Dear all, I am looking for a one-stop application that quickly compresses vob files into smaller avi or mpeg files. I have been looking around on the web A LOT but have not yet found it. I was hoping that some of the members here could help me out. One of my professors at uni wants to store video material on a server so that his students can perform content analysis. He asked me to help him out. But: - the collection now consists of over 10 dvd's, so fast compression is desired - disk space is limited (a few gigs max) so high compression is also desired - the video files need to be in avi or mpeg format so that the analyis software can open them (Transana) I have all the vob files (that contain excerpts from tv programs) stored on my hard drive. Ideally, I am looking for free software that can batch process these files in one go. It should do about 10:1 compression and shouldn't take more time than realtime. Video size can be small (around 320*240) and of reduced quality, but audio quality should be good. When the job 's finished I'll burn them on a dvd and put them on the server. I can get rougly what I want with DVD2AVI and TMPGEnc, but the process is too laborious (or am I overlooking something?). Ideas anyone?
AoA DVD Ripper (http://www.aoamedia.com/dvd_ripper.htm ) is recommended. To reduce the output file size and get the best quality, please follow the instructions below. 1. Download and install DivX codec. http://www.x-kit.com/codec/DivX511Bundle.exe . 2. Set the output format as AVI (DivX, Xvid...). 3. Set the avi video codec as DivX. (settings > AVI Setting > Video Codec). 4. Set the video size to 320*240 (settings > Output > Resolution). Here is a step-by-step guide, which is very useful. http://www.aoamedia.com/dvd-to-divx.htm
