How to remove the menu from a Sony DVDirect file

BobToe wrote on 3/3/2024, 3:33 PM

Some years ago I converted a stack of vhs tapes to DVD using a Sony device. I think it was the VRD-MC5 DVDirect.

These are the files generated by the device:
disk4.C00
disk4.C01
disk4.C02
disk4.C03
disk4.C04
disk4.RDF
disk4.RIF

The .RDF and .RIF files are small - about 3k. The other files are very large.

Now I want to bring the files from the DVD into Vegas for editing. The first video file on the DVD, disk4.C00, shows a thumbnail from the DVD menu -- and the rest of the file shows up as blank on the Vegas timeline. But there's plenty of video information there -- it's simply hidden by the menu frame.

The other video files show up on the Vegas timeline and are editable.
I have no idea how to work around this. Has anyone found solution for this?

Comments

mark-y wrote on 3/3/2024, 3:59 PM

Open the VIDEO_TS folder and open the VTS_01_0.IFO file in Vegas. (Not VIDEO_TS.IFO)

Depending on your Vegas version, AC3 audio may or may not open correctly.

BobToe wrote on 3/3/2024, 4:53 PM

I don't see that file. These are the files on the DVD:

disk4.C00
disk4.C01
disk4.C02
disk4.C03
disk4.C04
disk4.RDF
disk4.RIF

mark-y wrote on 3/3/2024, 6:10 PM

Thought you said you had VOB files.

Those extensions are from a different format, not DVD-ROM or DVD-RAM Movie. Sorry, you will need to look online for a converter / muxer.

mark-y wrote on 3/4/2024, 5:17 AM

You rewrote your original post, and also made a duplicate post.

That isn't at all necessary.

If someone is familiar with that proprietary format, they will respond.

Otherwise, you are encouraged to search online for your own solution, perhaps on the Sony website.

Of one thing I am 99% certain; no version of Vegas in the last 20+ years will do the job by itself, nor do I know of any compatible plugins, although you are encouraged to use the forum search feature which goes back that far.

Here, I've done the search for you this time ;?)

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum-search/?query=sony%20dvdirect

I hope you find a solution.

There are also hundreds of tutorials, both official and unofficial, which many have found are excellent for learning more about the program basics:

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/got-questions-consult-the-tutorials-first-please--120282/

Dexcon wrote on 3/4/2024, 5:48 AM

From FileInfo.com (which gives information about file extensions). .RDF relates primarily to Mozilla (Firefox) metadata - https://fileinfo.com/extension/rdf

... and .RIF is a raster image created in Corel Painter - https://fileinfo.com/extension/rif

These are definitely not typical of any DVD burn that I've ever seen.

From an internet search, VRD-MC5 DVDirect was a proprietary Sony DVD burner from circa 2007 for burning DVDs directly from a camera (so it seems) to that Sony DVD burner.

Clearly, the burner didn't use a conventional DVD structure (e.g. VOB).

As per @mark-y's earlier advice, you'll need to research this online to find out if there is a way to convert the .co? files to another format compatible with modern day video editors such as Vegas Pro. BTW, .co? file extensions do not come up with a result in fileinfo.com.