Video Production/Basic Vdub DvAvi

How to Create a dvavi file [for use in a video editing program] from a DVD. You will need to install * Virtual dub mod - http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=65889 download it - it has an installer for windows. * Ac3 Codec - http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Codec-Packs-Video-Codecs/AC3-ACM-Decompressor.shtml download it - Uncompress the files from ac3acm.zip archive, right-click on         the ac3acm.INF file and select Install. - You may encounter a prompt saying: &quot;The software you are installing for this hardware... has not passed Windows Logo testing...&quot;; click on the Continue Anyway button. * Panasonic DV codec -  http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Panasonic_DV_Codec.htm download it - Uncompress the files from pdvcodec.zip archive, right-click on the PANADV.INF file and select Install. - You may encounter a prompt saying: &quot;The software you are installing for this hardware... has not passed Windows Logo testing...&quot;; click on the Continue Anyway button. - You should now be able to load DV-AVI Type-2 files with VirtualDub (and        any other program that loads AVI files).

How to do it! Some information: DVD's have their video data on the disk in the format of *.VOB files. A film is often split into several VOB files. If you want these can be played in your media player if you open them up on at a time. It is good to do this to find out which VOB file the particular bit of        footage you want is in. If you want to do this with a bit of footage that is encrypted or spans more than one VOB you will need to use Gordian Knot to do this, http://sourceforge.net/projects/gordianknot Video Open up Virual Dub Mod. File &gt; Open File Choose the *.VOB file that contains the bit of footage you want. You can scan through the file with the Play head like in a video editing program[1]. And you can set the in and out points as well. with buttons [2].      Now we are going to set the Video settings. In the Video Menu choose Compression. Video &gt; Compression. Choose from the list Panasonic DV avi. Click ok      Audio Now we deal with the Audio. This is a &quot;Stream&quot; so we go to          the Stream menu and select Stream list. If your source video file has audio it should be listed as a grey bar with information as seen below. [if you are using Gordian Knot to do          this process from a DVD you will need to click ADD and browse for the *.wav file created in that process] Right hand Click on this bar and select &quot;Full Processing mode&quot;.

Then Right hand click again and Select &quot;Compression&quot;. If Conversion is greyed out it's because you haven't selected full processing mode. Choose the top option - No compression PCM. Then click ok. Now you are ready to save your DV avi file. File &gt; Save as      Give your file a name choose where to save it and click ok. You should be able to import that file into premiere or other video editing programs.