How to rip clips of a DVD to a YouTube friendly format?

June 29, 2007 7:09 AM

How do I rip just parts of a DVD to a format suitable for YouTube, and not the entire DVD?

I recently purchased a VHS to DVD burner and now I would like to take only parts or certain clips of the DVD and convert them to a format that I can upload to YouTube. Any suggestions on how do to this without ripping the entire DVD?

posted by randomthoughts to Computers & Internet (9 answers total)

you forgot to mention what OS you have.
posted by birdherder at 7:28 AM on June 29, 2007

I'm curious about this, too... and I have Windows XP.

/me sticks around to see what people suggest
posted by Zephyrial at 7:42 AM on June 29, 2007

Response by poster: Dual OS... but more comfortable with Windows.
posted by randomthoughts at 7:42 AM on June 29, 2007

Handbrake.
posted by unixrat at 7:50 AM on June 29, 2007

use videoredo. you can use it to open the vob files on the DVD and clip out the bit you want. it's not freeware but there's a free trial.

this will only work with non-encrypted dvds. if you want to take something from an encrypted dvd you'll need a different program to decrypt the dvd.
posted by ascullion at 7:51 AM on June 29, 2007

VLC videolan will do this... choose the 'wizard option'
or 'dvdx' was recommended in the vlc forums; or, dvd decrypter... SUPER ...
posted by acro at 8:13 AM on June 29, 2007

I use Imtoo DVD Ripper for that sort of thing. I've been pretty pleased with it, once I figured out its little quirks.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 8:23 AM on June 29, 2007

acro wrote... "VLC videolan will do this..."

The original has gone, but Wikihow has a copy of the step-by-step instructions.
posted by Webbster at 9:31 AM on June 29, 2007

I'd go for DVD decrypter to rip the .vobs, then Womble to edit them, then (if necessary) AutoGK to make a 100 MB avi - the max file size youtube allows.
posted by doublesix at 11:56 AM on June 29, 2007