Pat, and anyone else listening to this, ******Please remember it is illegal to copy copyrighted films etc.****** There are a number of programs out there that will rip a DVD into either a AVI or MPG file. Once you have done that you can then use a normal CD authoring software, to burn the files or file into a Video CD. CD authoring software - Nero or Easy CD Creator Links to DVD ripping - http://www.dvdcopyworld.de/dvdcopyworld/encoder.html http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/dvd2vcd_with_smart_dvd2avi_tmpgenc.cfm http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/encoding.html Hope these are of help, Trevnal ----- Original Message ----- From: "§Pat§" <rhekay@xxxxxxxxxx> Oh I would like to do that.can you explain how please?Ive done all my peabrain can think of the copy this Pat "Inside every older woman is a young girl wondering what the hell happened." -Cora Harvey Armstrong- http://www.duirwaighgallery.com/inspirat ion_trailer.htm http://wonderofitall.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevnal" <trev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> §Pat§, You could rip the DVD to your hard drive and then turn it into a VCD or SVCD. As the material should not be copyrighted and your friend has said you can do it, you can not be breaking any laws too. May be that is of use to you. Trevnal To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk