DVD disk to video file on computer?

Jazzophone · 08-27-2007, 05:52 PM

I have a DVD disk that my friend made for me of a performance I had - I want it saved on my computer as a video file. How can I do it?

PC eye · 08-27-2007, 08:21 PM

First of all how about a Welcome to the Computer Forum! Official Welcome Thread and the reminder given to new members to review the Forum Rules

One easy method of capturing any home made video burned to disk into a video file is to have a video capture card installed on the system. When going to view the video there on an external dvd player you would simply patch the player to the capture device and start recording when the disk was played. You would be capturing live from the playback there. The length of the video will determine the size of the file. Make sure you have plenty of drive space availble since videos can run into the gigabytes there fast.

Jazzophone · 08-27-2007, 08:24 PM

Is there a way I can copy the dvd to my computer and convert it to something I can watch and edit? I would prefer to do it that way if possible.

Jon · 08-27-2007, 08:39 PM

im sure you could just save the dvd to your computer with a program like dvd shrink or dvd decryptor? and then use a .avi converter to convert the .VOB files into an .avi file.

Jazzophone · 08-27-2007, 08:52 PM

Thanks

PC eye · 08-27-2007, 08:53 PM

Anything that will simply copy files from the disk will be in the various segments and need reassembly by a player there. That goes into mounting a virtual drive that way. By direct capture you create an mpeg II file playable with most types including Windows Media Player 10 and 11. Superdvd player, PowerDVD(far better retail), and others.

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Jazzophone New Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6	DVD disk to video file on computer? I have a DVD disk that my friend made for me of a performance I had - I want it saved on my computer as a video file. How can I do it?

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PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,699	First of all how about a Welcome to the Computer Forum! Official Welcome Thread and the reminder given to new members to review the Forum Rules One easy method of capturing any home made video burned to disk into a video file is to have a video capture card installed on the system. When going to view the video there on an external dvd player you would simply patch the player to the capture device and start recording when the disk was played. You would be capturing live from the playback there. The length of the video will determine the size of the file. Make sure you have plenty of drive space availble since videos can run into the gigabytes there fast. __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

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Jon Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dorset, England Age: 18 Posts: 225	im sure you could just save the dvd to your computer with a program like dvd shrink or dvd decryptor? and then use a .avi converter to convert the .VOB files into an .avi file. __________________ Acer Aspire 5101AWLMi laptop AMD Turion 64 MK36 - 2.0 Ghz 1 gig DDR2 RAM 60Gb HDD ATI RADEON Xpress 1100 chipset set at 128mb 15.4 widescreen crystalbrite TFT LCD

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PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,699	Anything that will simply copy files from the disk will be in the various segments and need reassembly by a player there. That goes into mounting a virtual drive that way. By direct capture you create an mpeg II file playable with most types including Windows Media Player 10 and 11. Superdvd player, PowerDVD(far better retail), and others. __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

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Jazzophone New Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6	Is there a way I can copy the dvd to my computer and convert it to something I can watch and edit? I would prefer to do it that way if possible.

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Jazzophone New Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6	Thanks

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