Weird problem extracting/inserting chapters from DVD folder

nb51 · Post by **nb51** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:59 am

I've gotten this to work in the past, I think, but for at least one project I'm working on, VS 10 is giving me problems getting one or more specific chapters inserted into the editing timeline from a DVD folder.

The chapters all show up in the list after an "Insert DVD/DVD-VR...." Into Timeline, *BUT*:

(1) - No matter which chapter I click on, it won't preview (it just sits there for about 20 seconds doing nothing when I hit the Play icon, then changes to a "pause" icon).

(2) - If I press the "Import" button, the progress bar shows normal activity and the pop-up comes up asking if I want to change the project to match the settings of the imported chapter, to which I say "Yes". But if I press "play" on either the project or the clip, I get an hourglass with a long wait, then *NOTHING*. It will NOT play, and the program slows down to a crawl.

Other programs that extract chapters from this very same DVD folder see and play the chapters fine. No problems at all. And I would use them and be done with it, except I don't like the type of file they output (such as, of all things, an ISO or VCD!)

Any advice? Suggestions? HELP??

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:23 pm

Are you trying to import directly from the DVD? If so, try copying to your HD first, then try importing.

Adrian Perkins · Post by **Adrian Perkins** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:28 pm

What is the source of your DVD (eg DVD recorder, previous VS project)?

Can you clarify whether VS locks up totally during your preview or import.

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:23 pm

Other programs that extract chapters from this very same DVD folder see and play the chapters fine. No problems at all. And I would use them and be done with it, except I don't like the type of file they output (such as, of all things, an ISO or VCD!)

Try VOB 2 MPG (Free!!!). It won't re-code the MPEG-2, it will just re-structure the VOB files into one MPG file. I've tried it twice. Once it worked, and once it failed...

When it worked, it was fast!

You might also try InterVideo DVD Copy. I don't know much about this program, and it don't really know if it can extract the video without re-coding it. I watched my nephew use it to make an iPod file from a DVD. It has a different appearance/user-interface than the Ulead programs, and it may have been written by different programmers before the merger...

Another program you can try is FixVTS. (When I tried it, it didn't fix my particular "problem DVD".

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