DVD to Mpeg video

[lacywest]

InterVideo DVD Copy did convert a DVD Video to a Mpg-2 but the new version doesn't.

I unistalled the new version and reinstalled the old version and made a 3 gig Mpg-2 video file ... the audio would pause and sounded funky. I then used TMPGEnc DVD Author to make a DVD folder ... just to see the results.

The sound still had bad portions.

So is there another program that will convert a DVD video to a large mpg-2 file.

I do get good results if I record on to DVD-RAM ... with my DMR E50 but ... I have used up my DVD-RAMs ... and not sure if I want to re-format them yet ... LOL.

So is there a similar program that can make a mpg-2 video similar to the VRO video ... DVD RAM can make ?? .... Does this make sense ... what I'm asking ??

I then edit out the commercials with Womble Mpg2vcr and import to TMPGEnc DVD Author.

[mats.hogberg]

As the VOBs mostly consist of mpeg2 video already, you just have to demux it (and some of the audio track(s) if you want audio with it). I use ReJig for this, but VobEdit works too.
Then author you m2v + audio as new DVD.

/Mats

[lacywest]

As the VOBs mostly consist of mpeg2 video already, you just have to demux it (and some of the audio track(s) if you want audio with it). I use ReJig for this, but VobEdit works too.
Then author you m2v + audio as new DVD.

/Mats

Okay cool ... it's time for me to leave and go to work but ... I shall check out the ReJig program .... looks promising.

Thank you

[lacywest]

As the VOBs mostly consist of mpeg2 video already, you just have to demux it (and some of the audio track(s) if you want audio with it). I use ReJig for this, but VobEdit works too.
Then author you m2v + audio as new DVD.

/Mats

Okay ... I downloaded tried ReJig ... and tried VobEdit [I already had it installed]

ReJig didn't quite do what I was hoping ... I saw the file I wanted but it was deleted when processing ended.

I don't want another set of DVD Vob files.

What I want is a nice large 4 Gig mpg-2 file. That I can import into Womble mpeg-vcr and then edit ... nicely and accurately the commercials from the TV show I've recorded.

Yesterday ... I bought all the Maxell DVD-RAM disks at the Selma, CA Walmart. 3 Disks for $12 bucks. They had 3 packs of 3 = 9 disks.

I have a bad feeling Wal-Mart is not going to continue carrying them. There are two other Walmarts closer to me and none of them had any Maxell DVD-RAM on their shelves. The Selma store is 30 miles away.

So ... what I did do was ... I used VobEdit to create the mv2 and ac3 files. ReJig ... does the same thing.

I then used Womble mpeg-vcr to re-construct [multiplex ??] and create a Mpg-2 video.

Results ... not bad ... audio was in sync with the video. I am happy.

The free space in the hard drive I did the processing was 19 gigs.

Another reason I am trying to do this is because the TV Show in question is Star Trek Enterprise and it's broadcasted on a funky tv station and the quality is terrible ... bland colors ... etc ... etc. Smallville is broadcast from another network station and quality is very decent.

So the Star Trek Enterprise show last week "Azati Prime" was good but the color was bland. So I ran it through InterVideo WinDVD Creator 2 ... first and enhanced the colors. And then re-authored it with TMPGEnc DVD Author. Not bad ... and least the phazer beam blasts were nice and bright and colorful. He he he he he.

The original recording was on DVD-R ... and I sent the output out to my DVD recorder and recorded it again ... onto DVD-RAM and made a VRO file. What a hassle to be so picky.