How To Edit DVD

[ChandlerDog]

I'm 100% new to this so here it goes, I need to know where to start and how to upload and edit a DVD. I had a VHS tape copied on a DVD, it's 1hr 40mins and only about 60% of it is worth watching I have been fwd through the boring parts but now I would like to edit it to my liking. I have Vegas 7 and have used it to make up some small video clips.

My questions are:
Where do I start?
What do I need:
Will Vegas 7 work or do i need something else?
I found a DVD burner at newegg that not that expensive, will that work?

[MOVIEGEEK]

Yes Vegas will work but first you need to buy a DVD writer.Once you get a DVD writer then rip the DVD to your harddrive:
1.Download DVDDecrypter.
2.In Tools>Settings>IFO Mode tab set file splitting to none.
3.Now go to Mode and select IFO,then select the main movie.Select where you want the video to go and hit the big DVD icon at the bottom.

You should be able to import the VOB file directly to Vegas but if it won't accept it then you need to use VOBEdit to demux.

Good luck and welcome to VH.com

[PuzZLeR]

Where do I start?
What do I need:
Will Vegas 7 work or do i need something else?

Keep in mind, DvD has MPEG-2 video in it. You will be far better off with a dedicated MPEG editor like payware apps Womble MPEG Video Wizard, TMPGEnc MPEG Editor and VideoReDo. All are excellent - they will import your DvD's video stream and cut out parts without re-encoding. Unfortunately I don't know of a free tool as good as these. But if you're going to do lots of MPEG-2/DvD cutting, either one of them is worth it. You can take this new edited stream and input it into any DvD author tool (many free available) and re-author it to a new DvD disc.

The reason that editors like Vegas may not be as good for this is that such editors are designed mostly for acquisition formats such as DV, CineForm, etc and will typically be buggy, or need to re-encode deliverable formats like MPEG-2. This would take longer to render, lose quality and may produce a "broken" stream. Not worth it if you're only cutting.

I found a DVD burner at newegg that not that expensive, will that work?

What does this have to do with DvD editing? Its function will only serve to read the source DvD and afterwards burn your final production to disc after you've done your edits and re-authored it, not edit it.

[PuzZLeR]

Yes Vegas will work...

Sure it will, but doesn't it re-encode the source? I don't own Vegas to be honest - this is only hearsay.

[guns1inger]

Use VOB2MPG to extract the video and audio content to an MPG file and edit that in Vegas. Note : Vegas will re-encode the video as it is not a native mpeg editor. If you want to edit without re-encoding look at Womble Mpeg Video Wizard or Tmpgenc Mpeg Editor.

[MOVIEGEEK]

Here's a free and easy solution if you want to cut the beginning or end off...use DVDShrink>Re-author>Start/End.If you want to edit parts throughout the video then use Vegas.

[lordsmurf]

Do this: http://www.digitalfaq.com/guides/video/edit-dvd-recorder.htm

[MysticE]

Seems rather odd to have a $500 piece of software and not a DVD burner (or even know how they work).

[MOVIEGEEK]

Do this: http://www.digitalfaq.com/guides/video/edit-dvd-recorder.htm

I need to bookmark that guide for future posts.