Only want to encode a certain part of a DVD

[SKD_Tech]

Ok I have the "Star Wars Episode 2" DVD and I just want one fighting scene and the THX scene in the begining. How can I just get those to parts to encode in either GordianKnot or DVX without having to encode the whole DVD?

[Enchanter]

Isolate or identify the specific VOB file on which those scenes are found. Make a DVD2AVI project (D2V) file out of it and frameserve (using vFAPI or Avisynth) to Virtualdub. Use the Mark In/Out buttons on Virtualdub to specify the start and end of each scene, configure the codecs (and sound) and start the encoding.

[SKD_Tech]

Thanks Enchanter. Seems to be working like a charm

[Enchanter]

You're welcome.

[UncasMS]

DVX lets you make selections as well

let me copy these lines from my DVX guide from 3.2 here:

*PREVIEW* (at the top of DVX-3) will let you spot interlacing best, because when playing your movie those lines should be clearly visible - make sure to move around in your film a little bit, since interlacing is not visible in any given frame but mostly in scenes where you have a horizontal camera movement!
Using "H" - as shown when you enter thr preview function - will show all commands/keyboard shortcuts, that are available in DVX-3.
With the arrow keys left/right or up/down or even page up/down you will be able to "scroll" further into your movie.
"Space" will start /pause the preview!

In addition to this previewing the *Preview* function can also be used to make a selection of the movie which you want to transcode!
Imagine you don't want the very last part of the end credits of Lord of the Rings-I Special Extended Edition, where only the names of the fan-club members are shown. Now you could set the starting point at the very beginning of the movie and the end marker to the very scene, where the normal end credits have finished and those names appear. This way you'll save some 15-20 min the space of which might better be used for higher bitrate for the rest of the movie. Or imagine you capture some TV show and want to skip commercial breaks.
Or another very useful and likely scenario: you want to do some testruns on a certain movie with different settings/filters (e.g. deinterlacer!).
Simply select some 2-3 minutes and you're done. This way you will be able to judge the output quality in no time at all and this might enable you to choose the optimum settings without having to transcode the entire movie and maybe wasting hours on crappy output files.

[SKD_Tech]

Thanks UncasMS I encoded it this morning with GordianKnot but I will keep that in mind next time I have to do something different