.VOB file not quite right

tdillard wrote on 6/17/2004, 1:55 PM

I recently went on a cruise and purchased the Travelog on VHS. I want to use parts of it for a DVD I'm making for my personal use. I recorded it to DVD, and tried bringing the .VOB file over, but even though it's 600+mb, I only get a minute or so on my timeline. Plus, it's acting strangely. As I move back and forth across it, I get different parts of the VHS, NOT the same scenes every time.

I got SmartRipper and ripped the DVD and got the same results.

Any ideas on what's going on? It's a 30 minute video and when I use PowerDVD to view it, it works fine. Also, when I drag the .VOB file to the timeline, I get no sound. Which file should I incorporate to bring the sound over?

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

TD

Comments

Erk wrote on 6/17/2004, 10:48 PM

I recommend you search this forum for "vob" and you'll find plenty of advice on working with these in Vegas.

Greg

tdillard wrote on 6/20/2004, 7:19 PM

I did search, and none of them address this problem that I could find. Perhaps I'm not using the search engine efficiently. At any rate, why would a 30-minute video be reduced to about a minute and 16 seconds? Anybody have any ideas?

rontvs wrote on 6/20/2004, 9:17 PM

I'm not sure why you only get a minute of your VOB file on the timeline. The reason you don't get the audio is because it's multiplexed with the VOB video file and since it's AC-3 audio, Vegas as usual won't let you import it to the timeline. The solution would be to de-mulitplex the VOB and then change the AC-3 file to another audio format so you could then import to the Vegas timeline.

Ron

B_JM wrote on 6/21/2004, 4:35 AM

the question is - how did you record it to dvd?

tdillard wrote on 6/21/2004, 6:35 AM

I have a DVD recorder hooked to my TV, and my VHS runs through that. The DVD plays just as well as the VHS as far as sound and length go, no problems. It plays well on my DVD burner in my computer. It's just when I try using the .VOB file in my timeline that I encounter problems. I can live without the sound, but I kind of need the video.