renaming VTS_01

[Danny Hays]

I gather your talking about the .VOB files found on DVDs. You could copy one to your hard drive and rename it in Windows Explore, then add them to the Vegas timeline. I usually rename them to a small name so I know what it is and also change the ext from .vob to .mpg.
Danny Hays

[Dave Collins]

> You could copy one to your hard drive and rename it in Windows Explore, then add them to the Vegas timeline.

Can’t do this. Refuses to recognize them if they are not pulled directly from the disc. This is infuriating since I had already laboriously copied all the video I needed onto my HD in prep for using them. SV won’t even recognize them; the folder reads as empty.

> I usually rename them to a small name so I know what it is and also change the ext from .vob to .mpg.

I don’t think this will work. Unless I am misunderstanding, renaming them to MPG will mean I lose the audio track. But I’ll try it.

[Mike Kujbida]

“Can’t do this. Refuses to recognize them if they are not pulled directly from the disc.”

You do this AFTER you’ve pulled them from a disc and stored them on your hard drive.
I just did this and it works exactly as Danny described.

“SV won’t even recognize them; the folder reads as empty.”

For Vegas to read them ,you need to select All Files(*.*) in the dropdown box.
VOBs are not a standard import format which is why they don’t show up normally.

“renaming them to MPG will mean I lose the audio track. But I’ll try it.”

You won’t lose anything.

[Dave Collins]

When I rename the files to MPEG, they come in at only a few seconds long. I think there is a problem in the frame data or metadata.

I have a file that’s 1GB in size and, as a VOB, it plays for 30+ minutes in the default Windows Live Movie Maker as well as in SV.

But if I rename it to MPEG, it only plays for 20s, even if I pull it into SV.

OMG, I knew when I was asked to tape the conference (and again while taping) that this would be a lot of post work, but it’s now been 3 weeks and I have yet to burn a single talk…

[Mike Kujbida]

You said that you taped it yet the files are on DVD.
Did you tape it or record direct to DVD?
If you did tape it, why aren’t you using the tapes instead of DVD?

I cut down a 3 hr. conference to 12 min. this past summer and it was very easy to do because the source material was on miniDV tape.
I did a window dub (time code) for my producer, she gave me cut points, I edited it, she revised it, I edited that – done.

[Dave Collins]

Sorry, sloppy terminology. I recorded directly to mini-DVD using an old camcorder.