Not posotive if it works like this in V5 but in V7 and later if you go to the project media tab with the DVD in your drive, push the CD button, a menu will pop up showing the chapters of the DVD. Just hit import and it will load editable video files with audio in the project media. Drag them up on the time line and presto. Hope that helps



L.T.

Thanks for your reply, farss.

I've sorted the link thing out:)

There wasn't a DVCAM it was a DVD from a DVDCAM so no tape involved.

Surely there must be an easy way to extract the audio and video for editing?

I'll give the BeSweet method a try.

Cheers

@LongTallTexan

That option doesn't seem to work in V5, thanks anyway.

@Farss

BeSweet appears overly complicated.

Well in that case, what I used to do in the day was, open the dvd folder and drag the vob files to a folder on your desktop. After they finish copying to your folder drag the vob files onto the timeline from your folder. It takes some timebut that used to work for me. Vegas has made leaps and bounds in working with VOB files since V5. You should look at updating while the price is stillgood. in VP8 you would have been done with this in 5 min.


L.T.

But the VOB file, once on the timeline, doesn't show any audio.

IISTR some years ago using DVDDecrypter to extract the audio as an AC3 file (Demux) and then using another prog to convert from AC3 to WAV.

OK - So, I have successfully Demuxed to an AC3 file (Still shows as VOb, though!

I have then processed this using 1c3Tool and gotten a a resultant WAV file.

Now, all I do is add the Original VOB (Copied to HDD) to the timeline and then the WAV file and all seems fine.

I think, when I get a little spae cash, I'll upgrade from V5!

Cheers

NERO will combine all those small video files into one mpeg file. Just make disk copy or use recode. Alternatively open DVD in Vegas and render to new single file.

If you have a DVD and want to put it on Vegas 5 Timeline I have used a inexpensive software package to convert DVD to AVI. Try this link. www.imtoo.com. It is only around 50 dollars and you convert DVD to a bunch of files. I know this one works. When we get DVD sent to our station we use this software to convert to VOB to M-Peg 2. I have used this software to convert VOB to AVI also.

Thanks for all the advice.

I have another rayher strange problem creep in now which is causing me some hair loss;)

It is only a short DVD with lasting around 24 and a half minutes.

I extracted the audio as described above and that it fine.

Copying the VOB files (just the two relevant ones) at 771 & 390MB respectively to hard drive then adding to V5 timeline or even dragging directly from the DVD to the timeline gives two events as expected but they are only 2 secs 22 frames and 7 sec 5 frames respectively. Yep, the larger file is showing as shorter length.

Nero only plays the files for the times given above yet WMPlayer plays them in their original entirety as long as I run from the Video_TS VOB file rather than the 01_1 or 02_1 files.

Can anyone shed some light on why this is happening?

Cheers

Did you try the "File / Import DVD" option in Vegas? It works nearly every time for me and far better than the VOB rippers.

I am not sure that Vegas 5 had the VOB import option. I could be wrong. But I did try it in Vegas 6. I will have to go on my other computer that has 5 and see.

I am not sure that Vegas 5 had the VOB import option.

That feature wasn't added until Vegas 6, 6.0c as I recall, so make sure you have at least that version.
What some folks have done in this situation is to hook the outputs of a DVD player to a miniDV camcorder (with the pass-through feature), press play on the DVD player and capture it that way.
Remember to disable DV device control in VidCap if you're doing it this way.

Mike

>>dragging directly from the DVD to the timeline gives two events as expected but they are only 2 secs 22 frames and 7 sec 5 frames respectively>>

This can happen if there are timecode breaks in the dvd material. Try Mpeg Streamclip software available as a free download from http://www.squared5.com. This will allow you to selectively convert bits to quicktime or other format that you can bring onto the timeline. You may have to use the "fix timecode breaks" function of Mpeg Streamclip first to be able to see all the footage.

Hope this helps.

Warren