M2V and AC-3 files

AdamX wrote on 9/10/2004, 10:24 AM

Has anyone had problems loading these two file formats in to vegas 5? All I get is "unsupported file format" Do you need any external programs? This is not covered in the manual.

Any help would be cool.

Cheers

Adam

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donp wrote on 9/10/2004, 11:37 AM

Vegas cannot see ac3 audio files. The m2v (Mpeg2) files are cuts only if Vegas will not have any other issues with them.

AdamX wrote on 9/14/2004, 8:40 AM

This is terrible news. I've used dvd decrypter to edit a holiday dvd back to the pc as i don't have the tape anymore and now i can't re-edit my holiday film. Whats the best way to convert dvd to mpeg2 file without losing quality?

Cheers

Adam

rs170a wrote on 9/14/2004, 10:13 AM

Just drag the vob file(s) onto the Vegas timeline' and use AC3Decode to convert the audio.

Mike

donp wrote on 9/14/2004, 11:44 AM

AdamX, use DVD2AVI to convert the vob to a compatable avi for Vegas and it will ge both the video AVI and the audio as PCM. I have done that several times with no problems. You can do a web search to get DVD2AVI.

Jsnkc wrote on 9/14/2004, 3:08 PM

I find that just doing an analog capture of the DVD works great and gives you the best quality in the end.

donp wrote on 9/14/2004, 6:20 PM

I agree run the set top DVD player into the VCR "in" and capture it to tape and there you go. This completely slipped my mind earlier.

AdamX wrote on 9/15/2004, 5:14 AM

Converting dvd to vhs will lose quality. Dragging vob files in to the time doesn't work the video is all over the place. I will try the dvd2avi method but is there another tool to just simply convert vobs to mpeg2 file, one must exist somewhere?

Thanks for the help guys up to now.

Adam

ScottW wrote on 9/15/2004, 5:47 AM

VOB's are effectively MPEG-2's, they just have some extra stuff in them.

It's a lot easier to edit in Vegas with an AVI of some format than it is with an MPEG2/VOB. DVD2AVI is probably the best way to go - in addition to getting the video, it can also extract the audio as a WAV file for you.

--Scott

mel58i wrote on 9/15/2004, 6:02 AM

If you have a dvd author (TMPG) then you can add a dvd file, this reads the IFO's, vobs etc and produces the original mpeg, which you can then put into Vegas.

Mel.

Jsnkc wrote on 9/15/2004, 8:27 AM

You don't have to convert the DVD to VHS, just run the DVD Player into an analog capture device like your camera if it has passthrough capabilities or something like the Canopus ADVC-100. Then capture it as an AVI-DV file then you can edit with it and re-render it out and maintain a lot of the quality. Re-rendering a MPEG (VOB) will take a VERY long time, and the quality won't be as good in the end.