there are sooooooooooo many programs that will do this! some DVD9s won't need to be split into 2 DVD5s or you can use a good transcoder/encoder to fit just the movie or do up the whole DVD onto one DVD5. sooooooo here ya go...... check out some guide: http://home.comcast.net/~bbmayo/guides.htm here is a free program that does everything, called RipIt4Me, download the programs, follow the guide: http://home.comcast.net/~bbmayo/guides.htm download DVDDecrypter here: http://fileforum.betanews.com/download/DVD_Decrypter/1011845169/1 and if you really want to get into it read this: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/183136 there is sooooooo much to learn, but don't be daunted,everyone was a newbie at one point..... you've come to the right place.... welcome to afterdawn!~