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Extracting Video from DVD
I prepared a 5 minute video for a local cable access show last year, burned to DVD, but of course now cannot find the original DVDA files. Is there anyway to use the files off last years’ prepared/burned DVD, for inclusion in a new DVD where I
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As long as you have at least Vegas 6.0c, it’s as simple as file > import > DVD camcorder disc.
You will lose quality because Vegas will re-render the entire clip. How much depends on things such as how low the new bitrate is. Obviously the higher the better. -
There is a tool called Cinematize that will pull the video off of a dvd with little or no resolution loss. Give this link a try.
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Mike, Bob,
Thanks so much for your advice. I’m going to try both techniques.
Since looking over both methods, I’ve come to realize that the file being extracted from the DVD is mpeg2 so it’s obviously compressed. If I then use this as a media input file in DVDA3, will it then be recompressed or does DVDA recognize this as a compressed mpeg2 and not alter it (derogate quality) further?
Many thanks!
RR
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why not just play it back into your computer thru a pass thru and then you get an AVI file, easier to edit and when compressing for DVDA you’re not losing anything.
Don
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