Dvd to Hard drive?

I have just recently downloaded dvd shrink for free but the movies i save are 4.5 GB plus and movies i have downloaded before are only about .7 Gb so how do i get my dvds to be that small.

 

re-encode them as avi files.

 

how do i get it to the AVI format. i dont have any fancy programs so if it takes one plz tell me witch one. any and all other info would be greatly apriciated.

 

hi

need more info im lost here? do you want to go from avi to dvd?

 

First you must clarify in which type are your files stored (vob, mpeg1, mpeg2, etc).
Second you must examine the audio format encoding which has been used for theese files(44.1, 48, etc).
Third try to find out the video format (pal, ntsc, etc) and the screen size(width and lines).

 

ok im in vob format and i want to get to something that is a lot smaller so i can store my movies on my small 60 GB hard drive. i dont plan to go back to dvd r format or (vob). so is there a free program that will do this for me or do i do it manually; and how. so is there someone who can explain this to me; and explain what all thies differnt formates are, and what they do. any and all help would be greatly apriciated. thx aeil