Newbie in need of help

[missind33]

I made AMVs before, but I am having problems putting the DVDs into my computer. I just bought the Detective Conan movies (all are in Japanese). The DvDs work on the DVD player but my computer does not recognize it. But I want to download the movies onto my computer. I never really did this before. (Most of the time my friends give me the footage or I was able to save the DVD on my computer, but I have never worked with a foreign video before. The DVDs are not avaible in the stores) Can anyone give me advice? Most of the time I would convert my movies to MP4 (with an IPod converter) and that would work fine, but not this time.

[Kariudo]

Read <a href=http://www.a-m-v.org/guides/avtech31/>ErMaC & AbsoluteDestiny's Friendly AMV Guides</a>
it's a bit to read through, but it should tell you everything you need to know

[post-it]

... but my computer does not recognize it. .

I can save you a little time:
1) it is not a regional code error.
2) it is not a Copy-Write error.
.. it is in a format that your Computer will not accept.
( standards like UDF/ISO DVD's are understood by most computers )
.. what you need to find is a way to recognize that non-standard DVD Encode. To do that, you'll need a software update. Chances are that the Home Page from where they are selling that DVD might list which Encode they used; then just update your computer to that update.

[missind33]

I can watch videos now! Thanks! But another problem I have is that I wish to download the DVD into my computer and I am completly confused.

[MadScientist]

Have you tried using DVD Decrypter? I dunno if it will recognize the disk if it is in a strange encode, but I figure its worth mentioning. Besides its included free in the AMV app, so...

[missind33]

I just figured how to do that and it works great. Is that really all you have to do to get your DVDs onto the computer? I thought it would be more difficult