DVD into Vegas

[Luke]

All I need to do is take a DVD I made and put it on my hard drive so I can edit it in Vegas. I still have the DV tapes but they are 3 years old and they were used in a XL1 so I don’t want to chance running them in my DVX. It’s not a life or death situation I just want to play around with some of my old work. It’s only 12 min. long with a menu. So what’s the best way to do this.
Thanks
Luke

 

[Norm Sanders]

Unless you have some special software to rip the VOB file, etc., I don't think you'll be able to. When you render to a DVD, it's put into files that a DVD player will understand, nothing that you can import into a NLE.

Besides, If you've got it on a DVD w/menu and all, it's likely already edited footage anyway. If you really want to play around with it, it'd be best to go with the stock footage off your tape, wouldn't it? Myself, after I'm done with an edited video, I always cut an uncompressed AVI file of it as well. That way, I've got it available for future renders to whatever (Quicktime, Windows Media, MPEG2, etc.), and I don't have to dig around for tapes ... as long as I'm not looking to make much in the way of changes to the video ... I can also bring that AVI clip, and others into a project if I want to cut demo reel.

If you're really wanting to keep the tape out of your DVX, run 'em through a cheap consumer miniDV camera. I bought one at Best Buy for about $290 specifically for all my capture to put less wear on the heads (cheaper than a deck), and then I've got a fun little camera for trips & whenever I don't want to pack the bulky DVX (for non-pro family stuff).

 

[GenJerDan]

Unless you have some special software to rip the VOB file, etc., I don't think you'll be able to. When you render to a DVD, it's put into files that a DVD player will understand, nothing that you can import into a NLE..

Try renaming the .vob to .mpg after copying them to the harddrive.

If the audio is AC3 encoded, you'll need a program to decode it (there are some "out there"...Google for AC3 decoders or such). If it's just straight stereo or mono, you might get lucky and it will already be useable-ish.

Dan