VOB file in DVD Architect

Maniaco wrote on 2/4/2005, 8:06 PM
Hello guys, newbie here.

Just bought a DCRDVD101 Sony cam, it records on a 3 inch DVD-RW disk. The format on the DVD-RW is one of DVD structure. This means that my video file is in a .VOB. DVD Architect doesn't import VOBs directly. I know that VOBs are mpeg2 dvd complient with some extra data in the header. What software should I be using (?) and what should I do with it to obtain a 100% valid and compatible file to import into DVD Architect? The Sony camera came with ImageMixer but it is not strong enough for what I will want to do in my authoring projects in the future. So, having to learn one, I decided to go with Sony's DVD Arch. to stay with a familly product. To My surprise, it doesn't import my VOB file. I wrote to Sony support, and they told me to read my book. WOW what a support!
So, since I'm quite new in video stuff, I'm stuck here, I really need you to help me guys!!!

Thanks in advance for your support.

Maniaco on the go

Comments

ScottW wrote on 2/5/2005, 6:44 AM
Try searching the Vegas forum for the keyword VOB and I think you'll find lots of information on how to do this.

By the way, DVDA is an authoring program, not an editing program. To do the editing you're going to be looking at Movie Studio or the full fledged Vegas.

--Scott
markmcc wrote on 2/5/2005, 7:18 PM
You can "demultiplex" the VOB file using a program like "TMPEGenc". Then once it's demultiplexed you can bring in the video into DVDA.

You can even seperate the audio and video streams of the VOB file making it easier to manipulate them on their own, should you want to.

Edit: after doing more research into a similar thing I found a program that can take a dvd/vob and convert it into mpg/avi and other formats. It's called: "super dvd ripper"

Clearly this program has been designed to do things people shouldn't do (copyright infringement). But for those of us who have a legit reason to use it I think its kewl. I'm yet to test it as I am at work right now. Tonight I will use it and if you want to know if it's any good just ask.


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second edit:

Super DVD is not good.

I have used TMPGenc to demultiplex the VOB fies, which yields two file types:
- video: *.m2v
- audio: *.ac3

I then use TMPGenc to "merge" my multiple *.m2v files into one mpg file.
Then I've used "BeSweet" to convert the *.ac3 tracks into WAV.

Both final mpg's and wav files can be used by both Vegas 5.0 and DVDA 2.0