Help with transfering DVD to Youtube

[Sesame]

ok i'm pulling my hair out now.

Ive been trying to get off a dvd a film taken of my mates band as he wants it cut up and put on youtube in sections and im pulling my hair out. Ive tried all the freebie dvd rippers etc I can find non of them did what I wanted. I finally found one that does WinX DVD ripper and im thinking of buying it so I can solve this little problem. it works transfers it across but only does the first 5 mins of the video cos its locked.

then editing are there any freebie ones better than the window live movie maker, remember im doing this as a favour, but it turning into a real pita.

any help advice recommendations gratefully accepted.

[Planehazza]

Are you wanting actual editing software or just the ability to rip the main feature of the DVD to a video file?

[Sesame]

both really, i'm stuck getting the video off in one lump. as its been done as a proper video with Video_ts and audio_ts.

I can use windows film maker but its a pain, its really getting a file that will work with it is my problem.

[Planehazza]

Yeah you can use VLC to pull an avi from the DVD. Free, and relatively easy.

Some rough instructions:

1) In VLC, go to Media > Convert / Save
2) Choose the Disc tab, select DVD and check No DVD Menus
3) Click Convert / Save
4) choose the destination and choose one of the video outputs

The problem is that this will compress it and you will compress again when you finish the editing in another program.

Could you try WinAVI to get a raw, uncompressed AVI?

[Sesame]

I must be doing something wrong as when using VLC I get a large file that wont load into anything and run.

ive used VLC for a long time to look at films etc but im new to this converting lark.

[Jimbo]

I use a program called handbrake, it rips the dvd to mp4, avi or ogg vorbis to name a few, it also allows you to rip specific chapters, or a whole dvd into seperate files for each chapter, or as one whole lump. and it's free!

[Planehazza]

[QUOTE=Jimbo;829286]I use a program called handbrake, it rips the dvd to mp4, avi or ogg vorbis to name a few, it also allows you to rip specific chapters, or a whole dvd into seperate files for each chapter, or as one whole lump. and it's free![/QUOTE]

Yup, next step was to recommend this or videora.