Easiest way: DVD->mpeg2 (cut)

[0001001]

Hi,
I've tried various tools but never found an easy way to do this:
I'd like to rip some scenes from a dvd to mpeg. I don't need the whole dvd just some scenes. I've got some dvds where I'd like to rip scenes so I'm looking for an easy way to do this.
Can anyone help me out?

A ripping tool, where you could set the scenes you want and then just rip it to mpg would be great. An avi file would also work.

[Baldrick]

fairuse wizard for avi divx/xvid, select start and stop and convert, you need the full version.

dvd shrink in reauthor mode to cut exactly what you want, output to a video_ts folder and then use vob2mpeg to get a mpeg2...or just use the vob directly, it may work fine in many tools.

or open the dvd vobs directly with videoredo and edit and output as a mpg.

or tmpgenc dvd author and edit and reauthor directly from a dvd.

if it is a commercial disc you can use anydvd in the background to remove the encryption.

[0001001]

thx
I just found out about a tool called aoa dvd ripper which does basically everything I want

[Baldrick]

it probably reencodes to mpeg2...lose quality..but it maybe doesn't matter...if you just are going to cut is videoredo enough.

[yoda313]

mpeg2cut2 is also a great chopping tool.

[rad1701]

I've had good luck with the Fairuse tool. The video comes out great looking too.

[oldbuck]

I have a simliar question - I have a DVD a friend authored some time ago consisting of home shot footage. He has provided me some new footage to add to the DVD, but much of the material needs to come from the original DVD which he no longer has the source for, So I need to extract the bits I need from the DVD.

How do I extract the mpeg2 streams from his dvd, put them into my NLE (Sony Vegas), shuffle things around, then export back to my DVD authoring program (Sony DVDA) without losing quality?

I tried AutoGK (creates avi's) and Cinematize (appears to transcode? to quicktime - quality seems to suffer)

should I use vob2mpeg? videoredo?

thanks!
-dave

[oldbuck]

nm - answered my own question I think - tried videoredoplus and it seems to work flawlessly.

thanks,
-dave