importing from dvd

petrea · Post by **petrea** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 2:16 pm

My daughter had some old video transfered to a DVD and gave it to me for Christmas.
I can play the dvd on my computer but would now like to put into VS9 and edit, add music etc.
The files are in 0.IFO format. I tried to use DVD/VR to import but get an error message 0X8004095a.
Is there a way to import to VS9?
Thanks
Petrea

GuyL · Post by **GuyL** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 3:19 pm

Does the error happen right away or during the import?

petrea · Post by **petrea** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 3:43 pm

The error occurs when i try to import.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:29 pm

Another trick that often works is to rename the VOB files with a MPG extension and open those with VS9.

tyamada · Post by **tyamada** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:58 pm

Iv'e had the same problem from time to time. This is what I did to fix the import problems. I copy the DVD to a subdirectory on a hard drive and use this Fixvts to fix the DVD structure, then try to import the fixed structure from the hard drive to VS9.

Link to FixVTS: http://www.videohelp.com/~FixVTS/

petrea · Post by **petrea** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 8:44 pm

I tried renaming file to mpeg - couldn't see at all thru vs9.
Same problem with using fixit.
I extracted files - then tried to pull into vs9 and it couldn't see the chapters at all.
I'm probably doing something really stupid! The file extensions are IFO and VOB.
Thanks
Petrea

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 8:48 pm

Petrea -- I think you already have your answer, particularly from tyamada. But I just want to correct one misapprehension you have. In fact, the files on your DVD which use .IFO as the extension are only 'InFOrmation' files. The actual video is contained in the ones with .VOB extensions, and as sjj1805 has already explained, sometimes you can import them into VS9 just by changing the extension from .VOB to .MPG because they are in effect one and the same (though naturally they will need to be on your HDD for you to be able to do this).

Of course, VS9 provides a neater way of selecting specific chapters, which you can even see before you select which ones you want, rather than simply importing one huge VOB file and then finding the bit you want in it. If VS9 gives you the error when you try importing from the disc, then tyamada's suggestion of transferring the whole DVD to your hard drive and importing from there often works instead.

petrea · Post by **petrea** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 12:38 pm

I have tried what you said
I finally got to pull in when I renamed VOB file to mpg - but lost most of the info when I downloaded. It shrunk to 14 seconds - the remainder if the info was there if you scrolled over but didn't register. Found out I have the same error message when I pull up my own DVD creations.
thanks
Pete

ccblue · Post by **ccblue** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:00 pm

petrea,
I had a similar problem trying to change the file name from .vob to .mpg. Although I think I received a different error during importing than you, my problem disappeared when I downloaded the latest microsoft XP updates. Not sure if that will help you but thought I'd throw that out there.

birkoPA · Post by **birkoPA** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 2:05 am

Hi all,

I've just been reading through the problems and answers to memory errors when attempting to import or capture video footage.

My Environment:
Gigabyte GA-7 using AMD Athlon(tm)XP 2000+ CPU, 1.5Gb RAM, 60GB Storage(Free)
Windows 2000 Pro Sp4 (5.00.2195)
Ulead Video Studio 9.00.1000
LG DVD-RW

First up here is what I do to generate the error:
1. Start Video Studio and select Movie Wizard (The error happens on all three options but this will do for now)
2. Select "Insert [u]D[/u]VD/DVD-VR"
3. Locate the video file whether it be a .VOB or .MPG extension
4. Press "Ok" and it begins to read then generates the error message below:

vstudio.exe - Application Error
The exception Illegal Instruction
An attempt was made to execute an illegal instruction.
(0xc000001d) occurred in the application at location 0x0e7f0e54.
--

In the Event log there is a corresponding error as below:
Application Popup Event ID: 26
Application popup: vstudio.exe - Application Error: The exception Illegal Instruction..."As above"

I've now turned on DRwatson to see where the application fails. I've also put in a tech help request three days ago but no reply as yet. Below is what I have attempted thus far.

Uninstall Microsoft Installer 3.1 and install 3.0 -- Still the same error
Saved the .VOB to the hard drive -- Still the same error.

At this point the only working option is to rename the .VOB to MPG after saving the .VOB file to the hardrive. (Thanks to sjj1805 for that suggestion)

This is not ideal but will get me by until a more effective fix is found.

If anyone else has a solution to importing or capturing video footage directly please let me know as this is rather frustrating.

Cheers and Happy New Year
Peter

Post by **Ken Berry** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 2:32 am

You say you ..." 2. Select "Insert DVD/DVD-VR"
3. Locate the video file whether it be a .VOB or .MPG extension".

If this is exactly what you do, then it is wrong. 'Insert DVD/DVD-VR' means precisely that. You have to point it either to a DVD drive which has a DVD in it, or else to a Video_TS folder on your hard drive. You do NOT try to point it at a file. If you want the program to insert video files, then you simply do that "Insert video' by right clicking on the timeline or in the library pane and then point the program to where the file is located.

tyamada · Post by **tyamada** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 2:32 am

Has anybody tried my suggestion?

Copy the DVD to a sub-directory on the hard drive and use FixVTS to correct the file structure of the DVD.

I had the same problems everybody described before I correct the file structure on the hard drive.

It seems most programs that create DVDs create a flaw in the file structure that Ulead cannot read. That is why when you try to import DVD in VS9 the import function will error out or just lockup.

I created hundreds of DVD in VS8 and tried to read them using VS9 and had to repair every one before I could import them.

petrea · Post by **petrea** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:06 am

I finally got the vob file! I used your advice and also slowed down.
I copied the VOB file (thanks for clarifying the difference between IFO and VOB) my first mistake) to my hard drive then went to capture - I did get the same error message but finally figured out that the error only applied to preview. While it did not allow me to download by "chapter" It did let me download the video file.
I am a happy person.
Thanks for all your good ideas. Finding the Fixit tool was also great.
Petrea

maddrummer3301 · Post by **maddrummer3301** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:03 am

tyamada,

>>Has anybody tried my suggestion?

Thanks tyamada, nice program, good fixer.

MD

birkoPA · Post by **birkoPA** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:26 am

[quote="Ken Berry"]You say you ..." 2. Select "Insert DVD/DVD-VR"
3. Locate the video file whether it be a .VOB or .MPG extension".

If this is exactly what you do, then it is wrong. 'Insert DVD/DVD-VR' means precisely that. You have to point it either to a DVD drive which has a DVD in it, or else to a Video_TS folder on your hard drive. You do NOT try to point it at a file. If you want the program to insert video files, then you simply do that "Insert video' by right clicking on the timeline or in the library pane and then point the program to where the file is located.[/quote]

Thanks for the clarification.
You are correct and I should have clarified the point as you would realise that when you perform this step, it doesn't show you the file but merely the location.

So to all that are reading this and has been pointed out quite bluntly, in point 3 of my steps, you locate the folder where the VOB or MPG has been created and then press "Ok"

Cheers
Peter

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