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Former user wrote on 10/2/2006, 6:57 AM
Do you have the original source footage?

If you are using Version 6 or above, there is an option to import non-protected DVDs.

Dave T2
mark003 wrote on 10/2/2006, 7:08 AM
No,
I no longer have the source files on my computer. I also have version 5. Does version 6 import the DVD and recovers the source footage? I wonder if I can get the demo and import that way?

Mark
Former user wrote on 10/2/2006, 7:09 AM
It won't recover your source footage. YOu will only have the footage as it exists on the DVD.

If you have the source footage, you could re-edit if you by chance save the VEG file.

Dave T2
mark003 wrote on 10/2/2006, 7:22 AM
Oh I misunderstood. I don't need the source footage, but the footage that exist on the DVD. If the demo works......that will be GREAT news!

Are there a lot of advantages to upgrading to 6 or whatever the current version is. Any big improvements?
Former user wrote on 10/2/2006, 7:27 AM
I went from 4 to 6 and find 6 has some features that I like, such as a real scrubber/cursor. And the 3d is nice.

7 is the current version, but I don't know what if offers.

Dave T2
TLF wrote on 10/2/2006, 7:42 AM
The solution is simple. Copy the VIDEO_TS folder from the DVD to your hard drive - dragging and dropping will do the trick.

Inside the VIDEO_TS folder you will see a group of files with .VOB extension. Change the .VOB to .MPG. Drag these to the vegas timeline and edit away!

Although Vegas 7 has the option to import DVD files, it has never worked for me. The first VOB is imported, but the remiander aren't. But as VOBs are MPEGs... renaming and dropping onto the timeline does the trick very well.

Worley
mark003 wrote on 10/2/2006, 8:03 AM
Thanks for the help!

You've rescued me

Laurence wrote on 10/2/2006, 11:40 AM
I always use MPEG Wizard, an mpeg editor from Womble.com for this sort of thing. I do this for two reasons: one, it's a whole lot faster, two, it saves a generation as only the parts that change are rerendered.