Importing DVD-VR

aardvarkulead · Post by **aardvarkulead** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 1:53 am

I'm using DVD MovieFactory 2se (2.12.2153.1160) that came with my DVD burner on an XPsp2 machine. I am trying to convert a DVD-RAM video to a DVD-R. The DVD-RAM was created on a Toshiba DR2 home DVD recorder (not on a PC). The recording is a home video made from a camera attached via S-video to the recorder.

My PC will read the DVD-RAM, it sees all the files on the disc and the video plays on the home recorder as well as on my PC. However, I am having a problem with the import process. Here is what I am doing:

1 Load up MovieFactory and select Create DVD Movie

2 Select Start Project, Next

3 Now I am at the Add/Edit Media clip screen. I Select Import DVD Video

4 Browse to the DVD-RAM disc

5 A box pops up asking to Select Playlist. This box shows the correct date/time and duration (1:47'43") of the video I want to copy. I select it and click Next.

6 Now I am prompted to select the Scenes to Capture. A single thumbnail of my video is shown along with its length. I select the thumbnail then click finish.

7 A blue progress bar goes across the box as the video is imported. This takes about 2 minutes.

8 Once the progress bar reaches the end, the box disappears and now I am back at the Add/Edit Media Clip screen. The control buttons are greyed out (play, pause, ff, rw, etc.), and the Next button is also greyed out. It's like the import process just disappeared and I'm back at step 3 again.

Am I missing something? What do I need to do to get this video imported? I have tried this on 2 different PCs with the same results.

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:44 am

Several users seem to be having the same problem. I don't know if anyone's found a solution yet, but if you search the forum for "DVD-VR" you'll find some discussion, and maybe some suggestions. It may be that Ulead simply can't import DVDs from your paticular recorder.

Movie Factory 4 has an "improved" DVD import function, so you might want to download the trial version. If you do, don't forget to download the user's manual.

If you search the Internet, you may be able to find a program that will copy your DVD to a regular MPEG-2 or AVI file. I had some luck recently converting a "problem" VOB file to an MPEG-2 with a free program called SUPER.

...a home video made from a camera attached via S-video to the recorder.

If this a digital camera, you can transfer the digital video directly to the computer via the camera's Firewire (preferred) or USB-2 port.

Analog video capture is tricky, and because MPEG-2 (DVD) is not meant to be edited, this is another "can of worms".

If this is an analog camera, and you also have access to a digital camera, some digital camcorders have analog-to-digital pass-thru capability. In this case you could capture to the preferred AVI/DV format.

aardvarkulead · Post by **aardvarkulead** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:00 am

I found the solution. Rename the .VRO file to .MPG. After that you can simply click on Add Video instead of Import Video and open the file directly. The .VRO file is just a standard mpeg file but Ulead is not smart enough to get past the extension...

Jollygood · Post by **Jollygood** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 2:34 am

I was having a problem with it reading -RW discs formatted in VR mode.
Used Ulead "Copy or Fit Disc", "DVD+/-VR to DVD Video" so it converts it to DVD-Video on a -R disc. The I use that disc instead of the original.

maddrummer3301 · Post by **maddrummer3301** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:49 pm

>>The .VRO file is just a standard mpeg file but Ulead is not smart enough to get past the extension...

NO, the vro file is not a standard mpeg file.
The VRO file is a container file for ALL the videos.
Even video that have different mpeg characteristics (different frame sizes, video data rates etc).

Instead of renaming the file copy the contents (like you did) including all the original folders and then import the dvd from the harddisk if you can.
Then the mpeg file will be a compliant file after it's imported.

Nero6 and Nero7 will import -VR disks also.

Hope this helps,

MD

aardvarkulead · Post by **aardvarkulead** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:13 pm

I've got Nero Ultra 6.6 but couldn't figure out where to import the video. Where is the option to do this?

In my case, I had a single video on the RAM, so the mpg rename worked perfectly.

maddrummer3301 · Post by **maddrummer3301** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:34 am

Hi,
Select NeroVision 3 or whatever version you have for video.
Select Create DVD. In the next page you can import videos from the
harddisk etc. Their is also an icon to import video from cd/dvd.

Nero version 7 also has this feature. Both in NeroVision and in Nero Recode.

Hope this helps,

MD