cannot import dvd into sony vegas 8.0

[wingfan]

vegas 8.0b (217 build)

tried the import -media. al files options.. error comes up.
tried import - dvd camcorder disc, all files .. error comes up.

mediainfo shows this about my disc / vob file:

General
Complete name : C:\LUISA\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 637 MiB
Duration : 14mn 54s
Overal bit rate : 5974 Kbps

Video
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, Matrix : Standard
Duration : 14mn 53s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 5367 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 8500 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.821

Audio
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Duration : 14mn 54s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz

Menu
Format : DVD-Video

[Baldrick]

You could try vob2mpg on the video_ts folder and then import the mpg.

[wingfan]

sorry not following is that a program? or rename the vob to mpg?

[aedipuss]

looks like a typo - the program is called vob2mpg , it's a free app. in the tools section

[wingfan]

same error unsupported file type on the mpg import from vob2mpg..
any ideas? is it a mpg2 decoder issue? i downloaded one GPL MPEG1/2 DirectSHow Decoder Filter and installed it.

[wingfan]

download this microsoft utility maybe this will help?

why are there red X's on all these decoders for mpeg2?

[wingfan]

this is the top half of the pic..

should i set something else as default in the list instead of Nero? maybe that's it??

[wingfan]

well i tried to set default to main concept one in the utility because GSPOT was able to render the vob file ok with that decoder.. yet did not work in Vegas. im at a loss here as to what my alternatives are.. i need to get this file into vegas, untouched (without any loss of quality).

[aedipuss]

vegas will not work with mpeg-2 if it's the demo version.

[wingfan]

just fixed it.. it was not a demo version btw.
i was able to uninstall vegas, they reinstall .. worked fine, now detects all my mpeg2 files and avi's!