DVD to WMV conversion, but .avi? Confused.

[andanin]

I'm terribly sorry if this has been posted anywhere, but I've done a few searches over the last few days, and haven't been able to find anything that helped solve the problem, though it did give me a basic idea. If you know of a thread, please, just point me in that direction.

I'm somewhat confused by converting a DVD file into a WMV file. The three relevant programs I have at the moment are DVD Decrypter (Version 3.5.4), DVD Shrink (Version 3.2), and Windows Media Encoder 9. Previously, I've only been doing straight forward copying, with no conversions. After reading a fair few threads about conversions, I went and downloaded WME9 to assist the process.

However, the problem arises when I try to do the conversion in WME9. It asks for an .avi file or similar, but the rip from Decrypter does not produce a file of this type, and it will not accept the files that the program does produce.

Am I missing something rather simple? As previously stated, I’m very new to anything more advanced than a straight-forward copy, so any nudge in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

[[P]ako]

I will suggest you to read the DVD to AVI conversion guides at the front page of this very site. The first steps are scential, when you get to the part of the codec just pick WMV9 from the drop-out list and configure it. The resulting file will be a WMV9 video inside an AVI container.

Also, FFDShow comes with an AVS (avisynth script) to AVI "conversion" utility. Which is nothing but a way to make an AVS "look" like an AVI to any application that uses WFV (for example WME9). This application comes in handy when you know some avisynth scripting as to how load VOB files with it.

[andanin]

Thank you so much.
I rather feel the need to kick myself now for not thinking of that.