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herbzee
How can I import VOB files into MovieMaker?
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John Inzer
=====================================herbzee said:How can I import VOB files into MovieMaker?
Maybe the following articles will offer some ideas:
Movie Maker 2 -
Importing Video from Discs
http://tinyurl.com/n3g2b
Editing video from a dvd
camcorder
http://tinyurl.com/rdo3k
Movie Maker 2 -
Importing MPEG Files
http://tinyurl.com/eajjh
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herbzee
Thanx John Inzer, for the prompt reply.John said:=====================================
Maybe the following articles will offer some ideas:
Movie Maker 2 -
Importing Video from Discs
http://tinyurl.com/n3g2b
Editing video from a dvd
camcorder
http://tinyurl.com/rdo3k
Movie Maker 2 -
Importing MPEG Files
http://tinyurl.com/eajjh
Before attempting any of U're suggestions, what I'm trying to do is edit
some 16mm WWII footage that was transferred to VHS tape and then put on
DVD by a friend. Then I'll try to copy the edited portions back to DVD
or CD.
If this info changes any of U're suggestions, pls advise if there's
anything to do instead.
Cheers-Herb.
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John Hanley
herbzee said:Thanx John Inzer, for the prompt reply.
Before attempting any of U're suggestions, what I'm trying to do is edit
some 16mm WWII footage that was transferred to VHS tape and then put on
DVD by a friend. Then I'll try to copy the edited portions back to DVD or
CD.
If this info changes any of U're suggestions, pls advise if there's
anything to do instead.
Cheers-Herb.
I am currently doing something similar. I dubbed some family VHS tapes to
DVD, then copied the .vob files onto my hard drive. I am converting the
..vob files to .wmv using Windows Media Encoder. This makes reasonably sized
files that Windows Movie Maker can handle ok. Some of my relevant WMC
settings are:
Video: Encoding to DVD quality video (1Mbps Bit rate VBR) -- Windows Media
Video 9 Codec
Audio: Encoding to Voice qualithy audio (CBR) - Windows Audio Voice 9
I have also done the .vob conversion using VirtualDub for MPEG-2, but that
gives an .avi file which seemed to give me some trouble in WMM; it seems WMM
likes .wmv files best. You can also get good information at
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/forums/
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herbzee
Thanx John Hanley, I'll give ir a shot.John said:I am currently doing something similar. I dubbed some family VHS tapes
to DVD, then copied the .vob files onto my hard drive. I am converting
the .vob files to .wmv using Windows Media Encoder. This makes
reasonably sized files that Windows Movie Maker can handle ok. Some of
my relevant WMC settings are:
Video: Encoding to DVD quality video (1Mbps Bit rate VBR) -- Windows
Media Video 9 Codec
Audio: Encoding to Voice qualithy audio (CBR) - Windows Audio Voice 9
I have also done the .vob conversion using VirtualDub for MPEG-2, but
that gives an .avi file which seemed to give me some trouble in WMM; it
seems WMM likes .wmv files best. You can also get good information at
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/forums/
Cheers-Herb.
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Graham Hughes
, what I'm trying to do is
You'd be better trying to get the vhs to your pc if you can find an anlogue
to digital converter to borrow, or use a digital camcorder which has av-in,
as copying to dvd, I suspect using advd recorder, will give you poor mpeg2
files, which have been compressed, you then convert these, which compresses
them again, you then edit and make your dvd, compressing again......... old
footage is poor, but this many compression stages will ruin it.
Taking it in via good quality converter or cam will give you a dv.avi file,
which will be lossless on editng and will only need the one compression
stage to Mpeg2 when making your final dvd.
Graham
You'd be better trying to get the vhs to your pc if you can find an anlogue
to digital converter to borrow, or use a digital camcorder which has av-in,
as copying to dvd, I suspect using advd recorder, will give you poor mpeg2
files, which have been compressed, you then convert these, which compresses
them again, you then edit and make your dvd, compressing again......... old
footage is poor, but this many compression stages will ruin it.
Taking it in via good quality converter or cam will give you a dv.avi file,
which will be lossless on editng and will only need the one compression
stage to Mpeg2 when making your final dvd.
Graham
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EvanBarr
Two things -
1) Graham Hughes is right, you should always start with the original source
if possible since every conversion degrades the results further.
2) Don't convert your VOBs to anything. Simply rename them from .vob to
..mpg. VOBs are mpeg-2 files and will work fine in Movie Maker after you
change the extension. WMV is significantly lower in quality. Also, I don't
know why Microsoft labels "1Mbps Bit rate VBR" as DVD quality. You need at
least 6Mbps.
1) Graham Hughes is right, you should always start with the original source
if possible since every conversion degrades the results further.
2) Don't convert your VOBs to anything. Simply rename them from .vob to
..mpg. VOBs are mpeg-2 files and will work fine in Movie Maker after you
change the extension. WMV is significantly lower in quality. Also, I don't
know why Microsoft labels "1Mbps Bit rate VBR" as DVD quality. You need at
least 6Mbps.
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John Hanley
Regarding the suggestion to rename .vob files to .mpg: I have tried that
and found that importing an .mpg (renamed from .vob) directly into WMM led
to frequent processing problems. One example: the Duration time would show
a bogus value like 25 hours or 20 seconds, or gave some error message. That
is why I decided to take the time to convert the .vob to a .wmv. This issue
is discussed in detail at http://tinyurl.com/eajjh. You may have better
experience, but that was mine.
and found that importing an .mpg (renamed from .vob) directly into WMM led
to frequent processing problems. One example: the Duration time would show
a bogus value like 25 hours or 20 seconds, or gave some error message. That
is why I decided to take the time to convert the .vob to a .wmv. This issue
is discussed in detail at http://tinyurl.com/eajjh. You may have better
experience, but that was mine.
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EvanBarr
I keep forgetting to mention that I am using the Vista version of MM on a
very high-end PC.
very high-end PC.
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herbzee
Still having agreat lesson in frustration let alone the stress factor.
Have tried anumber of the suggestions below to no avail or unstisfactory
results. Right now I'm trying to encode to WMV files using WMENC and no
matter what option I choose in "Content Distribution", it always hangs
part way thru the second pass. Why two passes an how to circumvent this?
Have tried anumber of the suggestions below to no avail or unstisfactory
results. Right now I'm trying to encode to WMV files using WMENC and no
matter what option I choose in "Content Distribution", it always hangs
part way thru the second pass. Why two passes an how to circumvent this?
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Graham Hughes
two pass vbr will make two passes, one pas vbr will make one pass, 1 pass
cbr will make one pass.
cbr will make one pass.
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John Hanley
I don't know if this will help you, but I did have a problem with WMENC
stopping part way through the 2nd pass. I saw the folllowing in the error
log: "An unexpected error occurred with the audio codec (0xC00D0BC3)" I
found this explanation: "This message indicates that the content cannot be
encoded using the current session settings. One possible cause of this
problem is if you are using a two-pass VBR audio encoding mode (bit
rate-based VBR or peak bit rate-based VBR), and the source audio changed
between the first and second pass of encoding. This can occur, for example,
if you are sourcing from a file with an .mpg file name extension and there
is an issue with the MPEG-2 decoder. To encode the content, you can change
the session to use two-pass CBR audio encoding. (You can continue to use a
two-pass VBR encoding mode for the video if you want.) Alternatively, you
can encode the content to an uncompressed file first and then encode the
uncompressed file using a two-pass VBR audio encoding mode."
So, I changed my audio encoding to "Voice quality audio (CBR)" and the
subsequent encodings have worked perfectly. Have a look at your error log
to see what kind of errors accompany the hang up.
stopping part way through the 2nd pass. I saw the folllowing in the error
log: "An unexpected error occurred with the audio codec (0xC00D0BC3)" I
found this explanation: "This message indicates that the content cannot be
encoded using the current session settings. One possible cause of this
problem is if you are using a two-pass VBR audio encoding mode (bit
rate-based VBR or peak bit rate-based VBR), and the source audio changed
between the first and second pass of encoding. This can occur, for example,
if you are sourcing from a file with an .mpg file name extension and there
is an issue with the MPEG-2 decoder. To encode the content, you can change
the session to use two-pass CBR audio encoding. (You can continue to use a
two-pass VBR encoding mode for the video if you want.) Alternatively, you
can encode the content to an uncompressed file first and then encode the
uncompressed file using a two-pass VBR audio encoding mode."
So, I changed my audio encoding to "Voice quality audio (CBR)" and the
subsequent encodings have worked perfectly. Have a look at your error log
to see what kind of errors accompany the hang up.
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herbzee
To John Hanley, thanx for the detailed input.
Frankly I get no option to the number of passes, I tried some of your
suggestions, I neve get an error log and now I can't even open WMENC
Gives back a missing codec message-which I never saw before. FED-UP.
Cheers-Herb.
Frankly I get no option to the number of passes, I tried some of your
suggestions, I neve get an error log and now I can't even open WMENC
Gives back a missing codec message-which I never saw before. FED-UP.
Cheers-Herb.