importing from a dvd in vs9

Peta · Post by **Peta** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 4:38 am

In VS8 i was able to import from a DVD or VCD in the DVD drive. Whilst vs9 appears to offer that (import DVD/DVD-VR in the capture window in reality I have never managed to import from a DVD. It 'plays' but the 'import' and 'stop import' buttons are not operational. I can find nothing in the help menu that offesr any reasons for this. Anyone help me out here?
Peta

2Dogs · Post by **2Dogs** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 4:45 am

Hi Peta,

I get the same thing with my VS9 Trial - I just assumed it was a limitation of the trial.

Is your VS9 the full orchestra?

Peta · Post by **Peta** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 4:48 am

hi 2dogs. Yes its the fully functional version. I'll have to go back to using VS8 I guess.

sriley · Post by **sriley** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:30 am

I tried VS9, it suited my purposes perfectly, being able to capture from DVD, I bought the program, and it doesn't capture from DVD. I feel completely ripped off for $79. I wouldn't have bought the program if I knew that the feature wouldn't work in the full program. What a gyp. And I don't have the recourse of going back to VS8, as I don't own that version, and I'm NOT going to give them more money for a backwards version.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:36 am

I have never done this before, but on seeing your various posts on importing DVD, I thought I would give it a spin. What I did was the following:

1) I opened VS 9, and inserted a DVD in my DVD drive. (This one filled a 4.5 GB single layer disc.)

2) I right clicked in the library pane and selected 'Insert DVD/DVD-VR'. A file window appeared and I chose the drive in which I had placed the DVD.

3) A little bar scale appeared as the VS9 examined the DVD. It filled with green bars as the examination proceeded. Overall, this took 10 secs (but it could take longer or shorter, depending on the computer, I imagine.)

4) A window labelled 'Import DVD' appeared, with the DVD structure broken into Chapters appeared in the upper left of the window, an information panel below this, and a preview screen on the right. There were in all 12 chapters on this DVD.

5) I selected a couple of chapters at random. Here I had to look closely to realise I was expected to check the little box to the left of each chapter selected. A red tick appears when they are checked, and the word 'Import' is enabled at the bottom right of the Import DVD screen.

6) I clicked on the Import button. VS 9 took approx. 1 minute to import each chapter. Again, this could take a longer or shorter time depending on the size of the chapter and the computer concerned.

7) Both imported chapters appeared as icons on my library pane. When I clicked on them, as with any other video icon in the video library, I could watch it in the preview screen.

In other words, the import process worked apparently flawlessly. The trick could be in making sure you actually check the box beside the video you want to import. When I first just selected a chapter, it became highlighted, and VS9 thought about it for a while, then the selected chapter appeared in the Import DVD preview screen, BUT the import button remained inactive. It only became active when the little box beside each selected chapter was ticked.

I imagine also that if you are trying to import from a copyright protected commercial DVD, you would not be able to import.

Good luck!

Post by **Ron P.** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:40 am

VS9 will import from DVD. 5 minutes ago I read the above posts. So I closed my brower and opened VS9.

1. Go to Capture module.
2. Select Import from DVD/DVD-R
3. A pop-up dialoge box opens to browse to the drive containing the DVD
4. Browse to the DVD, click on the + beside the DVD
5. This expands revealing the Video_TS, Audio_TS folders.
6. Click on the Video_TS folder, then click OK
7. Another dialoge box opens up, with 3 windows & a movie preview window
The top left window should contain the files to import. The file structure something like Title>Chapter.
8. Select the boxes to the left of the Titles and/or Chapters you wish to import.
9. Click on the Import button, found on the bottom of the window.
10. VS imports the video files....

Hope that helps...

I type too darn slow.....

Peta · Post by **Peta** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 3:36 am

Thank you Vidoman and Ken - I will try this. By the way I am not trying to lift copywrited DVD's they are previously burnt by a work colleague and posted to me to use the content. I'll confirm success when I've given your suggestions a go.

Cheers
Peta

2Dogs · Post by **2Dogs** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 3:39 am

5) I selected a couple of chapters at random. Here I had to look closely to realise I was expected to check the little box to the left of each chapter selected. A red tick appears when they are checked, and the word 'Import' is enabled at the bottom right of the Import DVD screen.

6) I clicked on the Import button. VS 9 took approx. 1 minute to import each chapter. Again, this could take a longer or shorter time depending on the size of the chapter and the computer concerned.

Hi Ken,

that little red tick makes all the difference, doesn't it! It works for me now!

And I suspect your 2Gb of RAM has a lot to do with the speed of the import process - my test DVD had me wait rather more than 10 seconds with my paltry 512Mb. My cpu should be about 90% of yours.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:15 am

Not sure where you live, 2 dogs, but RAM could almost be described as dirt cheap these days. I went to a local computer fair today, and a friend bought a stick of 512 GB DDR 400 RAM for A$60 -- which is only about US$45. If you live in the US, I suspect it would be even cheaper. If so, no real excuse not to add a bit more!!

sriley · Post by **sriley** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:15 pm

I'm at work and can't try this right now, but I'm interested primarily in capturing video from a dvd used in a camcorder. I presume the procedure would be similar or the same? I'll try this when I get home and post the results. I hope this works, as I was highly disappointed not to be able to capture from the dvd ram. As I stated, that was the only reason I purchased Video Studio 9.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:03 pm

I cannot comment definitively as I don't have a DVD camera. But I believe you can use a similar procedure with at least some of them -- the camera being detected as 'just' another drive of the computer. I believe you are also able to take the mini DVD out of the camera and put it into a DVD drive in your computer and read it from there. Some (though I believe not all) cameras also require that the mini DVD first be 'finished' before removing any of the video from it -- though I also believe such cameras have another control which will then allow such mini DVDs to be re-enabled for use in the camera to film more or new video. Perhaps someone with such a camera could provide a more definitive comment.

GDMama · Post by **GDMama** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:24 pm

Vidoman, I tried this and when I go to click on the boxes next to the chapters that I want to import, I get the "endless hourglass" and have to shut the program down. Any ideas? I have the trial version; could that be the problem?

vidoman wrote:VS9 will import from DVD. 5 minutes ago I read the above posts. So I closed my brower and opened VS9.

1. Go to Capture module.
2. Select Import from DVD/DVD-R
3. A pop-up dialoge box opens to browse to the drive containing the DVD
4. Browse to the DVD, click on the + beside the DVD
5. This expands revealing the Video_TS, Audio_TS folders.
6. Click on the Video_TS folder, then click OK
7. Another dialoge box opens up, with 3 windows & a movie preview window
The top left window should contain the files to import. The file structure something like Title>Chapter.
8. Select the boxes to the left of the Titles and/or Chapters you wish to import.
9. Click on the Import button, found on the bottom of the window.
10. VS imports the video files....

Hope that helps...

I type too darn slow.....

Peta · Post by **Peta** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:05 pm

I meant to say earlier that it nows works for me. Many thanks to Vidoman and Ken. Sorry I don't have an answer for you GDmama.
Peta

Post by **Ron P.** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:04 am

Vidoman, I tried this and when I go to click on the boxes next to the chapters that I want to import, I get the "endless hourglass" and have to shut the program down. Any ideas? I have the trial version; could that be the problem?

Please go to your Profile and fill in the System information. Without more information it is difficult to troubleshoot your problem. It could be that your system is not powerful enough to load the video clips.
Do you have any applications (antivirus, IM, etc) running in the background? In normal operation they don't put that much demand on the CPU, however video is very demanding, and coupled with background apps can slow a system to a crawl.

As for your second question, no you should be able to import from a DVD the same as the full version, I know I did before purchasing it.

Ron

sriley · Post by **sriley** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 2:05 pm

[b]To import videos from your DVD camcorder, insert the DVD into your DVD drive. In VideoStudio, on the EDIT step, right-click on the timeline and select 'Insert DVD/DVD-VR', then specify the location of your DVD videos. Select the chapters/videos you want to import. Thanks and good luck. [/b]
I'll try this ASAP and report back. Thanks for everyone's help.
sriley

EDIT: Tried this before work this morning: This works on DVD from camera. It pulls the scenes from the DVD into the timeline, then you can edit as necessary. I believe this is a different procedure than what I used in the trial, but it does work. (However, found out I didn't record my niece's 2nd birthday party correctly, but that's another story.)

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