How to convert a movie clip to avi

[4thDoctorWhoFan]

My end goal is to make a animated gif from a clip from a protected dvd movie.
Here is my question:

What's the best way to select just a 10 or 20 second clip from a protected dvd and convert it to a avi file? Once I have the avi file, I think I can manage to make it into a animated gif.

I am a noob so please be kind. I have no idea what software I should use to accomplish this task. Most discussions do not say what software is capable of selecting little clips from a dvd and converting it to a avi file.

Thanks

[Baldrick]

with fairuse wizard (full version) can you cut out what you want and save as avi (divx,xvid).

you could also dvd shrink in reauthoring mode, see https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?guideid=502&howtoselect=3;6#502 , to cut out the clip in a vob file that you later can convert to avi with autogk,virtualdub, etc

[4thDoctorWhoFan]

with fairuse wizard (full version) can you cut out what you want and save as avi (divx,xvid).

you could also dvd shrink in reauthoring mode, see https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?guideid=502&howtoselect=3;6#502 , to cut out the clip in a vob file that you later can convert to avi with autogk,virtualdub, etc

Thanks, I will definitely give fairuse a try.
Do you have any suggestions for software to convert the avi file to a animated gif?

[Baldrick]

one topic is enough, continue in https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=1645548#1645548