Are you looking for a way to backup your DVD movie collection to AVI?
It comes in both a free version and commercial version.
For this tutorial were using the free Light Edition to convert a DVD to AVI.
(Download link below).
FairUse Wizard will open on the new project screen.
Select Create a new project and pop in a project name into the text box.
This will be used as the file output name.
Ex: A project name of Simpsons Movie will give you an output file of Simpsons Movie.avi.
Next, browse for a destination folder for the output file and temp files.
Note that you will need a minimum of 6 GB of free disk space for the conversion process.
choose the Options button at the bottom.
Under Preferences, choose your preferred video codec and file output size.
XviD and x264 are installed by default.
If you prefer to use DivX, you will have to install it separately.
Also note the Two pass option.
Checking the Two pass box will encode your video twice for higher quality, but will take more time.
Un-checking the box will speed up the conversion process.
you might also select Use TV Mode if your primary playback will be on a 4:3 TV screen.
Full Auto Mode vs. Manual ModeYou should now be back to the initial screen.
Next, well need to determine whether or not we can use Full Auto Mode to convert the movie.
check that that Full auto mode is not checked yet, and click Next.
FairUse Wizard will parse the IFO files and display all video chains longer than 60 seconds.
In these instances, you’ve got the option to use Full Auto Mode.
FairUse Wizard will first go through the process of indexing the video.
FairUse Wizard will automatically detect a cropping region.
Next, click Auto Detect to choose the proper field combination.
Click OK on the pop up window that displays your Field Mode.
This next screen is mainly comprised of configs from the Options screen.
you’ve got the option to make changes at this point such as codec or output size.
Click Next when ready.
Video ConversionNow the video conversion process will begin.
This may take a few hours depending on your systems hardware.
The first phase will be video encoding…
Then the audio…
If you chose the Two Pass option, your video video will be encoded again on 2nd pass.
Unfortunately, FairUse Wizard doesnt clean up after itself very well.
Now youre ready to enjoy your movie.
ConclusionFairUse Wizard is a nice way to backup your DVD movies to good quality .avi files.
Many DVD players even allow for playback of DivX or XviD encoded video from a CD or DVD.
