Some of these recorders insert information into the data stream than bothers programs like VMS - you might try some other ripping software such as DVD2AVI and see if it can handle the VOB files.

But, as Kelly says, this isn't the best format for editing; you'd be better off also capturing to DV and editing that.

--Scott

Thanks for the advice. We're using the DVD Recorder (for the moment) because we rely on donated equipment. I'll have to see if we can find a donor for a DV Tape machine.

I haven't looked at the Platinum version...I'll do that.

I've tried DVD2AVI, but the output is always pixellated. I think it might be coded related. I've been using the MS MPEG4 codecs...what would you recommend?

KC

a codec that can handle DV.

You don't need the Platinum version -- the regular version of Vegas Movie Studio is supposed to support input from DVD camcorders. (The Platinum version adds support for HDV - High Def Video, and adds some color correction functions, etc.)

But sorry, I have no experience with any DVD import.

Do you have some kind of TV camera or camcorder hooked into a standalone DVD recorder? Or do you have an actual DVD (mini-DVD) camcorder? The Movie Studio site says "Easy import from finalized DVD disc recorded with Sony® DVD Handycam® camcorders", but I would think the camcorder discs would have the same layout and filenames as a regular disc.

Are there multiple xxxx.vob files on your discs? These are the actual MPEG2 files, and I think that the DVD spec has a maximum filesize of 1 GB (though this is from memory, and I'm no expert). Could it be that your recorder is splitting the content into multiple vob's, and you just happen to be picking up the last one?

Tim L

Hi Tim--

Thanks for the clarification on the Platinum version.

We shoot with two Panasonic prosumer S-VHS cameras, run the signal through a Panasonic desktop video switcher and then record the signal on a Panasonic set-top DVD Recorder. We do most of the mixing (video and audio) "live" during the shoot. We edit the segments together, put in the supers, title sequences and so on after the fact.

There are multiple VOB files, but Vegas doesn't appear to allow me to make any choices. I just get to pick the disk and Vegas takes over from there.

Using the Indeo 5.11 codec at 24-bit color I'm getting good results in ripping the files myself, so I may just go that route for now.

KC

I have a Panny E100, which i have dubbed a few clips from the HDD to DVD-RAM, and then copied them to my computer hard drive. i renamed the .vro files them to .mpg files--it really is an mpeg file. i did this to just get the audio from the DVD--not the video. give this a try. i know it's an extra step or 2, but if it works for you----

hth,
ron