Opening mpg as avi, vfapi etc...

[Bigfoot (Sweden)]

I hope I'm posting this to the right forum.

When I rip a dvd I use vfapi so I can open the vob-files as an avi (after using dvd2avi to make a d2v-file). Are there any tools that makes it possible to open a mpg-file as an avi in a similar way?

[digitalman]

Read up on AviSynth. There is a forum dedicated to this. You use a plugin in AviSynth to directly read the D2V file, and do not lose quality with the color conversion VFAPI does. VFAPI only uses RGB color, while most DVDs are in YV12. AviSynth is the best way to go for what you are trying to do. VirtualDubMod is another program you could look into. It allows you to directly open MPEG or VOBs and save them as AVIs.

[Bigfoot (Sweden)]

VirtualDubMod is what I am currently using, I just thought it would be nice if I could use other programs that can't handle mpg-files.
I'm not familiar with AviSynth so I'll take a look at that.