Converting DVD files to AVI files

baby_frogmella

Hi
I've just bought a DVD from Amazon (not copyright protected) and copied it to my desktop PC. The DVD consists of 7 episodes and i want to have a single AVI file for each episode to store on my USB drive for personal use. If i rename any .VOB file to .AVI then this seems to do the trick. The problem is that each episode appears to be split into 2 or 3 VOB files eg

VTS_02_01.VOB
VTS_02_02.VOB

Any way to combine files such as above into 1 AVI file? In the above example, the episode length is 24 mins yet 01.VOB is 21 mins and 02.VOB is 3 mins...don't know why its randomly split.

Thanks

mj12_2

you can use a program like VLC or virtualdub (both free) to join the files together.

stilltheone

Magic DVD Ripper You can do it with their free trial.

baby_frogmella

Ok thanks guys. managed to do it in the end by using Handbrake.