I'm using a trial version of AVS Video Converter. It seems to be incredibly
slow. I selected for conversion all of the files in VIDEO_TS that I
mentioned before not including a .pls file that I did not mention before.
Now, it's been running for more than 5 hours and shows 37 Hours and 18
minutes to go, and the time to go keep getting longer. Go figure. Any
suggestions on really good conversion utilities?
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With kindest regards,

Dick Smith
"bxf" <bill@topman.net> wrote in message
news:1133190601.209789.20240@g44g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
>I haven't done this myself, so I can't speak from experience. However,
> the VOB files are your MPEG2 files containing multiplexed video and
> audio. I don't know which product you are using for the conversion, but
> It may be possible to "simply" concatenate all the VOBs to produce a
> single MPEG2 file that wil play properly (probably without subtitles -
> not sure).
>
> AA Smith wrote:
>> 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.
>> --
>> With kindest regards,
>>
>> Dick Smith
>>
>> "bxf" <bill@topman.net> wrote in message
>> news:1133181904.138800.290950@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >> --
>> >> 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.
>> >
>