Rip VCD without losing any quality

[PannenkoekenNL]

I have bought Malaysian VCDs and would like to rip them in Windows 10 without losing any video quality. They contain 2 audio languages (stereo; left = one language, right = another language), when ripped I would like to be able to just open the file in VLC and be able to select the language just like any modern dual-audio release. What is the best way to do all this?

[manono]

You can probably just drag and drop as I doubt they have any copyright protection. If they do, I used to use VCDEasy to put VCDs on the hard drive. I have no idea if it works in Win8.

[hech54]

I have bought Malaysian VCDs and would like to rip them in Windows 10 without losing any video quality. They contain 2 audio languages (stereo; left = one language, right = another language), when ripped I would like to be able to just open the file in VLC and be able to select the language just like any modern dual-audio release. What is the best way to do all this?

You won't be able to "select" an audio.

[PannenkoekenNL]

I have bought Malaysian VCDs and would like to rip them in Windows 10 without losing any video quality. They contain 2 audio languages (stereo; left = one language, right = another language), when ripped I would like to be able to just open the file in VLC and be able to select the language just like any modern dual-audio release. What is the best way to do all this?

You won't be able to "select" an audio.

It's impossible to make it that way?

[PannenkoekenNL]

You can probably just drag and drop as I doubt they have any copyright protection. If they do, I used to use VCDEasy to put VCDs on the hard drive. I have no idea if it works in Win8.

How do I make a MPEG-1 file of it like .mpg or whatever is the standard for MPEG-1 so that I can put it on my phone to play in VLC without losing quality?

[manono]

That's not what you originally asked. But VCDEasy can also convert the DAT files to MPG. No reencoding, no loss of quality. Mpg2Cut2 can do that as well - take multiple DAT files as input, join them and spit out an MPG file.

[jagabo]

It's impossible to make it that way?

You can select the audio channel in VLC with Audio -> Audio Channels -> Left or Right.

And since VLC can play VCD DAT files directly all you need to do is drag/drop the DAT from your VCD drive to wherever you want to copy it.

[PannenkoekenNL]

That's not what you originally asked. But VCDEasy can also convert the DAT files to MPG. No reencoding, no loss of quality. Mpg2Cut2 can do that as well - take multiple DAT files as input, join them and spit out an MPG file.

I get the following error on a clean Windows XP 32-bit SP3 installation (W10 doesn't work at all apperently):

[hech54]

Then I'd go with mpg2Cut2 instead. Open the .dat file(s) in there then save as a straight mpeg1 file. I'd tell you how but I use MPEG-VCR.....same thing only different.
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