DVD editing after using DVDFAB?

[Nikos]

After I rip an entire DVD to my CPU hard disk, how can I later edit the movie? I have Adobe Premeire, and have a little experience with it in dealing with my home videos (D8 camcorder).

I want to take snippets and highlights out of some movies and sport videos just so I don't have to watch the whole thing. And I also want to import it to Adobe Premeire.

How do I do it?

PS

Sorry if this is the wrong forum, I am not sure which forum to post this question?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[daamon]

Hi Nikos,

You'll need to extract the MPEGs from the VOBs.

You'll also need the MPEG2-Plugin for Premiere (Pro that is - earlier versions don't support MPEG editing).

Then you'll be able to edit the MPEGs.

An alternative is to load the VOBs into VirtualDubMod, trim down to the bits you want, and then save out to DV AVI (the Panasonic DV Codec is good and free).

You can then edit the DV AVI in any Premiere.

Hope that helps. Good luck...

[Nikos]

How do I

trim down to the bits you want, and then save out to DV AVI?.

? Exactly?

First off it seems the sound doesn't work in Virt Dub? Also I do not want to interfere with my existing codecs and my ability to input DV from my camcorder.

What can I do to get around this?

Thanks

[daamon]

Hi Nikos,

Trimming in VirtualDubMod (v1.5.10.1):

1. Open the VOBs or the MPEGs in the app.
2. Set the in and out points. Do this by using the buttons that look like little black flags pointing left and right, at the far right of all the buttons at the bottom.
3. Click Video -> Compression and select the Panasonic DV Codec.
3a. If you don't have the codec, download and install it. It won't interfere with existing codecs or DV transfer from your cam.
4. Click Video -> Full Processing Mode
5. Click File -> Save As and save as chosen filename.avi

The above will give you a DV AVI of your chosen section of footage.

As for the sound not working, my guess would be that you may need a codec. If you already have a codec for the audio, then try the above anyway and you may / should get the audio for that section directly copied into the AVI.

[Nikos]

I noticed when I tried to capture one chapter that the file was 4Gb for a simple 2 min scene! Why is it so high in physical space?!?!? How can I use a compression scheme that doesn't take up so much space, but looks very close to the original?

[daamon]

Can you clarify "capture"? Are you talking about the conversion process in VirtualDubMod to AVI?

If so, it sounds like you could be ending up with an uncompressed AVI - the default in VirtualDubMod.

Refer to step 3 (and 3a) in my instructions above...

If you are doing that, then maybe you're not setting your in and and points correctly, or doing something else wrong (see step 4, at a guess).

Either way - I'm sure you've figured out that 2 minutes of DV AVI shouldn't be 4Gb. A rough guide for DV AVI is 13.5Gb per hour.

[Nikos]

I haven't tried since my last post, but I also noticed when trying to take bits out of my DIVX file (Movie File) that the sound doesn't work when I import it into Premeire (I guess I already installed a certain DIVX codec that interferes with my audio when I use Virtual Mod AND Premeire)? I also notice in Premieire that the DIVX file doesn't play right away and moves slowly when I try to go to a certain point in the file (doesn't really let me FWD) and has no audio as I mentioned above.

Which codec encompasses all of these types of files and situations?

[daamon]

Use the process I described above to extract snippets from your Divx file. The only difference is not to use the Panasonic DV Codec, and to use "Direct Stream Copy" instead of "Full Processing Mode".

Use GSpot and / or AVICodec on the Divx file to determine what the audio is, and whether there is a codec installed for it.

Premiere isn't really geared to working with Divx, so playback problems aren't surprising. Use VirtualDub (or the Mod version) to convert the Divx to DV AVI and you'll have more luck - not sure about the audio, it depends on the format, but if there's a codec installed it should be OK.

There is no "cure all" codec - each format requires it's own codec. If you've installed a codec pack, these are often more trouble than there worth and an uninstall is recommended. Only install the codecs you need, and not loads of one type of codec - i.e. one or two for each format. Don't uninstall basic codecs that come with your operating system.