2023 Best 3 Ways to Convert DVD to AVI for Free

While browsing Videohelp, Tomsguide and other similar sites, we find that people are looking for free software that can convert DVD to AVI for storing to hard drive and playing on TV. However, when we search for a genuine free DVD to AVI converter, we are extremely likely to be faced with the following annoying situations:

• There are some unexpected plugins, adware, spyware, malware or viruses hidden inside of the so-called freeware, which are mostly useless and hard to delete, and would affect the processing speed of our computers or even do terrible harm to our machines.
• Some freeware has poor support for most DVDs, especially commercial DVDs;
• The DVD to AVI conversion speed is snail-paced and the output file is clumsy because the software is lag in technology.

Fortunately, we finally found three programs that can rip DVD to AVI format for free, namely WinX DVD Ripper, VLC, and Icepine Free DVD to AVI Converter. Next, we'll show you how they work.

Method 1. How to Convert DVD to AVI with WinX DVD Ripper

WinX DVD Ripper is the most popular DVD ripper in the market. It can flawlessly rip DVD to AVI for free with original quality in 3 simple steps on Windows 11/10/8/7/Vista/XP. After converting video DVD to AVI, you can then play DVD movie on Window (10) PC with Windows Media Player, free 5KPlayer or other top free media players, without troubling to insert the DVD disc every time.

Supporting multi-core CPU, Super Encode Engine based on MMX- SSE & 3DNow!, and Intel/AMD/NVIDIA hardware acceleration, it offers 47X real-time faster speed, and is much faster than other similar products in the market.

• Rips DVD to AVI, MP4, MPEG, WMV, ISO, MP3, etc.
• Supports importing DVD disc (DVD5, DVD9, DVD ROM, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW), DVD ISO Image file, and DVD folder.
• Bypasses DVD copy protections incl. general CSS encryption, Sony ARccOS, UOPs, APS, RCE, etc.
• Flexible parameter (resolution, aspect ratio etc) settings & easy video editing options like trim, crop, merge video, add SRT subtitles etc.
• No.1 fast DVD ripping speed with the best output quality. 100% clean. No ads, malware or virus at all.

Now let's free download and install WinX DVD Ripper on our computer and follow the guide below to convert DVD to .avi file.

Step 1. Import the source DVD.

Firstly, insert the DVD you want to convert to AVI into your DVD drive. When it is detected by your computer, launch this DVD to AVI converter and click "DVD Disc" to select the source DVD and click "OK". Then, it will begin loading your DVD.

Step 2. Select AVI as output

In the Output Profile window, scroll down to "PC General Video" and then you'll find two AVI presets. One is "AVI Video (DivX/Xvid + MP3), the other is "AVI Video (DivX/Xvid + AC3/DTS) ". The difference between these two presets is that the audio encoding format is different. You can choose any one you like and click "OK" to confirm.

You can drag the quality slider to LQ or HQ based on your own needs. For more options, you can click the setting button. Then, you'll find the options to tweak bit rate, frame rate, resolution, encoding format (DivX or Xvid), and so on.

Step 3. Select which DVD title to convert.

WinX DVD Ripper is a very smart tool. It can automatically select the right main movie title to convert. Of course it also allows you to select some other title or titles. In addition to that, you also need to check if the selected audio and subtitles are what you want. It is also possible if you want to add external subtitles to your movie. Just click "Edit", click "Subtitle" tab, click "Enable subtitle", check the box of "Extra", and then click the "Add" button to select subtitle file.

As you can see, there are also options to trim video, crop video, and expand video.

Step 4. Start converting DVD to AVI.

Click "Browse" button to specify a save path for the AVI output file. And then, click "RUN" to begin converting your DVD to AVI. Now, your work is done. The rest is left to WinX DVD Ripper. It will show you its conversion progress. After the conversion is complete, you can find the .avi file you need in the path you set.

Watch the YouTube Video Tutorial to Check How WinX DVD Ripper Digitizes DVDs

Method 2. How to Convert DVD to AVI for Free Using VLC

VLC is mainly used as a multimedia player but also has built-in DVD ripping function. It is able to rip a DVD to AVI, MP4, FLV, and a few more. And it also allows you to adjust encoding parameters including bit rate, frame rate, and so on.

But VLC also has two fatal flaws. One is that its compatibility with encrypted DVDs is not very good. So it may not be able to convert your commercial disc successfully. Another is that its conversion speed is very slow. VLC takes as much time as the movie length. In fact, it doesn't rip your DVD but records it instead.

If you want to give VLC a try, just download and install it and follow our steps below.

Step 1. Open VLC, click "Media", and click "Convert / Save".

Step 2. On the Open Media window, click "Disc" tab, and select the DVD disc you want to convert to AVI. If you've already inserted a DVD, it should already appear in the field of the Disc device. Next, set starting position, audio and subtitle tracks, and then click "Convert / Save" at the bottom.

Step 3. Since there is no AVI preset in VLC, you need to click the Create a new profile button on the Convert window to create an AVI preset by yourself.

You need to enter a profile name, choose AVI as the encapsulation, and specify video codec, audio codec, and other parameters.

Step 4. Click "Browse" to specify save path and hit "Start" to begin ripping DVD to AVI with VLC.

Method 3. How to Convert DVD to AVI with Icepine Free DVD to AVI Converter

Icepine Free DVD to AVI Converter is designed to convert DVD to DivX/Xvid/H264 AVI and MP3 on Windows XP/Vista/7. It also allows joining titles and chapters, trimming DVD, and applying filters to adjust video quality.

This is a very lightweight tool. The setup file is 5.2 MB only. And it installs quickly. You can download and install it and follow the steps below to see if it can convert your DVD to AVI successfully.

Step 1. Launch Icepine Free DVD to AVI Converter and then click the "+ Add" DVD button to select the DVD you want to convert. If you've already put the DVD into DVD drive, it should be available to choose here.

By the way, Icepine also allows you to import DVD folder to convert.

After you selecting the source DVD, Icepine will display the DVD titles and other information like duration and file size. Expand the title, and you'll see the chapters. But during our test, it took quite long time to load the DVD. And, it didn't show all titles in my DVD and couldn't select the right main movie title.

Step 2. Choose the title(s) and chapter(s) you want to convert. If you want to merge them together, you can check "Join titles and chapters". And, you also need to select the audio track and subtitle track you need.

Step 3. Choose an output format. The available output formats include AVI – XviD, AVI – DivX, and AVI – H.264. If you click on the drop-down menu of output format, a small window will pop up. Then you can select preset, and you can also set the resolution, bit rate, and frame rate according to your needs.

Step 4. Click the "Browse" button to specify output folder.

Step 5. Click the"Start" button to start ripping DVD to AVI.

FAQs about DVD to AVI

3. How to convert DVD VOB file to AVI?

WinX DVD Ripper can convert DVD VOB files to AVI. Let me show you how to do this.

Step 1. Download, install, and launch WinX DVD Ripper.

Step 2. Click + Folder button on WinX DVD Ripper to load the VIDEO_TS folder which covers your DVD VOB files.

Step 3. On the Output Profile panel, click General Profiles and choose AVI Video (Divx/Xvid+MP3). Then hit OK.

Step 4. Click the RUN button to begin converting DVD VOB file to AVI.

4. How to convert DVD ISO to AVI?

Besides converting DVD disc and DVD VOB files, WinX DVD Ripper can also handle DVD ISO image files. Just follow the steps below to convert DVD ISO to AVI.

Step 1. Download, install, and open WinX DVD Ripper.

Step 2. Click ISO Image button to import target DVD ISO file.

Step 3. Choose AVI Video as the output format and hit OK.

Step 4. Click RUN to start converting and shrinking DVD ISO to AVI.

Related External Source from Wiki:

1. AVI: Audio Video Interleaved (also Audio Video Interleave), known by its initials AVI, is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as part of its Video for Windows software...
2. DVD-Video: DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVD discs. Discs using the DVD-Video specification require a DVD drive and an MPEG-2 decoder (e. g., a DVD player, or a computer DVD drive with a software DVD player)...

Disclaimer: Digiarty Software does not advocate ripping copy-protected DVDs for any commercial purpose and suggests referring to the DVD copyright laws in your countries before doing so.