DVD-/+RW Import problem.

[Durgemeister]

Hi all,

I have had VS11 Plus for a number of years now, but until today, I did not know it could import Video from DVD-Recorders (Never needed it before !).

Recently I bought a Media Player, and have begun the process of compressing and transferring my DVD collection to it. I also have a large stack of Disks recorded on a Philips DVDR 3440H Hard-Disk/DVD-Recorder, and have spent some time finding a way to successfully extract each individual title from the disks... to no avail until I was considering lumping all the VOB files together and extracting each programme individually via VS11. Then I found the import feature.

All was well until I discovered that there was a missing section at the end of each imported file. On the Import Wizard page, when I select a title, it is reporting a particular length of time, but the imported file is a minute or two short of what it should be. I tested it by importing all the chapters separately, and all of them load, but it appears the last chapter is missing the those few minutes.

As far as I know, I have all the updates (11.5.0157.2), and Powerpack 1.0. All of the Disks load fine each time, and I have tried both +RW and -RW, and get the same results each time, i.e. that missing section.... any Ideas ?

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

And welcome to the forums

I do not own VS 11 but am aware of some capture/import problems. However I do not know if these issues affect the import of DVD/Vob files.

First I assume you are trying to import vob files from a DVD Disc and have finalised the disc using the DVD recorder.
Or are you connecting the recorder to the pc????????

You could try copying the contents of the disc to your hard drive.
Now try importing the Vob files directly to the timeline using the normal method, right click the timeline and select Insert Video.
Some versions of VS allow inserting Vobs.

If this fails, re-name the Vob file to use the extension MPG.
Again try inserting the video files to the timeline.

[Durgemeister]

Thanks for the welcome, and the reply.

In answer to your questions, yes I am importing from the Disks. Also, I am not sure about the disks being Finalised. On the DVD-Recorder they were recorded on, there is just a "Lock Disk" option. I tested a disk with it "Locked", and there is no difference.

I checked the disks in the recorder, and they are reporting the same amount of chapters... plus when I went to use Dr. Divx to encode it, it was reporting a shorter time - consequently the same length as what was captured from VS11. VS11 doesn't accept VOB files, but I renamed them as MPG, and the imported "clip" was about 15 minutes long (When it should have been about 57 minutes).

I believe the answer lies in the original recorder. It can record HDD to DVD, but not vice versa, for obvious reasons, and perhaps the DVD is in a format that is compatible enough for the average player, and PC Media Player, but obtuse enough to prevent copy. Shame really, as VS11 seemed to be the easiest & quickest solution.

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

A standard DVD holds 4.3 Gb
Vob files are limited to 1 Gb, so if you have 57 minutes DVD, Then each vob will be approx 15 minutes.
There should be 4/5 vobs on the DVD.

Did you re-name all vob files?

[skier-hughes]

The problem is the way dvds are made for dvd players to play them.
A vob is made up of one or several mpeg files. It may even contain half of an mpeg file, with the second half being in the next vob.
If you rename a vob to mpeg, it will only play the first mpeg file included in it.

Your best bet is to onvert the whole dvd using somethig like squared 5's mpeg streamclip, to a dv.avi file adn use this to do your editing. A ong way round, but will include all the files.

Otherwise, update to the latest version of VS which will import vobs.