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p@mast3rs wrote on 7/19/2007, 6:32 PM
Import DVD Camera (which will import DVD media) to your hard drive.
DJPadre wrote on 7/19/2007, 7:17 PM
ok, it really depends on HOW BIG the disc is, as most dvd authoring tools split files larger than 1gb, to edit this u DONT want these splits, so run DVDShrink and turn off split...
then rerip the disc and turn off all additional compressions

shouldnt take more than 5 mins and from tehre, u an directly import the VOB's into Vegas, render to cineform then work from there.
Reason i mention cineform is coz its better than working with MPG2.. dv would also work
mcgeedo wrote on 7/20/2007, 6:03 AM
OK, I finally found the Import DVD media menu :-) It DOES help to read the manual. And the funny thing is I've been using Vegas since before the days of Sony :-)

Thanks guys for the help.
CVM wrote on 7/20/2007, 12:00 PM
What I've found I have to do, is capture the DVD media the conventional way... DVD player connected to my DV camera, then into the computer via FireWire in real time.

When I use the 'DVD Capture' utility, it only works sometimes, breaks up the video into small pieces, and pixelates some areas. Plus, it only imports as MPG (I like AVI). It's been an abyssmal tool for me
Former user wrote on 7/20/2007, 12:45 PM
I agree, sometimes I have had better luck doing an analog capture with a DVD

Dave T2
Chienworks wrote on 7/20/2007, 2:52 PM
Yup. I always do the analog -> DV capture method from DVDs. I just don't even bother trying any other method anymore.
UKAndrewC wrote on 7/20/2007, 4:07 PM
I used to do a DV capture until I found DVDShrink. With this you can select exactly the portion of the DVD youi want to extract.

Technically it is for re-authoring or shrinking one DVD to another but it creates a VIDEO_TS folder with VOB files, just rename these to MPG and they can be editied as normal.

Andrew