Comments on: how to edit a DVD?

Question: how to edit a DVD?

stupidsexyFlanders — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:35:23 -0800

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.

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:25:35 -0800

smartripper will take a dvd and turn into an mpeg2. Easy to use.

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:26:30 -0800

And it's free and as capable as anything else.

By: muckster

muckster — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:19:43 -0800

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.

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:42:17 -0800

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.

By: stupidsexyFlanders

stupidsexyFlanders — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:49:06 -0800

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?

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 15:33:15 -0800

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.