Request for tech help/recommendations

[mossgreen]

This is my first post here so I hope this is allowed - and I'm not entirely sure of your tags, so I hope I've got that bit right.

I'm relatively new to the vidding game; I have made some vids previously but I haven't done anything for a while, so I'm not a complete beginner. Having said that, I'd like a little bit of help (or program recommendations) because I'm having issues with ripping a couple of DVDs to get source material for my next project.

I currently use DVD Decrypter, but it's no longer being supported or updated and can't handle some of the newer copy protected DVDs, so I'm after recommendations for a program or other method of extracting footage from these DVDs. I'm hoping for a free or comparatively cheap program if such a thing exists.

I'm (still) running Windows 7, and will be using Videopad for my project. I have video footage in VOB format, so would like something that would be able to save to the same format if possible.

If you need any further information, please let me know.

Comments

[allheadybooks]

Wish I could help, but ripping DVDs is outside my personal experience. I do think if the source is something widely available, you might be better off torrenting high def video files and then using something like Any Video Converter to convert them into the file type/codec you need.

Best of luck!

[abby82]

I used to use DVD Decrypter back in the day as well. I’ve since switched over to HandBrake. However it doesn’t output as .vob

I’m not familiar with Videopad so I’m unsure if that would be a problem.