thanks for the response tim.
wow i really dont want to go back and have to start from scratch with the source material. maybe when i finalize the project i'll go back and play with that.

when i started i was thinking that i need to copy the vob files but i had trouble doing that. i was trying to just drag from the dvd drive explorer window to a folder on my hard drive but that didnt seem to work. is that the best way to go about it? or should i have gotten a dvd ripping prog like dvd clone?