Whats the best for XP

you would not belive how many diffrent apps i have now tried and im sick of looking i know what i want but can i find it NO. im on the worlds worst operating system XP and i will change soon but what i want to do is find a good .VOB to AVI tool ie i want to save my dvd films to my pc but dont want large file sizes like 20 gb so that it saves to a file of about 1 gb so what is the best tool/tools to do this thanks

So you want a backup of your DVDs? you'll have to pick a compression format for your video first: DivX or XviD. then you'll need to pick an audio compression format: MP3, AC3, Vorbis. look around the site, read up on everything, browse through the forums. the simplest tool to do all of this ~~~>Gordian Knot.

gnot and xvid.You cant be wrong

well i got Gordian Knot and have used smartripper for geting the vobs this is where i think im going wroung so i get the vobs then go into dvd2avi and demux the tracks ect then save the project then open up nandub and make an avs file but when i got to this point felt somthing wasnt right as i had a good avi file nice bitrate but NO SOUND so no point in going any futher where have i goon wroung and thanks for the replys will take a closer look at the tutorial pages now

ok i now know where im going wrong with the sound just going through it all one more time if it works then great will let you all know

nope still no audio i selected the ac3 file i needed for the sound track but didnt get any sound and i made sure that i was using yuy thingy need help and yes i have read the help files on the site this is starting to drive me mad:angry:

dont need any help now all sorted