The DVD Conversion/Backup Page 

http://www3.telus.net/dvd/mpeg/welcome_to_dvdxzone.htm

This site contains various guides on how to backup a DVD movie to VCD with FlaskMPEG using the following encoders: bbMPEG, Panasonic, LSX, and Cinema Craft Encoder SP. The guide on bbMPEG will explain all the necessary details needed in the other guides, so be sure to read the guide on bbMPEG FIRST. The guide on TMPG will show you how to create a VCD with Xmpeg using the video server method. There is also a guide on converting a DVD to SVCD using DVD2SVCD and TMPG.

There's a DivX guide for those who want to know how to convert a DVD movie to DivX format which has picture quality that's almost as good as DVD. The only downside to that is that you can only watch it on your computer where a VCD or SVCD can be played on most DVD players.

Finally, we have DVD encoding and authoring guides. With DVD burners now available and dropping in price, you can now backup your movies on a DVD-R that can be played on your standalone DVD player.

The version of FlaskMPEG on this site is not the original package of FlaskMPEG. It contains the LSX, Panasonic, and CCE plugins which are commercial products because I already put them in for you.

Updates 

9/06/02 - I added two new guides on how to make VCD using TMPG and CCE standalone encoders.

8/06/02 - I have finally added a guide on encoding and authoring a DVD that can be played on your standalone player.

8/03/02 - Added a new guide on creating SVCD with TMPG

7/31/02 - Added new guide on creating VCD and SVCD with chapter menus.

7/24/02 - Corrected a minor typo in the bbmpeg guide. NTSC resolution was written as 542 x 240 which should be 352 x 240.

6/23/02 - Fixed audio bitrate error in VCD guides. Valid audio bitrate is 224 kbps, not 192 or any other bitrate,