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Post by Elvira on Jan 3, 2009 0:59:46 GMT -5
It'll show up to wherever you choose to save it . . .
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Post by vigorlilover on Jan 3, 2009 23:08:57 GMT -5
ok, I finally figured out streamclip I just have to now buy the playback component. I guess then I should be own my way.  Thank you. |
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Post by Elvira on Jan 3, 2009 23:10:44 GMT -5
Great!  |
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Post by vigorlilover on Jan 5, 2009 20:39:01 GMT -5
Ok now I have this problem, so I was able to convert the .vob files to  readable files but now I can't do any thing with them because each clip skips and its not only , movie edit pro does it too. But they play fine in windows media player. Can you tell me what's going on?  |
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Post by Elvira on Jan 5, 2009 20:56:26 GMT -5
What did you convert the files to? DV AVI? Lagarith AVI? What tutorial did you follow to make your clips?
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Post by vigorlilover on Jan 5, 2009 21:43:44 GMT -5
I used any video converter
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Post by Elvira on Jan 5, 2009 21:53:16 GMT -5
Well. . . who knows what is causing the problem? Any Video Converter converts to many different codecs, if I recall correctly. Some of these codecs will not be good for editing. This tutorial explains more: fpvideos.proboards60.com/index.cgi?board=tutorials&action=display&thread=208There are a few tutorials here for converting VOB files to an editable codec. If you're using WMM, your best bet is using MPEG Streamclip and converting to DV AVI or perhaps MJPEG AVI. Here's the tutorial for that: fpvideos.proboards60.com/index.cgi?board=tutorials&action=display&thread=20 (I think I pointed it out before. . .) You can use whatever codecs you like, and whatever converter you like, of course. But you might experience problems, and it won't always be possible to fix them, or fix them easily. DV AVI seems to work pretty well (as it's a standard codec) and the DV AVI files MPEG Streamclip makes have worked on all the video apps I've tested (on several different computers). That's why I frequently point to that specific tutorial. |
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Post by vigorlilover on Jan 5, 2009 22:32:36 GMT -5
ok thank you, I will try streamclip when I get the playback component I was just trying to be cheap and avoid buying it ;D. But thanks again.
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Post by Elvira on Jan 5, 2009 22:45:29 GMT -5
Well, if cost is an issue, you can try using Quicktime Alternative (instructions on the MPEG Streamclip site) but you'll have to uninstall Quicktime. This page has a tutorial which should work in WMM: fpvideos.proboards60.com/index.cgi?board=tutorials2&action=display&thread=387 Look for the tutorial on making DV AVI files in VirtualDubMod. I don't think this tutorial is as easy to follow (I link to the tutorial, actually—I didn't write it) but it is free!  |
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Post by vigorlilover on Jan 6, 2009 1:06:10 GMT -5
oh ok, thanks so much I will try that one.
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Post by xphoenixrising on Feb 14, 2009 14:44:55 GMT -5
Okay, I'm suddenly having the problem ripping episodes using DVD Shrink. I'm ripping a single episode, but it's coming out as two files and I've never had that problem before.
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Post by Gabz on Feb 14, 2009 16:10:33 GMT -5
Help....I just got this lovely gift from my grandmother i44.tinypic.com/20kznmc.jpg but of course the region is 2+4 PAL UK. So I downloaded and installed VLC and Mac the Ripper but my mac isn't recognizing the disc at all. Sure its making that strange noise it usually does when I put a disc in but its not showing up on my computer!! Edit: Great, now it's just rejecting it a minute after I insert it. |
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Post by Elvira on Feb 14, 2009 16:51:33 GMT -5
xphoenixrising, usually I find that a single episode (if it is 45 minutes or above) is more than one VOB file. Programs like MPEG Streamclip "join" these files together so you can convert them to DV or whatever, but there are actually two files. Feature films or longer shows might take more than 2 VOB files.
Gabz, do you have an Intel Mac? Intel Mac drives may reject foreign DVDs. (The tutorial on page one explains this.) I got an external DVD drive to remedy this, as I don't know if any workaround that allows me to go back and forth between regions on my Mac's internal drive.
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Post by xphoenixrising on Feb 14, 2009 19:48:57 GMT -5
Elvira, the episodes hit 39 minutes at most, and I cut out the credits as well as the "previously" parts. I have two other seasons ripped and they all came to one file.
I tried the DVD shrink way you had here, but it didn't work (even though I've used it that way before) and I had similar problems with DVD Decrypter.
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Post by Elvira on Feb 14, 2009 20:05:18 GMT -5
I don't know all the nuances of DVD Shrink, but if you don't shrink the files (compress them so that the contents of a typical 7 GB commercial DVD now fit into a 4.3 GB consumer DVD) then a single VOB file (which defaults at 1 GB unless it is of short duration) tops out at about 25 minutes. (At least all the ones I've seen do.) So a standard DVD rip (not one that has been compressed down) from a commercial DVD would require 2 VOB files for 39 minutes. I suppose some lower quality DVDs might cram in more time, or home-burned DVDs, but it doesn't seem typical on any the commercial DVDs that I have ever used.
What is the DVD that you're trying to extract? Perhaps there is something unique about it that is causing this problem.
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