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Posted by flaspots on 10/05/03 11:57
I've gone through a half dozen rippers, what's one more?
Thanks for the tip.
DVD Workshop wrote:
> Hi,
>
> WMM will open an mpeg2 file, but won't open a vob file (which is
> different). Your camcorder saves to the DVD blank media using mpeg2.
>
> Sounds like you've created a DVD video to watch on the TV, which is
> .vob.
>
> It would be nice if you could just put the DVD in your computer, open
> the video files on the DVD, and import them into a video editing
> program.
>
> But it doesn't work that way.
>
> DVD video is in a special .vob format, with the video not in just one,
> but many .vob files on the disk. And not any video editing programs can
> open, compile, and convert .vob files (Except Sony Vegas 6c).
>
> This means that before you can use the video from a DVD, you must
> convert it from the .vob format to a standard video format (such as
> .avi or mpeg).
>
> To do this, you must use a DVD 'ripping' program - specialized software
> that can find and convert .vob files from a DVD into common video
> formats.
>
> After testing a few of the widely available DVD ripping programs
> recently for an article I'm writing, I chose to use Flash DVD Ripper -
> a shareware program that you can try free with limitations or buy the
> full version for $35. (There are many others that work just as well -
> it just happens that this was the first one I tested that really
> worked.)
>
> Find it at http://www.flashdvdripper.com
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Pete
> www.trade-secrets.org/dvdworkshop
>
> p.s. I would advise you sell your camcorder and get a MiniDV camcorder
> instead.
>
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