maximum editing, minimum conversion?

[meganann]

I'm trying to have the best of both worlds here: minimal quality loss and maximum editing capability. My source material is VOBs which I was going to run through Decryptor to segment out specific episodes, which I think would leave me with mpeg2s. I've heard good things about Womble for editing mpeg2s with smart-rendering and minimal quality loss. Problem is, it doesn't have a separate track for audio, which inhibits my editing capabilities. Is there a program that can separate out the audio from the video for editing without lossy conversion, or do you have to convert in order to have that feature?

thanks.

[Baldrick]

womble mpeg video wizard ? doesn't it have separate track for audio?

[meganann]

someone said in the comments about the program that it doesn't...that would be great if it's wrong...

[tmw]

Womble mpeg video wizard does have separate tracks for audio. There is one for video, one for titles, and one for music, and one for voice. I often add an MP3 sound file for my "home-made" music videos.

The sound-line editor and audio controls are pretty good, in my naive opinion (not being one who does much audio editing). I think it's a great tool for working with mpeg2 files, and the filters are really quite efficient too, even with re-encoding, but the titles or funky transitions put a lot of stress on the built in encoder.

Good luck.

[meganann]

thanks a bunch...i'll try out that program...