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Hardware you will need:

Software you will need:

Before you begin:

The DivX CoDec is favored by many, but, I am others I know have had problems with audio/video sync. I have had better luck with the Kristal Studio Codecs Pack 4.3.3. I would suggest you try the DivX first, if it works, great, if not use the  Kristal Studio Codecs Pack 4.3.3.

The five steps to making a VCD from a VHS tape or other analog source:

1. Capturing The Video

2. Processing The Video

3. Rendering The Video to Mpeg format

4. Burning your VCD

5. Resizing your MPEG files to fit on one VCD

Ripping the DVD:

You will start by inserting the DVD you wish to rip into your DVD drive and starting the SmartRipper program. On the first screen set your target directory to where you want you VOB files to be stored.

Click on Settings and change your setting to match these. (NOTE: you do not need DeMacrovision on, it will be stripped when the file is processed later and will slow the process down considerably.) Then click ok.

Now click on start and let the program do it's work.

Processing the VOB files to an AVI DivX file:

Opening the first file in FlaskMPEG will also open all the other files and you will have the whole movie opened to process.

Start up FlaskMPEG and open the first file. If there are more than one audio track you will get a screen something like this, pick the proper track and click the "Flask it!" button. NOTE: Track 0x80 is the default audio track, so, if this is an English DVD and you want the English sound track pick the 0x80, if you want another audio track you will have to open one and listen to it to see if it is the one you want.

Once opened you will see two screens like the ones below:

Click the "Select Output>>" button and click on "OpenDML AVI Output"

Click on the "Configure button"

Set your setting like the following screen shots, You can change the video Width and Height to what you want them to be, on the Files Tab set your output path to where you want your processed files to go.

Click the OK button.

Click the "Flask it!" button and you will see the following screen. Pick your MPEG Layer-3 for your Audio CoDec and pick your format depending on your tastes, pick the DivX CoDec of your choice and double click it to set the DivX settings.

This is the settings screen for the  Kristal Studio Codecs Pack 4.3.3 DivX CoDec. I suggest Keyframe every 3 seconds Compression 100 and Data Rate 900 as a good starting place, your mileage will vary. Click OK and Click OK again to start the processing.

Once you have done this to your VOB files, you have your DivX AVI file to view, upload, or burn on CD.