Any way to capture clips off of DVD using DVD-ROM drive?

[BlizZ]

Was wondering if it was possible or if there was any software available that would let me capture clips off of DVD's using only my PC's DVD-ROM drive. Or is the only solution to hook up a DVD player to a capture card?

Thanks.

[macleod]

Can you give a little more detail? I must be really misinterpretting your question. As far as pulling the dvd informaton to your computer, that is simple using a NUMBER of tools.

use dvdshrink to rip down the clip of a dvd you own and then use a conversion tool like TMPGENC or CCE to convert to mpeg.

[BlizZ]

Sorry, reading it over, my question does seem a bit unclear...

What I want to know is if it is possible to capture clips off of a DVD directly to MPEG/AVI format "on the fly." Instead of either hooking up a DVD player to a capture card or ripping the DVD and converting it to MPEG, I just want to get PARTS of a DVD video (a minute or two at a time) directly to MPEG, avoiding the process of capturing it with a capture card OR ripping the WHOLE dvd...

Thanks alot.

[noki]

BlizZ
DVD Shrink to capture (cut) any part of movie you want. resultant files are in vob format. many utilities (some free) to convert to mpeg/avi. no on the fly method i know of, though.

[macleod]

for the mpeg part, I believe you can use a ripper (recommend dvd shrink) to rip the parts you want. When you have the vob file on your hard drive, just change the extension to mpg or use a tool like iso buster to do the conversion. It will be dvd compliant (fps, resolution, etc.).

For avi conversions, you could use powervcrII or something like that.

[Bright Knight]

I've thought about doing this too and it's possible with DVD2SVCD if you're willing to do some editing. In that program you can choose to rip a certain chapter of a movie and only that chapter that might have your favorite scene. You can then take that mpeg chapter and edit it with some authoring program. I use WinDVD creator and it lets me output to a file I can burn to a disc.

Hope it helps,

Bright Knight