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An ISO image is a disk image of an optical disc, it includes all the data of files contained on the archived DVD. Many people store their DVD iso on computer as backup. Now let me show you how to extract the movie part out of the DVD iso and make it play on your computer.

Here we will use Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum, it is capable to recognize DVD iso files and rip/convert iso to avi/mpeg/divx/vob and other regular video formats. You don’t have to burn the DVD iso to DVD to make it play any more.

The interface for Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum is organized well and you can access all the features you want by the top navigation bar.

Load DVD iso files

Load the DVD iso into Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum, since we only really want just the movie, we can select which titles/chapters you want to convert, this is a good feature so that we needn’t to convert the entire disc.

Once you’ve selected your movie you can choose the format you want to convert to. You can also edit the settings by clicking the the ‘Settings’ button.

Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum enables you to do a little video editing before you start to convert the movie .

After these things, you can click the Start button to start the conversion, it will take about 20 minutes to convert DVD iso to avi/mpeg/divx/etc on an average computer.

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How do you take a movie that is stored on your hard drive in  AVI/MPEG/WMV/MOV format and burn it to disc so that you can watch it on a standard DVD player? This is a frequently asked question for most users.  We often take a little videos using digital camcorder or digital camera, it is nice to burn them to DVD to share with friends and family, but the problem is, most dvd burner cannot burn DVDs for standard DVD player.

I recommend that you use Cucusoft Mpeg/Mov/RMVB/DivX/AVI to DVD/VCD/SVCD Converter Pro, with it, you can convert and burn any video file directly to VCD, DVD, SVCD, MPEG1 and MPEG2 format.

1. Download and launch Cucusoft Mpeg/Mov/RMVB/DivX/AVI to DVD/VCD/SVCD Converter Pro, and you can see the interface like the firgure below:
   

   Cucusoft MPEG/AV to VCD/SVCD/DVD Burner Pro

   Click on the “To DVD” button, choose DVD as output format

2. Select tab of “Merge/Join” or  “Batch”
3. Click “Open” button to load your video files
4. Set your preference:  Set the DVD properties here. You don’t need to change it in most situation.
5. Set the  advance settings (DVD video and audio settings, and other parameters.)
6. Click “Start to Convert” button and start to burn AVI/MPEG/WMV/MOV to DVDs.

After a few minutes, you can play the video files on your DVD player.

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Why I need a DVD Ripper?
DVD rippers are mainly used to transfer video on DVDs to computer hard drive in different formats, to edit or back up DVD content, and for converting DVD video for playback on media players and mobile devices.  You don’t need to purchase the digital copy of the DVDs that you already have again.

Does DVD ripping affect/mess the DVD disc?

No! DVD ripping is to copy DVD content to computer harddrive, it will not hurt the DVD disc. Besides, DVD disc are read-only, you can’t hurt em’ unless you scratch/break it

Can I rip DVDs using Windows media player or iTunes?

Both Windows Media Player and iTunes are able to rip CDs, but they are not able to rip DVDs at all. You need to use professional DVD ripper softwares: DVD Ripper for Windows (Direct Download), DVD Ripper for Mac(Intel CPU, PowerPC).

How long will it cost to rip a DVD?

It depends. Take a 100-minutes movie DVD for example, if you want to rip dvds to computer in the original video format (vob), it takes only 5-10 minutes (It depends on your DVD driver);  if you want to rip DVDs in regular video format, it will take 45-60minutes. Most of the time is spent on re-encode the DVD movie to video files.  This greatly depends on the DVD ripping software.

Is it legal to rip a DVD?

DMCA makes it illegal to bypass the encryption,a step necessary if you want to rip the DVD to computer.  However, in proper theory, so long as you legally own that DVD, you can do whatever you see fit and view the material on whatever support you like. So it is OK to rip DVDs for personal usage.

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Here is another guide about How to burn AVI/MOV/WMV/MPEG to DVD for DVD Player, you can have a look.

At the very begginning, you should know what  the difference is  between different DVD burner drivers. Different DVD burners use different DVD discs. DVD+R/DVD+RW uses DVD+R/DVD+RW disc, DVD-R/DVD-RW uses DVD-R/DVD-RW disc. Generally, we just use DVD+R/DVD-R discs. You can  distinguish them from the different disc space.

DVD+R and DVD-R are all have a storage space of 4.7GB, however actually, DVD+R (single layer) has a storage space  of 4.384Gib, DVD-R (single layer) has a storage space of 4.378Gib.  1GB=1000 megabytes, 1Gib=1024 mebibytes.

A basic video DVD is made up of 3 parts:

• vob files: VOB stands for DVD Video Object. It is basically one of the core files found on DVD-Video discs and contains the actual movie data.

• ifo files: In video editing, IFO normally refers to a file on DVD-Video disc and stands for InFOrmation. While the main content of DVD-Video disc are the VOB files which contain the actual MPEG-2 audio, video and subtitle streams, the IFO files provide information for DVD player where DVD-Video disc’s chapters start, where certain audio tracks are located, etc.

• bup files: BUP files found on DVD-Video discs are simply backup copies of IFO files and are only needed if the original IFO on disc gets corrupted.

This is the reason why ordinary data DVD burner cannot create video DVD, even if you have burn the vob files to DVD disc.  Now, let me show you how to burn video files to DVD.

I suggest you use Wondershare Video to DVD Burner, it is a powerful yet easy to use DVD burner tool. Support all kinds of common video formats including AVI, MP4, MPG, MPEG, 3GP, WMV, ASF, RM, FLV, RMVB, DAT and MOV.   Support both single layer and dual layer discs of DVD+R/DVD-R/DVD+RW/DVD-RW.

Step 1. Organize your slideshow
Click the ‘Load file’ button to load the video files you want to burn. Then drag & drop the loaded files from the Collections pane to the slideshow storyboard to start organize your slideshow. You can sort the order of the video files in a slideshow by drag them in the storyboard. Click the Add Slideshow button to add a new slideshow. A slideshow will become a menu unit when you create DVD menus.

Step 2: Apply Effects
Click the Effect tab and you will see all the available transitions in the Effect pane, to apply a transition, you can just drag and drop it to into the slideshow storyboard. Click it to see the preview in the preview window.

Step 3: Customize DVD menu (Optional)
Click the Menu tab to customize your DVD menu. There are different styles of built-in templates, frames and buttons for your choice. To apply a template, frame or button, you can just double click it. You can even add text, background music and background image to customize the menu.

Step 4 Preview your video slideshow(s)
Click the Preview tab to preview your slideshow project by click the preview control buttons. This step is to help you decide if everything is what you have expected. If not, you can go back to any of the previous steps to make changes to your project. After burning the video to DVD, you can control this menu using remote.

Step 5 Start Burning
After you finish the four steps above, click the Burn tab to prepare for burning your project. If you want o burn your project directly to the DVD disc you have inserted in your DVD-ROM, you can just select “DVD” in the “Burn to” field, specify a temp folder (used to save the generated temporary files), select your DVD drive and burning program (either built-in or your own burning application), select, select your TV Standard and output aspect ration, and click Start to burn your project.
If you just want to create DVD files or an ISO file for the current project, you can just select the “DVD Folder” or “ISO file” option, specify a folder to save them, and click Start to generate DVD files or ISO onto your computer.

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