Saving footage from a dvd onto PC

mark_steps

A friend of mine has recorded some footage onto a dvd for me however i dont know how to save it to the pc to then use on my website. When i open the dvd up there is AUDIO_TS and VIDEO TS (what are they) Audio is empty but Video has files ending in bup, ifo and vo...any ideas?

bat999

Hi It's normal for the Audio_ts folder to be empty. The vob files are the sound and video content. The ifo files are information telling your player how to handle the vob files. The bup files are backups of the ifo files. Maybe someone else will explain how to save the footage to your pc.

Donnie

mark_steps wrote: »

A friend of mine has recorded some footage onto a dvd for me however i dont know how to save it to the pc to then use on my website. When i open the dvd up there is AUDIO_TS and VIDEO TS (what are they) Audio is empty but Video has files ending in bup, ifo and vo...any ideas?

You can use Magic DVD Ripper five times for free. It will 'rip' it into an MPEG4 file that is easily editable and uploadable.

Marty_J

You need HandBrake.

Totally free, open source, and compatible with Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

vyseyboy

Or use DVD decrypter (google it)... it's free and unlimited. Set it to IFO mode, and rip the whole DVD feature (or individual features, if there's more than one.)

The end result will be a .VOB file.

If this is too big (it can be large,) use Auto Gordian Knot (google it) to re-compress as an Xvid avi file. You can set the target video size in megabytes, allow about 100MB per 10minutes for Standard Definition video, less for less detailed videos, obviously.

VOB files and xvid .avi files can be played back by VLC media player and media player classic, both of which are very good universal video playback programmes.

Marty_J

A VOB file isn't really practical for use on a website.

Why not just rip it directly as an mp4 file?

Donnie

Stick with my suggestion. It will do what you need without complication.

If you get around to using all five free uses, you can use on of the other free suggestions.

Purple_Dragon

DVDx is also good. It will convert to divx and is freeware.

Backbiter

I can also recommend Handbrake - very easy to use.

For editing or splitting the MP4 files I've found Apple Quick Time Pro really good. You just upgrade Quick Time for £20 - they email you a code to enter.

kacetwo

Virtualdub is good (and free) and allows you to just cut a section of a video file rather than having to convert the whole disk. You may need the MPEG 2 plugin to make this work with a VOB file.