/QUOTE]

It actually does, otherwise I wouldn't have mentioned it. Download my attachment and put these couple of files in VirtualDub plugins folder. This will basically make it recognise MPEG2 files.

It is located somewhere around here - C:\Program Files (x86)\VirtualDub 1.9.11\plugins

Thanks for that !

The program works now, but we have a new problem. The size of the .avi is crazy big - we're talking 100 gb for a 1 hour video. It took over an hour to convert the video, and even longer to import it into Premiere - and my system lags when trying to work with it.

I can't find a setting to decrease the quality setting in VirtualDub. If the DVD itself is only 2 gb or so, then surely getting the .avi to the same size won't lose any quality.

Or can you recommend another program?

What a pain this is.

Just go to Compression settings and choose whichever encoder you want. Some people use xvid (you'll have to download it first though).

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]


What a pain this is.

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I hope it`s some good stuff you`re working on :)

[QUOTE] [b]Chief Mouse wrote:[/b]

Just go to Compression settings and choose whichever encoder you want. Some people use xvid (you'll have to download it first though).[/QUOTE]

They're still crazy large file sizes, except for one that's somewhat reasonable - a one hour file will be 8 gb. The down side - it will take almost literally a day for the two hours of footage to convert, which seems a bit unreal since I have a blazing fast top of the line computer that's less than a year old.

There are four other compression settings, but the resulting file sizes are literally 10x larger. But - they won't open in Adobe Premiere. Only the uncompressed 100gb file will work.

So I guess that's my best option.

Thanks for the help !

Any other suggestions are welcome.

What videocard do you have?

What videocard do you have?

I checked Device Manager and couldn't find the info.

It's all good - I've got this one figured out.

Thanks everyone !