Technical help needed........

[Q]

Hi,

I'm new to composing for film and i'm about to embark on getting a show reel together. But i'm stuck.....

Can anybody help with what software to use to convert DVD video data into an avi file?? I need to do this to be able to import a movie file into my audio package (Sonar 5), so I can begin writing.

Any help or pointers are very much appreciated!!

Thanks for your time.