creating avi's and vegas settings

[Sober]

After a few aborted attempts, Im finally ready to knuckle down and try and re-edit Superman II! But once again I have reached an obstacle before I have even begun!

One of the great things about Sony Vegas is the ability to retain a 5.1 soundtrack - a neccesity for me.

Anyway, I have extracted the footage from the DVD using DVD Decryptor and its left me with the AC3 audio and the M2V Video.

Now here comes the science bit...

When I come to create the AVI in TMPGENC, it shows my intended avi file as having an FPS of 29.97 and I set the video mode as 'interlaced'. But before I began transferring 31 m2v files to AVI I figured I better make 100% sure what I was doing was indeed correct.

So I loaded up the M2V File within DGIndex to see its properties.

Lo and behold it came up with the following:

Video Mode: Progressive
FPS - 23.976

Now I may be stating the obvious here but I need 100% clarifcation...does this mean that I need to create the avi using these settings? I would imagine that if I use 29fps, the audio will be out of synch.

I would be very grateful if someone could confirm this for me though...do I use these settings within TMPGENC and VEGAS when doing my project?

 

[David Jimerson]

If you pulled it from the DVD, it was on disc as 23.976. No audio issues.

You do realize if you post it anywhere, you're violating copyright, yes?

 

[Sober]

Many thanks for your help. I know lots of people probably say this but this is intended for my own use only.
As a kid I loved Superman II but when I heard about all the stories off set and how the director was fired it really tarnished my view of the theatrical film.

Then when I saw the Richard Donner edit I wasnt all that impressed either.

But somewhere in between a classic film is there and so because I cant bring myself to watch either. Im going to create my own so I can enjoy Superman II just like I did when I was younger.