re edit DVD

roy rogers wrote on 11/30/2008, 8:01 PM

I have sony movie studio 7 platinum. I seem to be unable to reintroduce the contents from my DVD back into the program for further editing. How do I capture or import video from a DVD?

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Chienworks wrote on 11/30/2008, 8:09 PM

File / Import / DVD Camcorder Disc.

roy rogers wrote on 12/3/2008, 8:43 PM

I do not use the minidugutal tape in the camcorder, I run the camcorder output directly into a stand alone DVD recorder. This gives me a 6 hour recording time on a full sized DVD disk. Unfortunately this 6 hour disk won't import into Sony Vegas for editing by any means i've been able to find. There would be no trouble capturing directly from a cam corder but that's not the case here. Your suggestion would work fine for a mini 'dvd disk played from the camera but i'm not doing that.

Chienworks wrote on 12/4/2008, 3:51 AM

Import DVD Camcorder disc is to be used when you place the DVD in your computer's DVD drive. It doesn't access the camcorder at all.

6 hours on a single DVD? Your quality is going to be nasty! You won't want to see the results of editing and rerendering that. Use the 2 hour setting instead. It's definitely worth it.

I also have to ask why you are running the camcorder output into a DVD recorder if your intention is to re-edit in Vegas. Why not capture in Vegas directly from the camcorder? It's much simpler, much more reliable, much better quality, and no mucking about with DVDs.