General Ripping Help (And a little more)

[wawhoo]

Okay, so I've been working up to make AMVs for awhile, but this is my first project I plan to put a lot of time and effort into. I know there are guides on how to do what I'm about to ask, but I'll explain why I'm still asking after I ask.

Currently, I have the complete DVD set of Witchblade on legit DVDs and I'm looking to rip them so I can use them for an AMV. I followed Zarx's video guide and when it came to the end, the quality of the video had been degraded from where I started. I'm looking to rip and deinterlace as the highest possible quality.

Any advice to be offered? Right now I have the AMVapp programs.

[Zarxrax]

I followed Zarx's video guide and when it came to the end, the quality of the video had been degraded from where I started

You need to figure out at what point it was that the quality became degraded, and let us know what you did there.

[Emotive]

If what you mean is that the quality became downgraded upon converting the dvd files to a lossless avi, mind posting your avisynth script? That's most probably what's at fault, unless you used some other codec besides lagarith/huffy.