DVD rip and convert

I've perused a ton of posts and downloaded a variety of programs but
I'm still having problems getting things going so a little guidance
would be great if anyone cares to steer me in the right direction.

I'm a web designer, but I'm new at the video end of things. A client
brought a DVD he wants to play from his website, so I plan to rip it,
convert it to avi or mpeg and then convert to .FLV so I can stream it
with a Flash player. I'm familiar with everything that needs to be
done once I have an avi or mpeg, but the conversion part has me ready
to pull my hair out.

I have 6 total files, which consist of 2 BUPs, 2 IFOs, and 2 VOPs (not
VOBs). Most of my search results and downloaded programs require a VOB
file, but I have VOP instead. What am I missing? Thanks for any help!!

Joe

anyone?

Joe

Are you sure the extension is .VOP? Are those the original files on
the DVD or was some conversion program used to generate the BUP/IFO/VOP
files?

If you go to 'http://www.videohelp.com/tools?updated=List all by latest
version' and look in the drop down box labeled 'Tool features' it lists
a whole mess of file formats that you can convert from/to and nowhere
in there is a way to convert from/to a .VOP file.

Is it possible that it's some kind of proprietary extension that is
used by one conversion/burner program only? Maybe your client can give
you a heads-up on where he got those files and/or what program was used
to burn that DVD and you can go from there.

I'm pretty sure that BUP and IFO files reside alongside VOB files when
a DVD disk is created. Just out of curiosity, why don't you try
copying those files to your hard drive and manually change the
extension of those 2 VOP's to VOB and see what happens.

Ranger Jack