convert DVD to AVI...?

[snadge]

Hi

is there free software and guide to convert DVD's-to-AVI / XVID / MPEG4 / DIVX or best codec that a HD DivX 7 codec will playback

cheers

[Noahtuck]

Seriously....

3 years and 300 post's and you don't know where to look or how to search

Guides Section from the menu on every page of this site.
http://www.videohelp.com/guides

Tools section (same location)
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/secti...-avi-divx-xvid

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/secti...o-mp4-avc-h264

There is also this nifty search function
http://forum.videohelp.com/search.php#search

And this cool forum called,
DVD to AVI/MP4/WMV/MKV

http://forum.videohelp.com/dvd-to-av...v-mkv-f11.html

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[snadge]

thanks, I dont use this forum for converting, this question is for a friend not me - i had a quick peruse under the tools section but couldnt find anything specifically qouted as a DVD-to-AVI converter - just from a quick look so thought I would ask as someone would (like Baldrick) would probably know directly the page...

cheers

[Baldrick]

HandBrake together with DVD43. Note that DVD43 might not work with all dvds so you then have to use AnyDVD or DVDfab decrypter to rip.

[snadge]

thanks again Baldrick

[twister6]

3 years, 300's post and not a sticky in DVD to AVI forum for us noobs? I did search, and it seems that everybody refer to using DVDShrink 3.2 and AutoGordianNot 2.55. I used DVDShrink before and its great to make backup copies of DVD. But is there a step-by-step instruction how to use these programs or any other to create a simple AVI file? Do I need to extract audio and video separately? Does it has to be imported into AutoGN?!? Without a doubt, this forum is the ONE and ONLY source for any kind of video help; nothing else like this exists on the net. But at the same time, it has so much info for us noobs to get lost in it. So, I would really appreciate a simple step-by-step how to go about taking existing DVD and making AVI out of it? Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!