How to? Capture DVD content on VideoFactory

dsaelwuero wrote on 12/13/2003, 6:28 AM

I have a DVD Handycam and have made some DVD's that play great thru WInDVD or Windows Media Player. The movie sceens are recorded in chapters. How can I capture a chapter and be able to use it in my media pool?

Any help and suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

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JohnnyRoy wrote on 12/13/2003, 6:47 PM

I assume the DVD that it creates is storing the video as VOB files in the \VIDEO_TS folder. One way to edit them would be to copy then to your hard drive and rename them to *.MPG (from *.VOB). Then you should be able to drop them on the timeline.

~jr

csan wrote on 12/24/2003, 8:15 AM

I also have some DVDs I want to edit in MS. I renamed a 800MB VOB (approx 15 min video) to MPG. When I drop the file into the timeline the event lentgh is only about 1 min 9 secs. If I play this MPG file in WMP it shows the correct length. Is there a default event lentgh for mpg files in MS? Is there a way to override this?

JohnnyRoy wrote on 12/24/2003, 8:02 PM

Is this a DVD you previously created or is this a DVD that was store bought and could have copy protection on it? You shouldn’t have any problem renaming the VOB to MPG for a DVD you created.

~jr

csan wrote on 12/26/2003, 3:57 AM

Its a DVD I created by dubbing from a family vacation VHS tape using the Sansui (Sears) DVD-Recorder deck. The DVD plays OK in other stand-alone decks.

pete_h wrote on 12/26/2003, 3:45 PM

Don't know what format DVD you burned to, but DVD+R's don't always play in older players..... you might want to try burning to a DVD-R and see if that plays

JohnnyRoy wrote on 12/28/2003, 6:26 AM

If renaming the VOB file won’t work you’ll need to rip the DVD to your hard drive. There is lots of information on how to do this at dvdrhelp.com.

~jr