Curious about VirtualDub

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Well guys, I've never really delved into the realm of encoding and decoding files, but I'm somewhat interested enough to research it. I've happened to come across the path of a program called VirtualDub that apparently encodes certain types of files into .avi versions. This is particularly helpful (in theory) because I have several .iso's of some DVD's I own on my hard drives and I'd love to turn them into a less space-consuming format and DivX supported .avi's can do just that. Their visual and audio quality is more than enough for me.

However, I'm curious - Does this program actually have the ability to encode an .iso file of a DVD movie into a DivX compatible .avi file? I lightly browsed the home site's forums, but really didn't notice anything that would answer such a question. No doubt, I'm sure quite a few of you utilize this program and I'm sure you can answer this fairly simple question.

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Haven't played with it much. You do have to have a separate MP3 enooder (i.e. LAME) to do audio. GK is supposed to be good as well.

Though, I have to ask, how small do you want it? DVD Shrink will make the files a LOT smaller than their original size (down to half, if memory serves or you can do specific file sizes) but it will stay as a VOB file. That's ok, though, all players that I'm aware play a VOB file without issue.

Point is, why add an extra step if you don't need to? Haven't used it though, so I'm not sure.

 
Arkamw,

I suppose the maximum file size amount would have to be what a regular CD-R can hold or about 700 MB's.

And I guess I'd have to ask then (assuming I don't want to fiddle with Gordian Knot as well), is there any program known that can perform such a feat of simply convert an .iso to a .avi file?

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