How do you rip a portion of a DVD

[2ManyHeaders]

Hey All,

I'm trying to make a short compilation of videos of my Dad, he passed away a few years ago so I would like to put something together for my mom. I've got different DVDs from family weddings and vacations, but I only want to use the scenes he was actually in. Can anyone provide a few tips?

Do I need special software for this? I'm only going to do this once, so I don't want to spend any real money for it. I wouldn't mind trying fee version if you guys can recommend something.

[srd....]

try this site for help it's very good. (http://www.videohelp.com/)
use the search option for ripping dvd for example and you'll get a google page which is actually links back to the video help website,find the link that best suits you.

[Fleetwood Mac #1]

1.Decrypt the DVDs using a DVD Decrypter (http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd_decrypter.cfm).

2. Install a 30-day trial version of TMPGEnc DVD Author Pro (http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/download/tda16.html).

3. Open TMPGEnc, click on Source Setup.

4. Add DVD Video and add a decrypted VIDEO_TS folder. Select the title, hit Next and then OK, making sure the check mark on Reading Chapter Information is there. Click on Chapter Cut Edit to do the editing. Hit OK when you're done.

5. To add video files from more DVDs that you decrypted Add New Track on the Source Setup page and repeat #4.

5. Create Menu.

6. Hit Output, put a check on Create DVD folder if one is not there, set an output folder and finally Begin Output.

7. Burn the VIDEO_TS folder to a blank DVD.

There are probably better and easier ways to do it. So do a search on "DVD Authoring" at VideoHelp or Doom9 if this is too complicated.

[2ManyHeaders]

Thanks for info, Mac.

This is probably a lot harder than I was hoping, but I'll give it a try over the holiday.

I've also been told that Adobe Premiere is another program that can do this, too. Any thoughts on that?

[Grouchy]

Adobe Premiere is a full-featured video editor.

To use it I think your would have to extract video from the DVD, convert it to a format Premiere will read, produce the results, re-author the DVD, etc. This will use up a considerable amount of space. Also, Premiere is not free.

The only other option would be to reencode the parts you want to VCD, many DVD players will read VCD but the video is limited to about 80 minutes and the quality isn't the greatest - on par with VCR.

Fleetwood Mac #1 seems to have the best advice; simple and step by step to the point.