DVD "to" Video??

Ray & Paula wrote on 9/21/2008, 4:50 PM

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone of you ever downloaded a personal made DVD and recorded it on a HDV or SD video camera? If so, how did you go about it connection wise? Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Ray

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TheHappyFriar wrote on 9/21/2008, 6:49 PM

put it on the vegas timeline & use print to tape. That should do it.

Ray & Paula wrote on 9/21/2008, 9:22 PM

Hi,
Wish I could, that's the reason I want to put it on tape. I have had nothing but problems with importing a DVD into Vegas Pro. In fact, I just placed a Post on September 19'th. I'm able to import, but my audio is way off sync or not there at all. Audio on one of the DVD's I imported was in super slow motion. I must be doing something wrong, but can't put my finger on it. They are importing with the .mpg ending. If you or someone else can point me in the right direction, Isure would appreciate it. Thanks, Ray

JackW wrote on 9/21/2008, 9:33 PM

Have you tried connecting your DVD player to your computer and using VidCap to capture it?

Your camera may allow you to input from the DVD player and record directly to tape as well.

Alternatively, you might try bringing the VOB files on the DVD into Vegas -- drag and drop the VOB directly onto the timeline from Explorer. Look for the VOB file with the largest file size.

Jack

Grazie wrote on 9/22/2008, 12:00 AM

"Your camera may allow you to input from the DVD player and record directly to tape as well." - Yes Jack, I'd be trying this for starters!

Grazie

Waltere wrote on 12/18/2008, 10:58 AM

Holy Mackerel, Hallelujah, Glory Be, and THANK YOU SANTA CLAUS even if you're using the alias Jackw.

I have been trying for days to get video off a DVD that has a corrupted ifo file. Nothing worked including several little known Caribbean practices involving ritual slaughter of small mammals. Until reading your post I had no idea that VOB files could go directly into the Vegas timeline! Thank you, thank, you, thank you, thank you! Now I feel really bad about those litle squirrels and gerbils, but they gave all for a good cause, which is the most any of us can hope for.....

johnmeyer wrote on 12/18/2008, 2:24 PM

I have posted many techniques for solving the problem you are facing. The first one has helped many people and is quite simple. The others are a bit more complicated, but also work. The "ultimate" solution that works 99.9% of the time is to following the directions in the first link below, and then put the result into Womble and have it create it's own version of the resulting MPEG-2 file. However, you have to own Womble. Try the first solution and see if that works.

The camcorder import feature in Vegas seldom seems to work for me.

The analog capture is a last resort, but you really should not have to do that, and you are guaranteed to lose quality. Also, it takes a really long time. I have never once had to resort to that, and I re-use my DVD content all the time, several times a week.

How to edit VOB files in Vegas using DVD Shrink

VOB edit using DGIndex

Straight path for reauthoring VOB file re-authoring