Going from DVD to Premiere.

[darrklight1138]

I have been working on this for hours and hours. I don't think it should be this hard, but maybe its Vista 64 bit.

I am trying to make an avi that can be edited on Premiere. Making the avi is no problem at all, but Premiere will not read the file, it freezes and has to be force-closed.

I tried using VirtualDub to convert to an avi that Premiere can read. Premiere will still freeze or the most luck I have Premiere does not like the audio bit rate and will not accept the file either. I have downloaded an ac3 decompressor thing but that still doesn't work.

I heard that the Panasonic DV codec might work, so I installed that and I can't see how to save the AVI through VD with that. I don't see an option for that in the compression selection.

I looked on a guide here but you have to have a VOB file. I don't know how to make that and my searches on how to have failed. So how do I make a VOB from a DVD?

Thanks in advance. I had NO problem with this sort of task last year, but then again I had XP.

[Baldrick]

If you mean that you need one vob file from the DVD then can you use vobmerge or vob2mpg from the dvd.

Or do you have a dvd with some other files? vro? or ?

And yes editing dvd is hard. I don't know why new editors have implemented dvd import function now when many new cameras records to dvd.

[edDV]

Which version Premiere? From v5 to current it should handle DV format or uncompressed (YCbCr or 24bit RGB) import. Compressed formats other than DV depend on the specific Premiere version.

Virtualdub can decompress many formats to 24bit RGB. The Panasonic or Cedocida DV codecs can also be used for export to DV.
https://www.videohelp.com/tools/Cedocida_DV_Codec
http://www.mp3-converter.biz/codecs/Cedocida%20DV%20Codec-35.html

[darrklight1138]

https://forum.videohelp.com/topic338866.html

On this topic, the gentleman has a large VOB.

It looks like VOBMerge might be what I need. The vid files on the DVD are split across 7 individual VOBs.

I will try this. Thank you sir!

[filmboss80]

If you are not seeing the Panasonic DV codec in the Video > Compression list in VirtualDub, it might not have been installed properly. (It might be a Vista problem. I'm not sure; I'm an XP guy.) Also, make sure you have AC3ACM installed in VirtualDub, so that the ac3 audio can be converted to wav.

[edDV]

https://forum.videohelp.com/topic338866.html

On this topic, the gentleman has a large VOB.

It looks like VOBMerge might be what I need. The vid files on the DVD are split across 7 individual VOBs.

I will try this. Thank you sir!

VOB to Premiere requires VOB demux to MPeg2 and AC3 (or PCM or MP2 as encoded) then AC3 needs decompression to multiple wav tracks Then the MPeg2 and wav tracks can be imported* to later versions of Premiere. Or, decompress MPeg2 to RGB or DV format in Virtualdub for "native" project format editing in Premiere.

* MPeg2 will require timeline rendering before timeline preview is possible.

[darrklight1138]

Ok, I've gotten far but now I have another problem.

I am still using the guide here: https://forum.videohelp.com/topic338866.html

After I use VFAPI to make the dummy file, I go to VirtualDub and it gives me this error:

"Couldn't locate decompressor for format 'vifp' (unknown) Virtual Dub requires a Video for Windows (VFW) compatible codec to decompress video, DirectShow codecs, such as those used by Windows Media Player, are not suitable"

Now I went back and actually read the readme files for the VFAPI reader and it says to install vifpset.bat before using the actual program. I do, and I still get the same error message when using VD! This might be a Vista 64 problem

Filmboss: Thank you, I followed your instructions and you were RIGHT, I didnt have it installed correctly.

I went back and now it shows up on VD's compression options but when I go to save it, I get this error:

"Cannot start video compression:

The source image format is not acceptable. (error code -2)

Wow I cant seem to win on this one. Any ideas? Not ready to give up quite yet.

[atvmxr]

I have had the same problem, I end ed up having to copy the files off the dvd then encode it to avi. FOr some reason though it will have to be rendered in premeire when imported. I am using pro 1.5. I beleive a plug in is avaible for the import of mpeg2 files

[darrklight1138]

What exact steps did you use, atvmxr?

I'm starting to want to give up, which is frustrating because of all the time I've put into this. It should not be this hard.

[darrklight1138]

Wait, I think I finally figured it out. I used VD on the mpegs I had on my HD, gotten with DVD Decrypter. Used the Pana DV codec and it actually successfully imported in Premiere!

Thanks guys! You people rock!

[lantern]

You might be able to load the mpg files with avisynth. Depending on your DVD, you could create a d2v file with dgindex/dgdecode and then load that through avisynth into Premiere Pro.

Should be a pretty simple avisynth script

You will probably need the PremiereAVSPlugin