take copy inhibit off of TMPGEnc DVD author

[daverose808]

hi, i use TMPGEnc DVD Author to burn dvds of my home videos. i recently decided i wanted to re-edit one of the videos. so i connected my mini-dv camcorder to the dvd player, but the dv cam said "copy inhibit" and wouldnt let me record. i understand that this should happen with a commercial dvd, but it doesnt make sense that this should happen with a home made dvd-r.

here are the details in case there is something else:

i am using memorex dvd-rs.

i am using a sony trv-27 mini dv camcorder and the included av cables.

i am using TMPGEnc DVD Author on a Windows XP system

oh, and my dvd player is a polaroid DVP-0600 and i can see the video on my camcorder when its plugged in. i only get the problem once i press record.


Please help!

Thank you.

[Prot]

Possibly your cam will not allow you to record when it sees a signal coming from a digital source.

[nic2k4]

This is a tough one to deal with since the CGMS flag is encoded in the picture signal, the Sony cameras won't let you do anything when they detect it. The solution, for analog recording (through the A/V cable) is to remove the flag, this can be done with a Time Base Corrector (look for Sima products) or you can use a DVD player that is CGMS free.

If you want to preserve the quality of your video, then you should stay in the digital domain. To do that, rip your video to your hard drive with DVD Decrypter in file mode (you probably don't need to use Decrypter, but just to be safe and it works so well). Convert the VOBs to AVI with DVD2AVI, don't forget to set it to PC color space (there are more recent programs, but this one is so simple to use). Then upload your video to your mini DV through the firewire connection, with WinDV.

[daverose808]

dvd2avi was no good. it started saving it as an avi, but then i noticed that about 10 seconds worth of video ended up being close to 2 gigs. its an hour long video...

there ought to be a way to get my camcorder to recognize the dvd being played if its a home made dvd, right?!

is there at least an mpeg-2 editor so i can re-edit the footage, without using my pinnacle studio which only recognizes dv and avi?

[nic2k4]

Wow, 2 gigs for ten secs, what kind of bitrate is that video? You can try VirtualDub MPEG2, set it to frameserve to TmpgEnc. Start TmpgEnc with the DVD template. Both programs will let you edit your MPEGs, but you have to de-mux the VOBs first, do that with VOBedit. Then import your newly edited MPGs into TDA.

DVDx, will also convert DVD to AVI and might have more settings available, so you don't end up with such large files.

You can do some basic editing with TDA, right off the original DVD.

[daverose808]

i dont know anything about bitrates... and that same kind of problem, with it creating such a large avi, happened when i tried doing a similar thing using virtualdub... im sure there are some proper settings im not using, but i dont even think i would have been able to compress it anyway, bc then pinnacle wouldnt recognize it.... so i guess i have to stick to editing the mpg...

maybe u can advise me further, since i dont think i even need to use the dvd itself, since i have a mpg version of the file on my pc. its what i used in tmpgenc dvd author to make the original dvd. its a little bit more than 1gig...
with that, skipping any vob stuff, what is the best way to edit it?

[nic2k4]

There are a number of editors that can handle MPEG2, TMPGEnc DVD Author (TDA) can do some simple cutting, so can VirtualDub-MPEG2. Then there's Cuttermaran and Mpg2Cut2, that have less limitations. Check out the Basic Video Editors page in the Tools section (ever notice all the guides listed for each programs, on their download page).

If you want to work with Pinnacle, you might be able to get VirtualDub MPEG2 to frameserve the MPG. Here's a guides on that:

https://www.videohelp.com/virtualdubframeserve.htm

Using a different approach:

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=261416

It might even be possible to frameserve to WinDV and send the MPG back to your camera.

[daverose808]

thanks! ill try some of these out!