how to edit a DVD?

January 31, 2005 9:35 AM

I have a DVD that I want to edit using a tool like Windows Movie Maker or Adobe Premiere. How do I somehow get an editable file from the files on the DVD (vob, ifo, etc.)? I'm looking to retain as much quality as possible, so I assume this means I need an MPEG2 file? I've looked all over dvdrhelp and doom9, and if this is covered, it's covered using words I don't understand. In order of priority: Quality of final product/ease of use/price. Thanks!

Also: I'm on WinXP.

posted by stupidsexyFlanders to Computers & Internet (6 answers total)

smartripper will take a dvd and turn into an mpeg2. Easy to use.
posted by Mayor Curley at 10:25 AM on January 31, 2005

And it's free and as capable as anything else.
posted by Mayor Curley at 10:26 AM on January 31, 2005

I have used a combination of DVD Shrink and DVD2AVI in the past, but it looks like Mayor Curley's solution is more promising than that.
posted by muckster at 12:19 PM on January 31, 2005

muckster, that's not a bad combo except that I somtimes have a hard time getting dvd compliant mpeg2s out of DVD2ETC. But it definitely would output something watchable.
posted by Mayor Curley at 12:42 PM on January 31, 2005

Response by poster: Thanks a lot, Curley. I know you're pretty up on this stuff.

I assume I can just use Nero to burn the resulting MPEG2 files back onto a DVD?
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 12:49 PM on January 31, 2005

No, you're going to need a DVD authoring program for that.

This is the free solution, but there are better tools out there. I suggest setting sail to plunder the Ulead Main.
posted by Mayor Curley at 3:33 PM on February 1, 2005