pls refer to the articles of Snic, a great guy... i just learnt through the ways provided by the articles this week, and i transfered DVDs to AVIs successfully....
good luck...


http://forum.pcdvd.com.tw/showthrea...threadid=123934
http://forum.pcdvd.com.tw/showthrea...threadid=117142
http://forum.pcdvd.com.tw/showthrea...threadid=121032
http://forum.pcdvd.com.tw/showthrea...threadid=114425

other resources:
http://www.afterdawn.com/articles/a...dvd_to_xvid.cfm
http://www.afterdawn.com/articles/a..._virtualdub.cfm
http://www.afterdawn.com/articles/

the programs i use:
Smartripper
DVD2AVI
VobSub
aviutl (plus: Lanczos 3-lobed)
VFAPI Reader Codec
VirtualDub
XviD Bitrate Calculator
K-Lite Codec