how do i rip from DVD into adobe premiere pro??

[cyberraga]

Hi,

I need to rip footage from a local band's concert DVD, and import the footage into Adobe Premiere Pro v7.0.

I've tried a few different ripping programs and which include features which encode to AVI, unfortunately i cannot find the proper program which will convert the DVD to uncompressed AVI so i can imort it directly into Adobe Premiere Pro to edit and sync to a remixed audio track. I need to maintain the most quality possible as well.

Any suggestions??
Thank you so much for the help!!!

[guns1inger]

Premiere Pro will import mpeg video. Use VOB2MPG to get an mpg file, or DVD Decrypter to rip and demux to streams.

[cyberraga]

Hi. I used VOB2MPG as you suggested to convert the VOB files from the DVD, and tried to import the mpegs into Premiere, but every time i try to do so, the program freezes and crashes. When i try to play the mpegs that have been created, they will play back, but with horizontal green lines across the image. What do i do?? Transcoding issues like this baffle me, sorry for being so clueless!!!!

Thanks!!!

[lordsmurf]

I don't know that Premiere 7 (Pro 1) supports MPEG, without additional software. To get MPEG into Premiere 6.5, I had to install the Ligos Encoder many years ago.

Premiere CS3, on the other hand, natively supports MPEG (either that, or it's also pulling from my Ligos install, but I doubt it).

[guns1inger]

I understood that it would load and edit it, but would re-render all of it. Then again, Premiere never seemed to need a reason to lock or crash in the past.