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# Can't help you there I'm afraid...
...but how about a THREAD JACK JACK:

What's a good piece of software for ripping stuff from DVD and saving to .avi or .mpg format (or similar)?

It's for some old footage of my band, I'm no pirate =)
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Tue 9 Oct 2007, 10:54, archived)
# adobe premiere pro
but since you probably don't have it, and you're no pirate... erm... I'm not sure.
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Tue 9 Oct 2007, 11:03, archived)
# Thanks kindly!
=)
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Tue 9 Oct 2007, 11:19, archived)
# VLC
From here will do the job without too much difficulty (click "wizard" on the file menu).

Feeling helpful today.
(I helped save b3ta! Legionary - My god, Brian, there's a message in my alphabets, Tue 9 Oct 2007, 11:10, archived)
# ooh
i didnt know VLC could do that. nice.
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Tue 9 Oct 2007, 11:13, archived)
# *bookmarks for later*
And I thank you kindly also!

(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Tue 9 Oct 2007, 11:20, archived)
# open your DVD
and take the .VOB files ( usually a couple or 3 large ones and a smaller one or tw depending on your menu structure ) and paste them into a folder

change the extension from vob to .mpg and there you go. extracted. You can then use software to join the files together and further software to re-encode it from a ridiculous 4-9gb to something smaller.

The point of the post? DVD video files are already Mpeg layer 2 so copy them, rename extension and then convert to divx if you want a CD size avi.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Tue 9 Oct 2007, 12:06, archived)