Combining VOB & AC3 to DV AVI Files for Editing in Premiere Pro CS4

[foochuck]

Hello,

I've ripped several DVDs to my hard drive that I want to edit in Premiere Pro. I've been using a method of creating AVS files and importing the files into Premiere, however I have almost 86 AVS files and I keep running into memory problems.

Is there a way that I can convert the VOB (or AVS) files to DV AVI for editing in Premiere Pro?

I'd also prefer to combine the VOB & AC3 files into a single DV AVI if possible, just to keep syncing issues to a minimum.

Is there a method for this conversion that will prevent quality loss? My final format will be h.264 files that will be uploaded to YouTube. The original DVDs are just standard Widescreen 480i files.

[ehunter]

I use Avidemux which concatenate all VOBs into one file. It does it non-destructively and with good results.

[loster]

virtualdubmod should be able to do this if you have a DV codec installed