Converting DVD to FLV

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Rothrock - 28 May 2008 18:49 GMT

I need to convert a marketing DVD that we have made into an FLV for playback on
our company network.

At home on my Mac I've used StreamClip to convert VOB files into something
more useful. I see that StreamClip has a windows version. Anybody have
experience with the windows version? Is it any different? Anything better (for
free)?

At work I've got to work with Windows XP. So does anybody have any good advice
on tools and tricks to take DVDs (non-protected) to Flash?

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dzedward - 28 May 2008 19:19 GMT

You might try DVDRip, but I believe it rips the Video_TS and Audio_TS folders,
and you end up with those. From there, I can't recall, at the moment, a
program that converts to a usable video file to convert to FLV.

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Rothrock - 29 May 2008 21:21 GMT

Hi. Thanks for the tip. Since these are in-house produced DVDs, they aren't
copyprotected and I've got the _TS folders.

I see that StreamClip on windows also requires the MPEG-2 software for QT, so
I'm guessing it works just the same on the windows side.

But if anybody else has any suggestions of what has worked for them... :)

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David Stiller - 29 May 2008 21:41 GMT

Rothrock,

> But if anybody else has any suggestions of what has worked for them... :)

It doesn't work for me every time -- I have no idea why -- but
occasionally, I have been able to simply rename the VOB file to MPG and
import that into Premiere (or whatever video editor). The DVD encoding
format is MPEG, after all. Worth a shot.

Years ago, I used DVDx (https://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdx/). It
looks like they still have a free version, but also a new "ultra" version
for pay.

David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
Dev blog, http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

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Rothrock - 30 May 2008 15:10 GMT

Thanks David. I remember hearing that trick and it never worked for me on my Mac, but I'll give it a try on the PC side.

I'll check out DVDx.

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micsaint111111111111 - 30 May 2008 16:43 GMT

I've had good luck with this:
http://handbrake.fr/

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Exador - 30 May 2008 17:03 GMT

I have had luck with www.imtoo.com. Not too expensive.

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Converting DVD to FLV