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This guide is considering you would like to capture samples from a DVD for editing purposes, not the entire DVD.

Be advised - Most commercial DVD's are protected by copyright laws.

Tools of the trade:

The process in general:

  • Mark parts of the DVD for ripping using DGIndex
  • Transcode to editable AVI codec with VirtualDubMod
  • Use samples in your editing program

Remark: you can skip DGIndex, but it's nice to have reference to the source DVD for future ripping. You can open VOB files directly in VirtualDubMod. In some cases you may need to download the entire DVD to the hard drive using DVDDecrypter though.

Using DGIndex to mark parts of the DVD for ripping:

  • Insert DVD into drive
  • Open DGIndex
    • File->Open
    • go to DVD drive
    • open VIDEO_TS folder
    • select all files
    • press OK
  • Use arrow keys and mouse to navigate through the DVD
    • Select beginning of sampled area with Home keyboard key
    • Select end of sampled area with End keyboard key
  • File -> Save project and demux video
    • select folder where to save your files and name the file
    • Press OK

You should have at least 2 files in the folder now name.d2v and name.m2v. The D2V file is a DGIndex file that can be reloaded to find the exact point in the DVD and the M2V file is a MPEG2 file you can load into VirtualDubMod for transcoding. There may be another file, name.ac3, which is the audio part.

Using VirtualDubMod to transcode MPEG2 in to editable AVI:

  • Open VirtualDubMod
  • Drag the M2V file into VirtualDubMod
  • If you need the audio
    • Streams -> stream list -> Add -> Select AC3 file -> OK
  • Before you save the file, now may also be a good opportunity to deinterlace and resize the video using VirtualDubMod's Video -> Filters...
    • You may also want to change from PAL to NTSC and vice versa. This means you are going to change both frame rate and frame size
      • PAL - 768x576 or 720x576 (DVD). Frame rate: 25 fps
      • NTSC - 640x480 or 720x480 (DVD). Frame rate: 29.97
  • File -> Save As... -> name.avi -> OK

At this stage you have the file in uncompressed AVI format on your hard drive ready for editing in your favorite video editor. Be advised though that uncompressed AVI takes a lot of space on your hard drive. You may want to compress the AVI using one of the many codecs you have on your system. DV-AVI is recommended for video editing purposes. If you're a VJ using a video mixing program to produce your video compotions, use a MJPEG codec with a keyframe on every frame for best performance (easy to scratch, warp and run backwards).

The only freeware MJPEG codec I'm aware of at the time of writing is MidiVidMjpeg. Check it out. http://www.midivid.com/codec/jpegcodec.html There are good commercial Motion JPEG video codecs. Look 'em up.

A remark about the process: DGIndex may also be used in conjunction with AviSynth for FrameServing directly into VirtualDubMod. I decided to disregard this option for the sake of simplicity.

Be creative with your editing.

VirtualFlavius

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