Cant import video

shawnc wrote on 9/15/2006, 9:55 AM
I purchase a dvd/vcr recorder in order to convert my home movies to dvd. now that they are on dvd, when I try to import the video into vegas movie studio, I get a pop-up saying that it is not supported. when looking at the files on the dvd, I believe they are a MPEG file. I need help!! This small project has turned into a very expensive nightmare to edit my home movies.

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ScottW wrote on 9/15/2006, 12:08 PM
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you've probably picked the hardest and worst (quality-wise) approach to doing this task.. MPEG-2 video is a delivery format, not an editing format. You would have been much better off investing in a decent A/D converter (such as a canopus ADVC110 or something similar), capturing directly to computer as DV AVI and then editing.

That being said, the latest versions of VMS do have the ability to import your DVD's - which version of VMS are you using? Can you provide more detail about how you are trying to bring the VOB files into VMS?

--Scott
shawnc wrote on 9/16/2006, 7:10 AM
I am using VMS Platinum 7.0(build38), just purchased.I put disc in cd player E drive. I open VMS, click on import in the file menu. I've tried media... & dvd camcorder disc. I then direct source to my E drive & try to open. Thats when I get my pop-ups.

There isn't even a way to rip my dvd's to hard drive, nothing seems to support that either.
I did open the files on my home video disc and drag /drop into a file on my hard drive and they do play from there but there are also IFO file that come with the transfer & I don't know what to do with those. VMS, again, will not import from that source on my hard drive either.

Can I convert to anoher format, or would the quality continue downhill from here.
Thanx for the imput, Shawn
rustier wrote on 9/16/2006, 10:42 AM
there is a program called gspot I believe (free shareware) that you can use to find out exactly what kind of format your video is. To be honest I haven't done it myself, but it is my understanding that you should be able to import the vob files ( which are video files with additional dvd coding) and it should be no trouble

I noticed you said you put the dvd in the cd player - was this a typo?

I am curious which dvd system you used to convert and what if any settings you used to record.

were these home movies or "store bought"?

what method were you using to import?
shawnc wrote on 9/16/2006, 11:22 AM
These are home movies I had on VHSC taped, I went to walmart and pushased a Magnavox dvd recorder w/ VCR combo unit. I just dubbed direct from VCR to dvd. Menu settings were very limited for dubbing, no format choices.

The CD player was not a typo, I figured since it was a DVD rom that drive I could also use it as a source to retrieve DVD for download. I do also have a DVD Burner/Player, liteon 16x DVD+- R / +-RW drive on my computer. I was not using this to try to rip to HD. I hope this answers you question
ScottW wrote on 9/16/2006, 2:30 PM
CD readers cannot read DVD's, however, DVD readers can read CD's.

--Scott
shawnc wrote on 9/17/2006, 6:36 PM
If you read my last post I said it is a dvd rom. I also have a dvd burner in my system & was unsuccessful with that.
IanG wrote on 9/18/2006, 1:03 AM
Are you using DVD-R disks? If so, did you finalize them?

Ian G.
shawnc wrote on 9/19/2006, 9:35 AM
yes, the discs are finalized
rustier wrote on 9/19/2006, 10:46 AM
Your version supports importing non copyright protected video off a DVD. If you haven't checked the type of file you have with gspot I suggest you do. Your solution may be as simple as aquiring the right codec (thats the COmpressDECompress routine). My guess is that your machine is using a codec that is not standard issue. Now thats a funny play on terms because there is nothing standard about codec's - although there are some that are more used than others and some that are better than others. Codec-download.com is one place I know of; there are others.

Anyway if you install the right codec your computer (and VMS) should be "supported" and you can get on with your project.

Another software product you may consider (since you sunk the money on the dvd machine) is Womble. It can work with your dvd files without resampling (i.e. degrade your video)

I think Nero Ultra might do this as well - but don't run down to the store and buy it till you researched it for yourself. (I have the software but haven't really used it enough to confirm or deny that is does work like womble)

Good luck with it!

by the way IFO files are the "road map" of your dvd and VOB files are the "enhanced" video files (video plus stuff dvd needs to work right)