Converting DVD to AVI files has several advantages. They are single files that can conveniently store an entire movie in one place on your hard drive that takes up less space than a typical DVD file while still maintaining decent quality picture and sound. They are typically stored using a DivX or Xvid codec by a backup program.

AVi files are very common, so much so that many DVD players made today actually support their playback as an additional feature. So if you backup a disc to your computer, you can burn it onto another with a lower file size and still be able to play it on your TV with near-DVD quality!

A great software program that can do all this is the Movavi videosuite. It can burn, edit, and copy videos, amongst many other things. It is used by people personally to backup their own DVD collections and also by professionals who edit and publish their own video.

Several simple steps is all it takes to convert your DVD to an Avi file on your computer:

1. Open up Movavi Videosuite and click DVD. Click Add DVD in order to backup everything on the DVD. Browse the disk and select the IFO and VOB files which contain the movie.

2. Select the correct audio track for the movie.

3. Choose output format as AVI (DivX, Xvid, etc)

4. Select the place on your hard drive to save the movie after conversion.

5. Click ‘convert’ to start reading from the DVD and saving to your computer.

Using this method you can store your DVDs in a small amount of space. If you want you can even burn them back to another DVD and store up to 4 or 5 movies on a single DVD!

Only backup movies that you are allowed to back up! Those are movies that you have originally purchased to watch. You are allowed to keep a single backup copy if something happens to the original.

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