DVD help!!!

mvpvideos2007 wrote on 11/8/2005, 6:49 AM

Is there anyway to take the video off of a DVD I made with Vegas Video that is on the DVD in mpeg back off, import it back into the Vegas Timeline to edit it?

Thanks

Comments

Spot|DSE wrote on 11/8/2005, 6:52 AM

In Vegas 6> File/Import/DVD

mvpvideos2007 wrote on 11/8/2005, 6:55 AM

What about vegas 5.0?

jetdv wrote on 11/8/2005, 6:59 AM

The feature was added in Vegas 6.0c. If you do a search for "VOB" you'll get lots of info on doing it in previous versions and many workarounds to the problems involved. Personally, in previous versions I found it easier to just hook the DVD player to my camera/convertor/deck and then recapture via firewire as DV-AVI. MPEG is not a good editing format.

mvpvideos2007 wrote on 11/8/2005, 7:02 AM

Thanks Jet, I was going to do that, but I would think the quality would not be as good as the original DV. AVI file?

Jay Gladwell wrote on 11/8/2005, 7:10 AM

The file that is on your DVD is not an .AVI file anyway. Capturing as Edward suggests will give you far better results than editing and re-rendering the MPEG file that is on the DVD!

jetdv wrote on 11/8/2005, 7:11 AM

No matter what you do the quality won't be as good as the original DV-AVI file. You've already compressed it to MPEG2 to get it onto the DVD! If you want the original DV-AVI quality, recapture from the original tape. When I finish my edits, I not only make a DVD but also output to MiniDV as well. Then if I need to edit from that edit, I can just capture from the master tape I created.