Re-author roadblock in Sony Vegas Video

[NewHomebrew]

I have a non-copyrighted DVD that lacks a menu and has bad audio synch (noticeable delay).

I want to reauthor the DVD with a fancy menu and shift the audio ahead slightly. I do not want to convert/recompress any data.

My tools are Sony Vegas Video, Sony DVD Architect, TMPGEnc, and many of the other free utilities discussed on the board.

Using TMPGEnc mpeg tools "demultiplex" I demux each .VOB file to .m2v and .ac3 files. When I try to open these file types in Vegas video to merge and edit them, it tells me that the file types are not supported. How can a program render an ac3 stream but not be able to open one for editing? Will using different file extensions when demuxing in TMPGEnc do the trick (ie .mpg)?

[guns1inger]

Vegas cannot read .ac3 files, however some peopl ehave found it possible to drop a vob file onto the timeline and have vegas recognize it. If the audio is two channel .ac3, then you loose nothing by changing it to a stereo .wav, and using vegas to change it back again afterwards. Otherwise you will have to get the .ac3 back into it's original mono tracks (all 5 or 6, depending), and rebuild from there.

[NewHomebrew]

Thanks for the quick reply. No luck dropping .VOB into Vegas, in fact it won't even accept the .m2v files I've ripped from the DVD!

[BJ_M]

vegas will take vob files - or any program stream mpeg ..

try renaming the vobs to mpg (though you should not have to do this) .


you could also multiplex the m2v file to a program stream with tmpgenc with no audio

and as suggested - convert the ac3 files to wav files and go from there ..