DVD to DV-AVI for use in Premiere Pro 1.5

[Ianmstl]

I have a video on DVD, authored by another entity but unprotected, that I must pull this into Premiere Pro 1.5. Womble, etc., is not an option. I must have Premiere as I have to dump this video into several different proprietary streaming formats.

I have used DVD Decrypter to extract the .VOB files. I also used stream processing to break them out in numerous ways.

If I pull out the video as a .M2V (using DVD Decrypter) and then the audio as .AC3 (using DVD Decrypter), then pull the audio into .WAV (with AC3Tool), then haul both into Premiere (keeping in mind the delay value generated by DVD Decrypter), I get synchronization issues, where at first the video is synchronized to the audio, then the video seems to skip.

VOB2MPG, as from the stickied topic in the forum head, results in the same synchronization issues. Renaming the .VOB file as .MPG and pulling it into Premiere (then taking the audio .WAV separately), as suggested by Adobe, gives me the same issues.

I had tried exporting in a couple of different formats to see if it was just a playback issue in Premiere that would be cleaned up by export; it didn't. DVDx gave me issues.

I'd like to find a way to convert the .VOB directly to a DV .AVI, which seems like the only sure-fire way to get this into Premiere and avoid synchonization issues. Of course, I'd like to do this for free.

I've searched through the forums and so far none of the solutions have worked for me.

[JohnnyMalaria]

Two options to consider:

1. Just rename the .VOB to .MPG and then import into Premiere. ( http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331978.html )

2. (If you are in a real bind and you have a DV camcorder) - play the DVD on an external DVD player and connect the analog output to a DV camcorder. Capture the DV signal.

[Ianmstl]

I tried the renaming bit, as was in my original post. Still the same desynchonization issues.

[Ianmstl]

Solved my own problem.

What worked for me was first using DVD Decrypter to pull out the entire .VOB file.

Then, I used S.U.P.E.R. from the tools section to create an interim AVI encoded with HuffYUV for video, and 16 PCM WAV for audio. This runs about 55gb for an hour of footage.

This enabled me to import into Premiere Pro without a hitch.