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Converting Xvid
Hi everyone.
I work at a college and have a student bring in some work on a DVD. We need to send it off to the exam board on VHS tape. A pain in the ass.I have managed to get the VTS (VOB) files from the DVD but need to put them into premiere. I was told to use a program called “Auto Gordian Knot” to convert it. I did just that, but it converts the file as a “Xvid or DivX”.
How do I import these into premiere, or convert them to standard avi files. Preferably using a program that is free, without a watermark or length limitation on the final product.
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[l_vaughan] “some work on a DVD. We need to send it off to the exam board on VHS tape”
Do you need to edit it?? If not, just make a DVD to VHS copy.
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If you need to edit the video change the extension from vob to mpg and load it into PPro2
Ken Adolph
Media Group
Editor/Post Supervisor
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I just went through something like this. Premiere pro 2.o won’t take VOB files directly on the timeline, but that is just because the audio and video are multiplexed (interwoven) into the same file.
You can download and use the program TMPGEnc Plus 2.5 to de-multiplex the VOB file into it’s mpeg-2 video stream and separate audio stream using the program’s MPEG Tools. These separated files should work on the timeline.
Hopefully this will work for you, I’d say about 10% of the dvds i’ve tried won’t work, but most do. Also, if the audio is encoded into AC3 you’ll need to download a conveter, I found a free one the other day that worked great.
stewart
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