VOB to MPEG2 for editing VHS to DVD to HD

[gabe42pc]

I have a simple problem I think and haven't had any luck finding an answer on my own.
I have vhs tapes I want to transfer to DVD. I never had good luck capturing the media to my hd. So I got a vhs/dvd recorder which I can transfer to dvd. Now I want to edit and mix sceneson the dvd's so I want to transfer to my hd as a mpeg2 file so that I can edit in power director or adobe?
The best solution I have found (I'm not that pleased with) is to transfer the VOB files from the dvd to my hd with "dvd decrypter" and then use "VOB2MPG" to conver to mpeg2. This works ok. I would like a one step process (why won't VOB2MPG conver the VOBs on the DVD directly to mpg?) The problem I first seem to have is that when I try to merge/cut the mpg file in TMPGEnc it comes out without audio?
I also tried MOVAVI video converter 5 (which is an easy program) but the quaility of the mpg file looks terribly.
Any solutions?

Also, on some of my oldest home movies when I play the dvd on computer or convert to hd then play it has a green haze on a small strip on the very left of the screen. When looking at it on the TV, it doesn't show up or it is a very very small and light green strip (hardly seen). Any ideas on the issue? Is the DVD file a larger screen size? or something?

[guns1inger]

DVD Decrypter can demux directly from the disc, but you get elementary streams (separate video and audio streams). Rejig can also do this directly from unprotected DVDs, however again, you get elementary streams, not a program stream.

[gabe42pc]

I have found hor to use DVD decrypter to go directly from dvd to hd as a vob or a mpv file. When I use mpv, it didn't have any sound files? I would rather be able to do this in 1 step but I can do it in 2, if I have too. I just what the quaility to be good and I what to be able to cut/edit the clip and keep the sound which it isn't doing in TMPEnc.
This seems like this entire process should be easy and straight forward but I don't see any straight forward answers/programs?

[guns1inger]

DVD Decrypter can demux directly from the disc, but you get elementary streams (separate video and audio streams).

I'm pretty sure that is what I told you in my previous post. You are happy with two steps then stick with VOB2MPG.

You either rip it as VOBs and use VOB2MPG to extract the program stream, or you demux to elementary streams and use muxman to put them back together again. I would use Vob2MPG as it is less work and less fraught.

[gabe42pc]

Yea I can do it in 2 steps and the quaility of the file output is ok but like I said, something is wrong with the file because if I then try to edit/cut the files into smaller pieces with TMPEnc, it comes out with no sound.
I've never had any problems using TMPEnc to cut files before so that is why I though it was a problem with the file. Also, I don't think you can do it with TMPEnc but I would like a way to go thru a video file and set alot of marks and then just have the program cut it up into those pieces, instead and only doing one piece at a time. A lot of the home movies I have are made up of 50-100 clips and it takes forever to cut into smaller pieces. Any suggestions?

[guns1inger]

I would suggest the audio is AC3 and tmpgenc is having a problem with it. Try Womble Video Wizard or VideoRedo. These are dedicated mpeg editors and will have no problem with your video and audio.

[gabe42pc]

I tried that video redo and the quality is aweful. I've found that if I make the dvd by using my standalone VCR to DVD recording via RCA cables that the mpg is fine. But if I use my new VCR/DVD recorder combo that when I make the mpg and try to edit in TMPGenc, that the sound doesn't come through. Any suggestion on how to fix this. I bought this VCR/DVD combo for this specific purpose.It does have better quality than by using the RCA cables

[Soopafresh]

"I tried that video redo and the quality is aweful."

Uh huh....

[LJB]

Download and try SUPER for the VOB to MPEG2 conversion.