Before starting this DVD to MPEG2 conversion tutorial, here is a brief history lesson about MPEG2 video:

"After the MPEG1 standard was settled down and people started trying to apply it to higher-resolution video pictures, there were many flaws in the standard that became apparent. The biggest of these was that MPEG1 could only compress progressive-scan images, which meant real TV pictures (which were interlaced) were very difficult to compress. MPEG2 was born out of the desire to achieve compression of broadcast-quality video, and to this end it has succeeded. Thus MPEG2 format is wildly used for DVDs, Home Video Recordings (Learn convert DVD to TiVo MPEG2 video)."

Well our recommendation is if you are creating your own favorable definition archival backups of your movies, Convert your DVD to MPEG2 is one of the best choices. Tip: for online video distribution, you'd better convert your DVD to H.264 video.

How to Rip and Convert DVD to MPEG2 format?

BDlot DVD Clone Ultimate is a tool that dedicatedly designed for extracting main DVD movie and converting DVD to MPEG2 video. With this 3-clicks DVD backup utility, you can be regardless of any DVD copy protections. And the output MPEG2 video is 1:1 copy of source DVD which will be playable on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and other console players. If you’re building a home theater system, the outcome MPEG2 video is also friendly on HTPC, which can give you excellent image quality as well as 5.1 channel surround sound. Following up with below step-by-step user guide, you can create MPEG2 file in around twenty minutes.

Step 1: After loading your source DVD, you can click DVD Title Backup option, and choose Copy DVD to Single MPEG2 File.

Step 2: Check your Source DVD and Target File output folder. (Usually the output is in 3GB)

Step 3: Run BDlot DVD Clone Ultimate to get your MPEG2 video.