   Ripping DVDs...
  Does anyone here actually understand Gordian Knot, or anything of the sort?All I need to do it get some of my (personally created, unencrypted) DVDs back onto my computer as some sort of video file that Premiere can handle, with the end hope of a MPEG2/MP3 video/audio file.Right now I'm just bluffing my way through Gordian Knot, but I have no earhtly idea what I'm doing. I don't know what bitrate to tell it, because I don't have a clue. And it's not like there's a big 'RUN' button anywhere, either.So far I've gotten... a successful vob fileset and a d2v file.   
  Use AutoGK, like this guide tells you to.   ;  Geez, no wonder.I knew it used to be easier. As it is, though, GK got me an AVI... in a format/codec/something that crashes any editing/conversion program it enters.   ;  Anyways, if DivX is an option, here's another guide.EDIT: removed comment that should have been clearly labeled as sarcasm[Edited by - Will F on January 3, 2006 3:54:45 PM];Quote:Original post by Will FQuote:Original post by Avatar GodDoes anyone here actually understand Gordian Knot, or anything of the sort?All I need to do it get some of my (personally created, unencrypted) DVDs back onto my computerEven though your content is personally created, you're probably still violating some clause of the DMCA (write a letter to your congressman if you don't like it).Anyways, if DivX is an option, here's another guide.No, the DMCA covers breaking copyright mechanisms - meaning that decrypting a DVD you own is illegal in the US. However this DVD has no encryption (no copyright mechanism) as it is a burned DVD. This means only regular copyright law applies, and since he owns the copyright to the work on the DVD (his own) he can copy it as he pleases.   ;  Wow, I was about to get real angry there for a second. Thanks for the clarification, Michalson.As far as DivX, I would rather not use it. In fact, I would be perfectly happy with fully uncompressed video. Barring that, DV AVI would be perfect. Barring that, anything that Premiere can handle.Of course, I know how to fix my current problem in Premiere V4 and earlier, but not in Pro1.5. There *is* no .ini file that I can find to add the four letter codec to.   ;Flash MPEG is a free, open source tool for converting MPEG (.mpg) and unencrypted MPEG2(DVD .vob) files to AVI, using any VFW codec installed on your system. If you want lossless there is "uncompressed" installed on Windows by default, and you can also install Huffyuv (Google it, it's a free, open source, 100% lossless codec).A note however - uncompressed, DVD quality (720x480x23.9/25/29.9) video is very big. Even using Huffyuv, which compresses 30-50%, you are still looking at 250-300MB for every minute of video - and you need to watch out for the 2GB and 4GB barriers with older decoders (or if you're on FAT32).;  Yeah, I've got enough hard drive space sitting here to take care of that problem, at least.Thank you for that link, Michalson - I've got to figure out how to get it to run, but I hope it will work well!//edit. Nope, no go. Running it only results in an immediate runtime error "abnormal program termination" ... and with no documentation or information of any kind, I don't think it will be easily resolved.I really need to learn more about codecs, apparently. I swear, I've had this problem more than once now. After installing the GK package, NO video will play correctly anymore. They show up as black video while only hinting at the real video when I pause/stop or preview only in Premiere.   ;This site is pretty thorough as far as options for pretty much anything to do with video manipulation.   ;Quote:Original post by GameCreatorThis site is pretty thorough as far as options for pretty much anything to do with video manipulation.Nice! I'll start poking around there.Haha. Good to find a perfect duplicate of my question there!Of course, that doesn't help with my second problem of black video everywhere. Which, honestly, makes the original problem a non-issue until I can see video again.Okay... so far, the only solution to this problem that I've heard so far requires me to change some priorities in DirectShow. Which I have no clue how to do. Which may be okay, because that isn't exactly my problem, but close.[Edited by - Avatar God on January 3, 2006 2:28:37 PM]