Editing .VOB Files

[Steven L. gotz]

Not without a plugin from MainConcept. Premiere Pro 2.0 can do it if the files are renamed to .mpg but older versions need assistance.

Or, you can buy a DVD Ripper like ImTOO DVD Ripper to help you.

Steven
https://www.stevengotz.com

[Mbelli]

I think re-naming VOB’s is tricky, there’s often issues with the audio or sync and I haven’t had good experiences in throwing VOB’s or VOB to MPEGs into timelines of non linear editing APPS (although Vegas seemed to work a bit better than Premiere).

I’ve had very good results with the following free tools:

DVD Decrypter/DVD Shrink
DVD2AVI

Basically I use Decrypter or Shrink to rip the VOB’s to my hard drive, even if I’ve been given usage rights to a DVD for inclusion in a production, I can still run into copy protection problems, so these tools allow me to get around that (if there’s no copy protection, you can drag and drop the VOBs but still, I find doing it with the above tools better as they also have ways to read/write error compensate).

Once on my hard drive, I import the VOB’s using DVD2AVI and output the video as uncompressed AVI (or a codec that Premiere can work with). I also set up DVD2AVI to demux the AC3/PCM track as a seperate WAV file, which I then join with the video on Premiere’s timeline. This method works great for me, although sometimes DVD2AVI can crash on certain codecs.

Another way to consider, but you’ll get more loss and your disk can’t be copy protected, is to simply take the video out of your DVD desktop player (using the s-video out) and transfer the DVD to your DV camera or DV Deck (s-video in, analog). Then all you need do is digitize your DV tape with Premiere. I did a problematic spot for Nike and had to resort to that to get a stable and clean rip.

Best of luck and hope this helps you.

[Nik Nastev]

Rename .VOB to .MPEG. Then import it into PPRo 1.5 – it will be imported only video stream.
Extract Audio with using Audition (extract aduio from… command) and save it as wav and then import it into PPro.

Another way is using Mainconcept Plugin.

All the best
Nik Nastev

[Chris Bowman]

Thanks for the replies. I wish I could say I understood everything. I’ve never really used Premiere so its all very daunting.

Initially I tried using DVD shrink (start/end feature) but it wouldn’t allow me to edit per second only every few (if you get my meaning) so this was no good as i need to be precise. Is there another DVD ripper that can do precise? or can Shrink do it and its me thats not doing it right?

Think premiere is definately what I need to use though as I may need to add my own sound underneath at a later date. But this isn’t important at the mo.

I have a program called winAVI so I could convert the vob files into somethink else that premiere would maybe prefer???

What is the MainConcept plugin? would I have to pay for this? And would this be the easiest way to accomplish my task?

Sorry for all the qusetions but I really appreciate your help.

[Mike Cohen]

always make video into AVI – I do anyway. Makes like easier.

[Chris Bowman]

So if I convert my vob files (from the DVD) to avi (using winAVI) I will be able to import these into premiere? both video and sound? Will I lose any quality converting to avi?

Also the sound volume on the dvd is really quiet. Will I be able to increase it once in Premiere?