Hi, I'm new to the tools for doing this sort of stuff, I wanted to rip a few chapters from a sports coaching DVD. I used FairUse but that created a single AVI for the whole DVD.

I've seen a product called Cucusoft Ultimate DVD Converter Cucusoft® Official - DVD to iPod,iPhone,Zune,PSP,MP4 Video Converter which seems to be more like what I need, in that you start the DVD, select the scene or chapter and then start the recording. So you could end up with a few wmv or avis for the scenes you chose.

Are there any alternatives? Preferably using free tools to achieve the same, but without too much complexity or being very time-connsuming.

If I was doing this stuff all the time I'd buy the product but as it's just one or maybe two DVDs I would prefer to spend the money on a new SD card instead.

TIA

If you aren't interested in ripping the whole CD, then you can download the demo version of AoA DVD Ripper. With the demo version you can only rip a limited number of minutes, but most of the time that's enough to rip a chapter at a time.

I tried it out because I wanted to rip a few chapters from a movie to include in a PowerPoint presentation for one of my lectures. Later I decided to buy the product because I wanted to do more with it.

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Thanks, that looks good, I'll give it a try.

You can use DVD Decrypter for this. Get it here. When you use it make sure you are in IFO mode from the mode menu and in the Tools menus goto settings. In settings go to the IFO Mode tab and make sure the File Splitting drop down is set to None.

Then from the main screen on the right it should have already selected the correct VTS and PGC for you. You should see a list of chapters down below that. Just uncheck the chapters that you don't want. Don't mess with the Cells just the Chapters.

Then just click on the button with a picture of a DVD to the HDD. That will give you a single VOB file with your Chapter on it. Then to convert the VOB file to AVI just use Super found here. That is a completely free way to do it and no need for trial software. If you have trouble just ask back here.

Those were two excellent suggestions. I hope you don't mind if I go a little off-topic gpsdell but does FairUse Wizard Light still leave a logo in the bottom right corner of your ripped files when you play them? I have long ago purchased DVD Catalyst for my DVD ripping needs but I'm still interested in freeware.

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Thanks for the suggestions - I just need to try them out now!

BTW FairUse doesn't put any logo or watermark onto the files it produces, however Cucusoft puts a big one right in the middle.

FairUse Wizard Light does not put a logo or other garbage on the screen, but caps the file size at 700 MB. That's okay, though; you can cut small bits out with it. I did exactly that to get the "Dish of the Day" scene from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on my X50. Going to do that with the "Going away present" scene from Office Space.






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I think the Imtoo DVD Ripper is your needed, it has a feature that is could convert a segment which you like.

Thanks for the tips, I used AoA to rip the bits I needed. Took a while to work out what I needed as I'm not familar with the convention for the structure of titles and chapters in DVDs. Didn't play around too much with the options, but the clips I ripped play well in TCPMP.

Just waiting for a bigger SD card to arrive now so I can transfer them all over.

Thanks again

I think most of dvd ripper can rip part of dvd.