Sony Handycam/windows movie maker problem

[waltbabyluv]

hey guys I have asony handycam, it takes the small dvds, i was wondering if anyone uses or knew of a software that I could use to convert my movies from DVD to mpeg so that I can edit them in movie maker, ive been looking all day and cant really find anything that works well, let me know, any help would be great



thanks!

[mikecentola]

well most likely it records to the dvd in MPEG-2 format, so you need a converter to rip the DVD to a regular video file

[waltbabyluv]

yeah i know,do you know of any free ones?

[mikecentola]

http://www.magicdvdripper.com/ - Can download trial or its only like $40

You can try to get a copy of DVD Decrypter somewhere...
http://www.dvdhelp.us/dvddecrypter/dvddecrypter.html

[Pete]

This sounds like the same problem I ran into when I borrowed my sister's Sony Handycam that records on the little DVD's.
I couldn't figure out how to do hardly anything with it in that format, so I finally just transfered it to a regular sized DVD and gave a copy to Shawn to see if he could get it in a different format to view on the internet or whatever.
He might be able to shed somelight on this if he's reading this..

[waltbabyluv]

i have dvd decrypter but i dont see how i can change the format

[hybrdthry911]

i have a similar problem with my handycam video files, but my handycam has the built in hard drive so i cant rip it like a dvd, and i dl'd the magic dvd ripper and it says the files i have arent dvd files since they are mpg's already.

edit: i did find some software that converts it into other formats im gonna see if i can edit those.

[mikecentola]

damn you sony