Rip and restore original mpeg2 file?

[lattedfw]

I am converting old home videos to DVD-R. I have no problem capturing, converting and burning them, but I'm worried that in 20 years or so I'll need to convert them again to some new format. I would want to convert from the MPEG2 which is contained in the VOB files.

I know how to rip DVDs and downconvert them to MPEG1 or even MPEG2, but going from ripped DVD (MPEG2) to MPEG2 is re-converting the MPEG2, causing a generational loss in quality.

Is there a utility to let you rip a DVD and reproduce the original MPEG2 (even just the video, without audio)? In other words, rip and the result is an MPEG2 file or something close enough to demux through TMPGEnc (sort of a direct-stream-copy).

I've searched but nothing jumped out at me.

Thanks,
LatteDFW

[unclescoob]

These people never answered your question and it's been 10 years

[unclescoob]

You do realize that you received a response 10 years later?

[unclescoob]

Dude, that's a whole decade. Are you still interested in knowing the answer?