Re-Edit Funeral DVD--Is this possible?

wonka001 wrote on 9/6/2011, 11:35 PM
My son passed a couple of weeks ago, completely unexpected due to a cerebral aneurysm. The funeral home produced a DVD using pictures his wife supplied. Unfortunately they were not able to add the music my son liked. What I would like to do is:
1) Edit/Re-Edit the DVD so that I can add the audio track we want.
2) Add additional pictures so that the video/slide show will last as long as the audio (13 songs @ roughly 3-4 minutes each).

Seems like what I want to do is grab the main VOB file, delete the existing audio, add the new audio, then add additional pictures and/or video until they match up.

Does that sound like the best way to go about this? OR should I just get the original pictures from his wife, rescan, and start from scratch?

VMS HD 11 Platinum is what I have if that makes any difference.

Bill

Comments

musicvid10 wrote on 9/6/2011, 11:53 PM
The problem is, your DVD almost certainly consists of multiple VOB files that may or may not sync up at the boundaries, even though it plays OK.

First thing to try is the "File->Import DVD Camcorder Disc" function in Vegas. If that does not sync it up correctly, download the trial version of VideoRedo Plus, and mux the DVD into one long .mpg file. Then you should be good to go.

Condolences.
MSmart wrote on 9/7/2011, 12:35 AM
I'm sorry for your loss. The advice musicvid is spot on. I also use VideoReDo so if needed, the free trial will get you going.
Marton wrote on 9/7/2011, 12:46 AM
You can also try the useful vob2mpg utility for creating one large mpeg file from the disc!
wonka001 wrote on 9/7/2011, 9:37 AM
Wellllll, actually the main video is one large VOB. There are two smaller ones but the main content is just one file.

FWIW, I tried the "File --> Import DVD Camcorder" thing and got no response. But I was able to import the file via "Import" then selecting the file from the disk.

Not worried about syncing since I'm going to do away with the existing audio and insert his favorite music.

And, thanks to all for their thoughts and condolences.

Bill