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problems editing on premiere pro from DVD’s
Recently, I’ve been consumed by this battle of trying to put a show reel of my lighting work together using Premiere Pro v7!
I scarcely edit and my knowledge in the computer world is fairly limited so maybe the answer is a lot simpler than I think but hopefully someone may be able to point me in the right direction.
I’ve got various DVD copies of shows that I have lit and have been wanting to put them together in a show reel using Premiere on my PC.
The first show on DVD I copied the .vob files onto my hard drive, converted the .vob files of the footage to .mpg and imported them into Premiere. When I dragged the file onto the timeline, two things went bad. 1) when playing the footage, there would be frequent jumps (it would get choppy here and there) even though there is no sign of it on the timeline 2) the audio track would not be in sync.
I tried to edit another show but it was even worse when every time I went to import the converted .mpg files into Premiere, it would just freeze. -_-
So I’ve given up trying for now because if I can’t get those two shows working, I don’t want to put the showreel together without them. The only other solution I can think of at the moment is try again on a Mac using Final Cut.
Any advice? Cheers
Kind Regards,
Marcus Allemann
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7 Replies
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I use AVS Media Creator to change DVDs and VOB files to something more usable. It has lots of options and is well worth the money.
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Although you can copy the vob files, change their extension to mpeg and put them in premiere, they will usually exhibit the type of errors you are describing.
mpgegstreamclip is a free program that does an excellent job of transcoding dvd’s into a format you can edit, like avi-dv. check it out before you pay for additional software.
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I’ve experienced similar problems doing what your attempting to do while using that version of Premiere. I ended up using FCP for that project. Recently, I’ve updated to CS3 and it handles the mpeg files better.
I think that version of Premiere doesn’t edit MPEG files very well.
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I have a similar problem the last few days when trying to edit DVD footage. The problem was that when the VOB was converted it made it an avi with a xvid codec which makes it really impossible to edit b/c of the problems you’ve said. What I did ( this is sad) was take the converted file and brought them into Windows MOvie Maker b/c they run fine in there and export them from the uncompressed to avi and now the footag eis fine in premiere. Or try mpgegstreamclip like someone else said. I couldn’t find a free program that did this.
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I have the same problem. I recorded directly to dvd using a sony pd170 directly into a panasonic dvd recorder. Then playing the dvd out passing through a jvc deck with firewire out, I captured it into premier 2. The caputured avi plays perfect in windows media player. In premier it starts losing sync at about 35-40 minutes. It must have something to do with the audio conforming in premier. I have been told the this method works perfect in Final Cut. My audio sync isn’t frame critical so I just cut my capture into about 35 min clips and then edited them together. It worked ok, but it is a hassle. I am still looking for a way to solve this problem if anyone could make a suggestion.
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It’s pathetic but here’s how I did it. Just bring the footage into Movie Maker and then export it as avi. It then will work in premiere lol.
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I’m trying the Windows Movie Maker idea, but can’t seem to change the file to another format for exporting. If you could, can you tell me how you do it?
Thanks-Tatum Dutile
Pineville, LA
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