Anyone recommend ripper for using in Vegas

Sz wrote on 2/23/2008, 2:20 PM
I am producing a show on public access, I had the show copied on a dvd. I used Handbrake (freeware ripper) for windows. When I brought the file down to Vegas 8 and 7 the audio came down but not the video. I played around with renaming files, still no video. Question, can anyone recommend either a freeware ripper or an inexpensive ripper that they know the file can be brought into Vegas either 7 or 8 ( 8 still has bugs, so sometimes I need to go back to 7 sometimes)

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johnmeyer wrote on 2/23/2008, 3:27 PM
You don't need, nor is there any reason to use, a ripper when using video from DVDs that are not copy-protected.

Use Vegas' "Import Camcorder" feature (in the File menu) to bring in the audio and video from discs you have created yourself. I guess, in a sense, this feature is a "ripper," although it obviously does not include any form of decryption.
Sz wrote on 2/23/2008, 4:08 PM
WOW, WOW I love you johnmeyer, it worked I can't believe how easy it was. This is wonderful. Thank you so much.

I LOVE THIS FORUM.

I have learned so much from everyone here. I can't thank you enough.

Suzin
Cooldraft wrote on 2/28/2008, 11:17 AM
Did you get milisecond glitches between the VTS_01 (xx) files when you put them together?
johnmeyer wrote on 2/28/2008, 4:20 PM
Did you get milisecond glitches between the VTS_01 (xx) files when you put them together?

Yes, sometimes. PITA.

FWIW, I actually usually use the VFAPIConv tool to feed MPEG-2 or VOB files into Vegas. If you haven't tried it, this is pretty close to magic. On any version of Vegas, you can edit with almost the same speed as a DV AVI file, instead of the choppy horrible MPEG-2 editing speed.

Now that search is starting to work again, you can look for my earlier posts on this subject. The short version is:

1. Create a d2v file for the VOB (or you can put ALL the VOBs into one d2v, which is really the way to go). You do this using a free utility called DGIndex. I just did this for a 1 GB VOB and it took 21 seconds on my ancient (5.5 year old) 2.8 GHZ P4.

2. Open the d2v file using a program called VFAPIConv. Choose a location and file name for the output dummy AVI file. Click on OK.

3. Click on the Convert button. In a matter of a few seconds, you will have an AVI file (it took less than one second for this example).

4. Fire up Vegas. I just opened Vegas 6, which I haven't used in a year, just to show what can be done even with an older version of Vegas that didn't handle m2t at all and was completely brain dead (as opposed only partially brain dead) when handling MPEG-2.

I just played back this VOB on the Vegas timeline, using Best quality in the preview window, with the preview window enlarged to the maximum and simulate device aspect ratio enabled. In other words, this should give the slowest possible playback.

On my 5.5 year-old 2.8 GHz single CPU, single thread P4, I get full-speed 29.97 playback, with instantaneous access to any point on the timeline. It is exactly the same responsiveness as a DV AVI file. The only thing that is not as fast as DV AVI (at least on my old slow computer) is when I scan at more than 4x speed. In this case, the playback is definitely a little jerky.

Why this still can't be done natively in Vegas, I have no idea, but for the investment of 2-3 minutes up front, and downloading these two free utilities, you too can have perfect playback, even in Vegas 4, I suspect.

ChristoC wrote on 2/28/2008, 5:43 PM
>> Did you get milisecond glitches between the VTS_01 (xx) files when you put them together?

errrr, I get gaps approaching 21 frames at boundaries.... not happy with Vegas for this operation.