how to convert dvd to editable format

Ivan Lietaert wrote on 11/8/2007, 1:33 AM
Being a teacher, I want to edit video I recorded from television to use in the class room. I have burnt it to a dvd, but now I want to edit it adding assingment pannels/titles. So this is a non-protected dvd.
Is there an application out there I need, or can it be done with windows movie maker or Vegas straight?

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Eugenia wrote on 11/8/2007, 1:49 AM
Put the DVD in the tray, and load its video and audio files on vegas. It should work. If not, use Handbrake to rip it to another format (with quality loss though): http://handbrake.m0k.org/?article=details

Make sure that this usage of TV content is allowed in your country under your fair use law btw (just saying :).
vincej wrote on 11/8/2007, 11:44 AM
I used a feature within VMS to accomplish exactly this

> file > Import > DVD

it then gave me the files in my project media
Ivan Lietaert wrote on 11/8/2007, 12:46 PM
Vincej, it does work, though it did make my dvd player go crazy, so I had to terminate with CTRL+Del. But I think I'll get it to work with smaller files.

Anyhow, I'm writing a teacher's in training manual and I was wondering how to get this to work with Movie Maker instead of Vegas. Anybody?
Eugenia wrote on 11/8/2007, 1:17 PM
To import a DVD in a format that Movie Maker supports, that would need a ripper and an encoder to WMV or to the DV codec.
4eyes wrote on 11/8/2007, 5:59 PM
If you have NERO it can import the dvd, actually does a nice job, Nero will import the complete movie, or complete mpeg2 files on the dvd without breaking them up.
Nero will import DVD-Video / DVD -VR / DVD +VR modes. & AVCHD Disks.

Then use those mpeg2 files to edit & create a new dvd.
vincej wrote on 11/8/2007, 7:40 PM
File > IImport does not work ???

Well I'm stunned - just to be certain I have just imported a home made DVD using this feature - it pulled all the video VTS and audio off and put it into a designated directory.

try it on a home made DVD.

Maybe I have misunderstood your question

cheers Vincej
4eyes wrote on 11/8/2007, 9:07 PM
File > IImport does not work ??? Vincej, it does work, though it did make my dvd player go crazy, so I had to terminate with CTRL+Del. But I think I'll get it to work with smaller files.I suggested Nero because Ivan posted VMS was thrashing the dvd during access and he had to force a taskmanager session.

I've used VMS import as vincej posted and it worked without any problems.
Ivan Lietaert wrote on 11/8/2007, 9:49 PM
Ok, here is the round-up.
Import dvd does the job. I just wasn't patient enough: I dragged the video to the timeline before it had finished building peaks, which made the dvd player go crazy.
Still, there are frequents stops when I play back, so I think I should better first copy the file to the hard drive.
Thanks for the input and patience.
Chienworks wrote on 11/9/2007, 6:33 AM
Oh, definitely copy it to the hard drive. Data access from the DVD drive is maybe 1/1000 the speed of reading from the hard drive. Reading from the DVD drive like that is also a good way to burn it out a lot faster.