Hi JLee,
Just to let you know that I'm following with enormous interest your investigation ... I too would like to rip my DVD Concerts into single tracks that I could play together with my mp3 in Media Center.
Deivit,
Just saw this shareware posted on Betanews. Haven't tried it, but it claims to rip dvd video to mpeg. Costs $24.95. The link:
http://www.dvd-ripper.biz/dvd-to-mpeg.htmHere is what they claim:
"Since the advent of DVD , it brings up the brand-new enjoyment of movie entertainment .In response to RegionCode restriction that prevent people to copy their favorite DVD , many softwares of dvd decoding and dvdhack were developed. You can make use of DVD copy software to copy DVD which rip and decode by dvd ripper and dvd decoder , but sometimes the quality is awful . Even if with the help of DVD burner , you still could not be able to copy the whole dvd due to the limitation of capacity . Firstly , we can use DVD ripper and DVD decoder to make the copy easier , secondly use MPEG encoder to convert DVD to MPEG format . Then we can copy the whole DVD to CD-ROM and remain the dvd-quality . Usually we can find many softwares have such function, however , most of them are complicated , inconvenient, low-efficient and take much space . Therefore , we urgently need a powerful , convenient , and high-efficient software to convert DVD to MPEG . So it is DVD-TO-MPEG . which integrates DVD copy , DVD decoder , DVD ripper with MPEG encoder and crack dvd . A powerful and high-efficient software to copy and compress DVD to MPEG format . Easy to use !
Features of DVD-TO-MPEG:
High speed .A two hours long DVD movie can be convert into a MPEG movie with high quality within 5 hours .
Save space. Make a two hours long Movie of DVD quality with 750MB.
Easy to use. Do not worry about the complication of DVD copying. Just click it once , everyone can become the master of DVD TO MPEG.
Support many formats . Finally, you can save the favorite DVD movie into your HD. Also you can save MPEG files in CD-ROM with other software .
The "DVD to mpeg" requires the following minimum configuration to run:
* Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
* Pentium-II 450 MHz or faster processor
* At least 64 MB of RAM
* 3 GB free hard drive space"