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Extract From DVD
I have 7 DVDs with some video from meetings, converted to DVD by Ritz camera. I only need to extract some short testimonials. Is there a way to do this with Premiere or some utility, so that I do not have to digitize the entire DVD to extract a few minutes. I use quicktime pro to lift a segment from an .avi, btu not sure if I can use quicktime pro or premiere pro to do this project.
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7 Replies
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Two things you can try.
1. The VOB files on your DVD are actually MPEG files, so unless the DVD was encrypted like commercial DVD’s you can copy the entire VOB file onto your hard drisk and rename it to .MPG and try and open it in Premiere. This doesn’t always work especially when there are crazy surround sound setups used or the contents spans several VOB files etc. It’s a rough solution but sometimes it works without problems.
2. Check out TmpGenc MPEG Editor by Pegasus. It can edit clips directly off DVDs and store them in an unaltered MPEG file so no recompression loss occurs. Costs money but it’s peanuts considering how useful this program is.
Cheers
Alex
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If you have a set-top player and a set-top burner, just use them to copy what you want via S-video, I use this method for simple DVD compulations.
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If you have a DV camera with analog input, connect the desktop DVD player to your camera and capture the DVD parts in Pemiere via firewire. In the menu of the camera you have to set the firewire to output and switch to recording without tape.
Good luck
Phocas Kroon
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people seem to spend lots of time testing software, and then after choosing software waiting for the mpg files to render out to AVI.
Just find the sections you need and copy from your DVD player to a DV tape, then go ahead in the usual fashion.
So many people are using DVD for things besides a delivery medium, and it can lead to a lot of headaches if you try to fit it into a workflow in which it is not welcome.
Mike Cohen
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There’s a very useful application for Mac/PC called Cinematize, which allows transcoding from unencrypted VOB files to any Quicktime codec. You can set in and out points, so you can export only the sections you need. It’s not free, but it’s not very expensive.
Alternatively, the freebie application DVD2AVI does an excellent job converting VOBs to any AVI codec (although it doesn’t support DV). Like Cinematize, it allows you to set in/out points. It’s also very fast. -
Video ReDo Plus allows editing (simple cuts) of VOB files the results being untranscoded Mpeg 2 files which then can be re-authored in Encore without a generational loss.
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“VirtualdubMOD” is a free and excellant prog that can read VOB files and export them to avi.
If the audio of the dvd is in AC3 format, you also need to install the free “AC-3 decompressor” so that Virtualdub can read it.
Both programs can be found at http://www.free-codecs.com
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