Hi there
another VERY EASY way - if you have a DVD recorder with a HDD in it - Copy the DVD to the machines's HDD - usually can be done quite easily on modern HDD recorders -- otherwise do it in "Real Time" -- Watch the DVD while recording to Disk.
Now you can using the DVD Recorders Menu function -- Split the movie up or whatever. You can also re-chapter it or whatever. Copy back to a Blank DVD.
Incidentally if you use a DVD recorder with a HDD in it you can make a DVD copy on to a single DVD of a normal DVD. If you use LP mode you can usually get TWO complete films on to a typical 4.7 GB DVD. The DVD recorder will "Finalize" the DVD also in such a way that your new DVD is playable on a computer or other DVD players.
I use DVD-RAM for the Copy as the DVD recorder will copy in High Speed. Another good idea is to use a DVD+RW.
I then create an "ISO" copy of my new DVD and store it on a 1.5TB Disk.
I re-use the DVD again for more copies.
Using Alcohol 52% - Free - you can mount the ISO as a normal DVD and it will play on your computer / laptop.
Taking a 500 GB tiny WD USB Passport disk around is much better than a whole slew of physical DVD's.
BTW I haven't bothered yet with BLU RAY ripping / copying -- my DVD recorder has a nice 1280p FULL upscale facility so I can't be bothered with Blu Ray with all the attendant DRM / copying issues.
If the DVD is copy protected (I have a DVD recorder bought in China that doesn't have Regional encoding or Copy Protection -- The Chinese always seem to manage this stuff quickly don't they
) then you can still make a recording to your DVD recorder
Use one of those TV 2.4 GHZ Video Senders and feed the composite output to the Video / Audeo in on the Video recorder.
Sometimes things CAN be done without needing a computer.
Cheers
jimbo