DVDs on computers

[potterfan3]

How do I save clips from DVDs as MPEG/MPG/WMA?mp4 etc onto your PC

Another question I asked a while ago but didn't get an answer was when you take a DVD screenshot the picture moves with the DVD and when you take it out it goes black, how do I stop this?

I use win XP, power DVD, and win media player 10

[stevie21]

You can use various programs to convert from DVD to mpeg. Search google for keywords such as "dvd convert mpeg".

For capturing images from a DVD, power DVD should come with an option built in to capture. Do this rather than taking a screen capture via an image editing program.

[LeMarchand]

You'll need some sort of "ripper" to extract video from commercial DVDs, though if you have a video input card it might be possible to use this. Take a look at www.videohelp.com for lots of info.

Re the screenshot, is it the version of PowerDVD that came with your computer? Quite often they will come with a "cut down" version that doesn't do screenshots properly...

[potterfan3]

Does any one know of a free DVD ripper?

[wideboy]

DVD shrink

[gastwo]

Yeah, DVD Shrink. Brilliant app and easy to use. I think wideboy reccomended it to me a few months ago.