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Problems importing VOB files
I have to edit video (Vegas 7) brought in on DVD. One disk is fine, I can simply drag/drop the VOB files onto the timeline of Vegas. However, the other disk (same contributor) does not work. When I try to import/drop the first VOB file (VTS_01_1.VOB) onto the Vegas timeline, it shows perhaps 28 secs of video, but the file should be 18 minutes or so, as there are multiple VOB files and the video is an hour long. The same happens from this disk when I drop the 2nd or 3rd VOB file as well.
Is this a codec problem? If I click on the VOB file, it plays fine in Windows Media Player or VLC Media Player. So the proper CODEC must be installed on my Windows PC.
Or is it something else? I’m baffled as the other DVD disk works fine when importing the VOB files into Vegas, but this other DVD disk just will not let me import the VOB files correctly.
Any ideas on what is going on? Is there a better way to import into Vegas? I didn’t want to “RIP” the DVD as I thought Vegas could simply import the VOB files.
Does anyone know what is going on? What procedure must I do so I can import the video into Vegas? Thanks!
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6 Replies
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Have you tried:
File – Import – DVD Camcorder Disc
Edward Troxel
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Thanks Edward!
Yes, I was able to import via the “camera” import feature. Since this was an authored, finalized DVD, it never occured to try the camera disc import.
It worked perfectly. Thanks again for your very helpful reply.
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Edward: I have a similar problem as the one posted by Robert, with the difference that in the past two years I have extracted (finished) the dvd from the camera and then copied the pictures file (DCIM) to the computer, as well as all the files which are inside the file (VIDEO_VTS). I can see the movies in Windows Player, but can not insert them into Vegas. When I do so I experience the same problem posted by Robert (few seconds of movie, all the sound). Seems that I have made a huge mistake for a long time. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Truly yours,
Eduardo Moane
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A fallback workaround that always seems to work (for non-protected discs) if you can’t get them to import:
DVD-Player -> Convertor -> firewire -> computer
Hit capture on the computer and play on the DVD player. That will capture it into a standard DV-AVI file.
Edward Troxel
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I am having a problem importing VOB files into Vegas movie studio Platinum 9.0, as have others who posted here. Most gets imported but little segments do not.
I noticed your post suggesting “A fallback workaround that always seem to work ….”
DVD-Player -> Convertor -> firewire -> computer.
My question is what hardware does the Convertor function? -
[Russ Robelen] “My question is what hardware does the Convertor function?”
The “Converter” can be a miniDV camcorder that has the pass-through feature (analog in – firewire out) or an analog to digital device such as the Canopus ADVC-55 (or higher).
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