DVD-Copy without recompressing?

[Atax]

Hi all,

how can I make a AVI or MKV file from a DVD, without recompressing the VOB's, therefor keeping the original Mpeg2-Stream, and the quality contained on the DVD 1:1 in the output-file?


I thought I may know how to do it, but it did not work: I opened VOB-files DVD Decrypter extracted bevorhand in VirtualDubMod. I chose the "null transform" -filter, and saved the file. The 171 MB VOB-files was decompressed and ended up as a 7.xx GB file - this is not what I had in mind! The output file of course can not be larger than the VOB-file it was made of.

Any ideas?

[setarip_old]

Hi!

Why would you bother trying to put unaltered MPEG-2 streams extracted from .VOBs into anything other than an MPEG-2 file?

Just rip the DVD as ONE .VOB, load the .VOB into "MPEG2CUT2.EXE" (NOT the older "MPEG2CUT.EXE") and save the video and one audiostream (no demultiplexing necessary) as an MPEG-2 file...

[linyx]

AVI is a no-go, it wont support that format. However, MKV will work just fine. Use PGC Demux to demux Video, Audio, Subtitles, & Chapters; then run those through mkvmerge. Works flawlessly.