DVD -- FLV: What's the best way ?

Hello,
I want to convert movies from DVDs to FLVs.
Some DVDs are homevideos taken with a camera, and some are
VHS that was converted to DVD.
I got Adobe Flash CS3 Video encoder, but it can't read the
DVD files.
Now what ?
Help will be greatly apreciated :)

I really like Cinematize--it can read DVD video discs, and
let you export one or more chapters to just about any file format
you desire. (It's the one DVD ripper I endorse in my Flash Video
book, see signature below.) You can download a trial version of
Cinematize here:
http://www.miraizon.com
BTW, this forum is for Flash Media Encoder support, which
encodes live video streams on the fly to a Flash Media Server
application. I _wish_ there was a dedicated forum to Flash CS3
Video Encoder. :(

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Thomas Whaley wrote:
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then, something went wrong:
exactly for your purposes, the Share to DVD feature of FCPX is meant
no fancy menus, no options, straight forward:
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jpqb48 wrote:
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