need help with a DVD

[hugetanker]

ok, when i was in iraq my buddy made me a DVD from a ton of pictures and video clips that my platoon had taken while we were there. I want to get those pics and videos off of the DVD and was wondering how to do it. Please help



Thanks,
The noob

 

[Yasu]

Just stick into your DVD drive, open it up and drag out the pictures/clips you want onto your desktop or desired location.

 

[hugetanker]

i already tried that, i cant get to the individual picture and video files. they are all put into slide shows. so its just plays through like a movie.

 

[Nini]

Look throught the files of the DVD, dont play it

 

[hugetanker]

i also have tried that, they are vob, ifo and bup files. it wont let me explore them.

 

[Hanamichi]

May be you have to rip it first in the jpeg format.

 

[tlarkin]

vob files are DVD player format files. you can rip the dvd to divx, or mpeg if you wanted to, or just make an ISO of the dvd with nero and mount it via alcohal 120 on your computer (or daemon tools).

If you can find a copy of dvdshrink it is a great tool to have. It got taken down because it was being used for piracy too much, I still have a copy of it somewhere and I think a few mirrors are still up for download on the net. You can rip the files right from the dvd to your HD then convert them to whatever.

Also, a good media player like VLC will play .vob files natively so you could just copy the files over and use it to play it.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

 

[hugetanker]

sweet thanks guys im gonna try that tonight.

 

[hugetanker]

Okay, i got it ripped to my HD as an iso file. Now how do i convert it to the individual picture files that were originally put on it?

 

[tlarkin]

ISO is just a disc image of the DVD. You can use a converter like this

http://labs.divx.com/DrDivX

 

[hugetanker]

Okay I got the DrDivx and its sayin that the file is not decodeable. (Unknown file format). What can I do to change that?




Man im a noobie.

 

[tlarkin]

Use this to copy the file to your HD then try encoding it

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd_shrink.cfm

 

[hugetanker]

I got that, but now its sayin that it is not decodeable...something like format not supported.....this thing is kickin my butt and i really want those pics.

 

[tlarkin]

ah, weren't those photos in a different format other than .vob? It is in an unsupported format. I don't know much about slide show pics so I may not be able to help you.

The video though is in .vob format and those apps listed should be able to convert the video for you.

 

[Archangel]

try Isobuster.. its like a Winrar or winzip, but then for .iso files

(maybe that works)