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BillyBoy wrote on 7/5/2003, 6:46 PM
A free application called FLASK works well for extracting files from a DVD and you can even do simple edting in it.
[r]Evolution wrote on 7/6/2003, 2:27 AM
cAN'T YOU JUST 'explore' the DVD and copy the files from the DVD to your computer? I believe there are 2 folders, right? An (AUDIO_TS and a VIDEO_TS)

Lamont
mikkie wrote on 7/6/2003, 8:41 AM
doom9.org, digital-digest.com, dvdrhelp.com all have utilities and prog. to download that might make life easier for you, as well as loads of guides on how to do whatever.

FWIW, you should have a bunch of ifo & vob files... the vob files contain the audio and video streams, and the ifo's have info on what's included in the vobs. You might be able to edit the video in the vob files directly.

TomG wrote on 7/6/2003, 12:34 PM
I had great success using DVD2AVI on the first VOB file and then marking it with VFAPIConv. Pulled it into the TL and went from there.

TomG
glank wrote on 7/8/2003, 8:39 PM
Before I download either Flask or DVD2AVI --

1) How long does it take to convert a DVD to a usable form for VV with Flask or DVD2AVI? 2) Can you convert pieces of the DVD without converting the whole DVD? 3) Is the DVD converted to AVI or to MPEG2 and if AVI how big is the file that is created?
swampler wrote on 7/8/2003, 8:52 PM
You can open the DVD directly with VV4, but it won't recognize AC3 audio (if pcm audio or perhaps mpeg audio, V4 will read it). So, if you can convert the audio only and use with the DVD's VOB files, it would go a lot quicker.
TomG wrote on 7/15/2003, 7:22 PM
Now this just drives me crazy!!! I have heard several people mention that you can pull a .vob file directly into V4 for editing. I go through dvd2avi & vfapiConv to edit my .vob files. Everytime I try to pull in a .vob file into V4, all I get is a very compressed clip on my timeline!!! Is this due to the fact that I am pulling in a .vob from a -r disc? Does the +r act differently?

Thanks,

TomG
mikkie wrote on 7/16/2003, 1:33 PM
Not all vobs are created equally, or rather the mpg2 files they contain. Some are more editable then others, but still prefer the dvd2avi method as it doesn't place the rendering load on Vegas that decoding mpg2 from the timeline does.