... vro format conversion ...

Earl_J wrote on 10/30/2011, 10:51 AM

I have some wonderful video recorded in .vro format . . . it appears it is a Sony BD format...?
The overall folder name of the folder is: Sony_bd_recorder_volume ...
The files in that folder are: VR_Mangr.bup; VR_mangr.ifo; and VR_movie.vro ...
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I tried just dragging the .vro file into the timeline of Vegas PRO 10.0 without success.
I just copied it to a hard drive and renamed it to m2t as was once suggested here for .vob files without success...
They play just fine in Win 7 Media Player, so I feel as though I am close to converting them...
Perhaps there is an easy drag and drop OR renaming option that I'm not aware of...

Any suggestions?

Until that time ... Earl J.

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musicvid10 wrote on 10/30/2011, 11:17 AM

VRO is just another name for VOB from set-top DVD recorders and some Handycams.
It think yours is SD. Have you tried "Import Camcorder Disc" in Vegas?

Disclaimer: I have not tried the following with Handycam material, only with a Panasonic set-top.

Almost all PVR material contains indexing errors, and Vegas does not like these.
Solution is to run it through VideoRedo first using their "Quickstream Fix" utility, and I like to save as .mpg or .vob
That realigns all the GOPs without touching the video, except it may discard a few frames that are too bad to use, esp. right at the beginning. Takes but a minute.

VideoRedo has a free trial period, the "Plus" version (less expensive) should work fine with your files, has an ad cutter, trimming and joining, batch processing, etc.

Earl_J wrote on 10/30/2011, 9:37 PM

Thanks musicvid,
I'll give it a try. . . I did download the free AnyVideo package... it didn't work...

UPDATE: Tried the import DVD... it worked for the VOB on one disk, but the .vro is broken... (sigh)
I'll find something, no doubt...
UPDATE:AGAIN It's a strong CPRM (?) protection . . . One would think that since it is a Sony recorded piece of video, Sony products should be able to edit the same ... appears not... (sigh)
Nothing found so far. . . (11/11/2011)

Until that time . . . Earl J.