Thanks for your feedback, bxf!

I'm concerned with converting a DVD to a non-DVD video format. I just want
a video without the menus; preferably one that will play on WMP 10.

And, when running the conversion I'm more than a bit confused as to which
files I need to identify as input to the conversion software. Do I need to
highlight (select for conversion) the VIDEO_TS.BUP file and the VIDEO_TS.IFO
file and the VTS_01_0.IFO file in addition to all the .VOB files or not?
Obviously, I don't know exactly what the VIDEO_TS.BUP file and the
VIDEO_TS.IFO file, and the VTS_01_0.IFO are.
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With kindest regards,

Dick Smith

"bxf" <bill@topman.net> wrote in message
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> AA Smith wrote:
>> I don't know a lot about video files/formats, so I'd appreciate
>> suggestions.
>>
>> When converting a DVD to another video format, several options are
>> available. I wonder which would prove to be the most compact and which
>> would be the easiest to manage, edit and if possible resize.
>>
>> The options available include .AVI, .MPEG2, WMV, .RM (real player,) .MOV,
>> .3GP, and MP4.
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>> With kindest regards,
>>
>> Dick Smith
>
> It may be useful to know why you want to convert. For example,
> commercial DVDs are encoded in MPEG2, so if your intention is merely to
> copy the DVD (watch out for copyright) to your HDD, then why not keep
> it as it is and avoid losses caused by recompression? On the other had,
> if your intent is to copy and make a significantly smaller file, then
> you can consider any MPEG4 (e.g. DivX) avi with an appropriately low
> bitrate.
>