iso files to avi files

Nick
thank you. however, i do not understand.
when i double click the iso
i get two files
one is open dvd which is empty
the other file is video_ts
which contains many items
and where shall i drag the contents to? what is new location?
i have tried to drag the video ts file but it will not go.
how do i make a avi from it?
thank you.

and also when i open final cut
and import the files inside video ts
the only one that will import is a vob file
which is just the video
no sound
none of the others import
such as the
ts.ifo;ts.bup;01 0.ifo;010bup.
?

where can i locate your tutorial?

these are files left over from when i owned a pc and worked in adobe premiere pro

is it this? and what if i cannot but the extra product now? can i do without it?

you will need MPEG Streamclip (which is free), and the Apple QuickTime MPEG2 PLayback Component ($20). After installing both of these, do the following:

Insert your DVD. If you Mac automatically starts up the DVD Player, you can quit DVD Player.
Look for the icon of your DVD on your desktop and double click to open a finder window. Navigate to the Video_TS folder.

Open MPEG Streamclip.

Drag the .VOB files from the Video_TS Folder into MPEG Streamclip and drop them. If MPEG Streamclip offers to fix timecode breaks, say YES.

Now you can preview the file in MPEG Streamclip by pressing the spacebar to play.
You can export the footage into a format that is editable by iMovie by clicking File/Export Using QuickTime and picking the Apple Intermediate Codec. You may also want to deinterlace in this step. (Do a test on a short clip and see if the deinterlaced version looks better). MPEG Streamclip will prompt you to provide a file name and location.

Open iMovie and click File/Import from file. Navigate to the ,mov file that you just created and import it into iMovie.

Note: If your DVD contains footage from multiple events that you would like to separate, you can easily do that. After dragging the VOB files into MPEG Streamclip, you can use the I key (capital i) to set the IN point and the O (capital O) key to set the Out Point. then File/Export this portion and give it a name. Repeat this until you have converted all the Events.

i only have final cut express 4.1 here, though i had been working on final cut pro at university. so even when i open mpeg streamclip, the only files that it accepts are the vob, none of the others opens there i notice. so is there any solution to this with final cut express?

read your tutorial. but it does not address the sound issues.
what do you suggest?

well
bless you
for trying to help such a plebeian
as myself