My step by step how to.

Tools needed: DVD Decrypter, DGIndex, AviSynth 2.5, VirtualDubMod, TMPGEnc Plus 2.5

Optional/Recommended Tools: SubRip, DVD-lab PRO

1. Use DVD Decrypter to demux the video and audio streams from your DVD. Make sure to use IFO mode, set file splitting to 'none' and select the stream processing tab. This will allow you to pick the video and audio streams that you want to demux from your DVD title. Make sure your hard drive is partitioned in the NTFS format for this because your .M2V video file could exceed the 4GB FAT32 limit.

2. Open your demuxed .M2V file with DGIndex and under the 'Video' menu set the 'Field Operation' to 'Forced Film'. Then save your project with your title of choice, STARWARS.D2V for example, and this will give you a 23.976p .D2V output file for use in step 3.

3. Create an .AVS file with Notepad like the following example.

LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\DGIndex\DGDecode.dll")
mpeg2source("C:\temp\STARWARS.D2V")
LanczosResize(720,480,0,60,720,360)

'C:\Program Files\DGIndex\DGDecode.dll' is used to decode the MPEG2 DVD source, make sure your path is correct for your PC. 'C:\temp\STARWARS.D2V' is the path to the file you created with DGIndex in step 2. Save this text file that you've created in Notepad as STARWARS.AVS.

4. Using the 'Open Video File..' command in VirtualDubMod load the STARWARS.AVS file that you created in step 3. Now you want to 'Start Frame Server...', read this excellent guide to using frameserver from VirtualDub or VirtualDubMod. My only suggestion not mentioned there is to save your file not as STARWARS.VDR but instead as STARWARS.VDR.avi so that your can then open that file in your MPEG2 encoder of choice, TMPGEnc Plus in my case. * THE FRAMESERVER MUST REMAIN OPEN AND RUNNING DURING YOUR ENCODE FOR THIS PROCESS TO WORK! *

5. Open TMPGEnc Plus and select a 'NTSC (16:9)' from the Project Wizard. You can then encode your file in TMPGEnc Plus for 16:9 enhancement. VirtualDubMod will frameserve the cropped and resized file directly to TMPGEnc in the proper 720x480 pixel size and TMPGEnc will encode for 16:9 enhancement and reduction in size to DVD5.

6. Use SubRip to extract any subtitles from your DVD if necessary.

7. Use the DVD authoring program of your choice to join your anamorphic video and audio (demuxed in step 1) as well as the optional subtitle files created in step 6 if needed. I recommend DVD-lab PRO but you probably have your own preferred DVD authoring title.

Thats the Reader's Digest version but through some reading and a little trial and error you should be able to fill in the blanks as I have given you the recipe.

Good luck.