convert .VOB to .avi?

English Multimedia
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I have a short clip of video on a DVD that will load on a Windows computer and be played by Windows media player;

When I put it into the DVD drive on Gnome, and open the contents, it has two directories: AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS;

inside VIDEO_TS are several files:

VIDEO_TS.BUP VTS_01_0.BUP VTS_01_1.VOB VTS_02_0.VOB
VIDEO_TS.IFO VTS_01_0.IFO VTS_02_0.BUP VTS_02_1.VOB
VIDEO_TS.VOB VTS_01_0.VOB VTS_02_0.IFO

I would like to try to convert the video file to .avi and I can then edit it;

however when I see separate directories for audio and video, I wonder if that is very different to an .avi file, where I understand the audio and video are together

Can anyone comment on how these videos are constructed please: I firstly need to copy the VIDEO_TS.VOB to a VIDEOS directory in my home folder, and I cannot get the grammar correct to issue a cp command in the terminal; any help there would be greatly appreciated to get over this temporary dyslexia

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Firstlt, let me say. VLC will play this, just point to the Video dir.

You can use any number of programs to rip a .avi from this
dvd2xvid, QVideoConverter, dvd::rip

check packman repo
you should have it in your list anyway

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thank you; I will follow up on your various suggestions

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I suggest dvd::rip. It’s interface is very easy to use and it also lets in the future to rip protected material if you also install libdvdcss.

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oh dear, one does try; I got YaST to install dvdrip; that seemed to go fine; I set the default directories; thus setting preferences; I saved my intended project; it asked me to define the dvd drive; I thought I was doing that; I thought I had completed all formalities prior to launch sequence; I look for a “DO IT” button, and alas, I cannot see one;

I had previously installed dvd2xid; it has installed as a German version; (god bless it); that has rather confused me too; not getting too far with my very limited german

I have not previously ripped DVDs so any kind advice would be helpful

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is there no ‘create project’ button?

if you use kde4.1
there is an app in the community repo acetoneiso
I have not used it, but it had dvd rip and many other features
as does k3b

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thanks;
yes, I click on the initial “create project” button and get asked for a file name; I insert that; click, and get the main screen; top is storage path information; all faded; second is data source selection; it says to "select a DVD device or an image directory for input; three buttons: choose DVD device; or choose DVD image directory, or enter by hand; I try to click on the DVD device, already listed; something is not happening here, for me to move on to the third section: choose either of the two ripping modes: copy DVD to harddisk or encode on the fly:
I suspect if I could “ENTER” the dvd device, I could move to section three, and I think there is a ghosted “DO IT” button at the bottom of the screen

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I have found a good wiki on debian and will attempt to digest this; dvd::rip howto

HOWTO DVD-Ripping - Gentoo Linux Wiki