Problem editing in Premier

[charliefunkuk]

I have several small DVDs I am trying to make into one single DVD. No problem there as I have had lots of help on this forum in doing that. I thought I had one it!! My problem now is that the audio is out of sync with the video. I have converted the original DVD into mpgs and dropped those mpgs into Adobe Premier. However the mpgs before going into Premier are fine, but once they are on Premier timeline the audio is out of sync. Does anyone know how I can prevent this. I have just this to sort out and I am there! )

Many thanks for your help.

Neil

[pijetro]

Try reading this article...
Reply if you're still confused.

[Baldrick]

HOW did you convert to mpg? vob2mpg?
what kind of audio is it? ac3? mpa? wav?

[charliefunkuk]

I used ImToo Mpeg Ripper 2.0 to make the original dvds to an mpg.

The audio and video are in just one file but when i import it into Premier it splits into Video track and audio track.

[charliefunkuk]

maybe i should start my whole project again and convert the DVDs to an avi first instead of an mpeg?? Would this be better and would it stop my problem?

Thanks

Neil

[turk690]

There is a freeware program DGIndex (which used to be known as DVD2AVI), which u can use, yes, to convert the VOBs in a DVD to *.AVI with a codec of your choice (usually DV AVI, if it's in the system). DGIndex can create a *.WAV file and a *.D2V file (a signpost file); I enter these in TMPGenc (because it can read *.D2V directly), then choose output to *.AVI file. TMPGenc then generates an *.AVI file out of the original *.VOB, with the video and audio in perfect sync all the time. Avoid editing *.mpg when u can.

[charliefunkuk]

Would it be ok to use WinAvi Video Conveter 7.1 ???

[daamon]

@ charliefunkuk: What are you trying to do in Premiere? It may be that you don't need to use it.

Expand more on "I have several small DVDs I am trying to make into one single DVD" - from that, there may be other ways that avoid audio synch issues..

[charliefunkuk]

Ok I am taking several smaller clips from DVDs adding credits and stuff I have made in powerpoint and used a powerpoint to avi converter then adding all the little bits together with transitions etc etc to make one single DVD.

[daamon]

Would it be ok to use WinAvi Video Conveter 7.1 ???

I've never used it, as I use TMPGEnc Plus. The common consensus on WinAVI is that it's a piece of sh1t and to not go near it...

Ok I am taking several smaller clips from DVDs adding credits and stuff I have made in powerpoint and used a powerpoint to avi converter then adding all the little bits together with transitions etc etc to make one single DVD.

I have a plan, but before I go into it... What DVD authoring software are you using / planning to use?

I ask because some (like TMPGEnc DVD Author, DVDLab among others) allow you to load up multiple MPEGs in one track and then, when authored, they play seamlessly.

What I'm thinking is for you to:

1) Take your PowerPoint AVIs and encode them to MPEG2 (as you would need to do for the output from Premiere).

2) You already have the DVDs as MPEGs.

3) Load up all the MPEGs in the desired order into an authoring tool that allows this. Then author and burn.

Job done...

The only downside of this approach is:

a) You will not be able to (easily) have continuous audio across the credits and the ripped DVD segments.

b) There won't be any transitions between credits and DVD segments.

Hope that helps. Good luck...