Womble Video Wizard question

[moxiecat]

Quick question for all you regular Womble users. I am trying to learn Video Wizard, after enjoying MPEG2VCR for years. Most of what I do is import VOBs (decrypted from DVD Decrypter), edit them as needed (trimming the junk from the beginning and end, etc), and resaving as MPEGs for use in Adobe Encore.

Here is my question: When I pull a VOB file onto the top/video track in the Video Wizard timeline, it is sometimes blue, sometimes yellow, or pink, or green, or magenta, etc. Is there any rationale for why VOBs come into the timeline as different colors? I could understand if each of the different tracks were different colors, or if there were different colors for various file types. But we're talking about only VOB files, and only on the top track. A rainbow of colors for no apparent reason.

I have tried to contact Womble about this, but so far, no response, and I can't find the color issue mentioned in either the PDF guide or the FAQ either.

Do the different colors matter? Do they indicate anything about my VOB files (that is my concern here)? Or are random colors just selected by the program every time you bring in a new file? I'm probably overthinking this, but if a regular user could enlighten me, that would be great. Thanks.

[guns1inger]

I edit a lot of mpeg transport streams and programme streams grabbed from the local OTA digital broadcasts. They are all pretty much identical in spec (all standard definition, PAL, 16:9, MP2 Audio) and I never get the same colour twice in a row. It seems to be nothing but a bit of superfluous eye candy

[dfisher052]

The color doesn't matter. It has no effect on the edit. It's just what ever color happens to come, so don't worry about it.

[Tom Saurus]

moxiecat: The colours come in handy at times. I think they are just there to differentiate between different segments of video that you have put on the timeline.

When you are importing these vobs, are there several vobs you are bringing in and then combining on the timeline? I tried that for awhile and found that right where the vobs meet there was a slight distortion. Since I was working with unencrypted DVD's I made in the past, and I wanted one big file I used "IFO Mode" in DVD Decrypter and in the settings chose "None" in the options for "File Splitting". When I did this the file was one big file and I looked where the file was previously distorted using the other method and the file was smooth playing at those spots. Then I would edit these files in Womble and then put on them on the timeline and export as a mpeg2 file.

One reason why the colours come in handy is if you were taking several different files and combing them on the timeline and you wanted to add a transition between the two files having them different colours makes them stand out and thus you can easily drop a transition in. Or lets say one file needs a slight enhancement of it's audio you can select that segment and use the audio tool to work on that without affecting the other parts.

Womble Mpeg Wizard is a really neat program. I think the people who designed it are brilliant.