DVD Editing

[RufusW]

Hey guys,

at the moment I'm using MAGIX Movie Edit Pro to edit some DV footage I've got from my mini-DV camera. That's all working just about fine. However, I'm also interested in editing footage from films I've got on DVD, not for resale etc... just for fun. I can try and go into the D: drive when I'm in MAGIX but the program keeps crashing when I try to look at the video that's on the disks. Maybe because even one section of a DVD is a huge amount of data.

I'm wondering whether there's any easy way to get this footage so I can edit it, play around with it etc... I'm thinking I should copy the DVD's to my hard-drive with some program, then it'd be a lot easier to use. If I really can't do it internally then I could just connect up a DVD player and record off it.

Anyone else who does this kinda stuff? Any ideas?

Also trying to copy from Region1 DVD's which will be a bit of a nightmare...

Hmmm...

Rufus

p.s I'm also wondering about saving video from websites, such as BBC news. They play it in a stream, any idea how you can get hold of it for your hard-drive?

 

[Me__2001]

the only way i cant think of that will allow you to edit a DVD is to rip and convert it to an mpeg of similar quality, edit it then convert it back into a DVD and burn to a disk, thats alot of time waiting for things to convert though

one way possibility could be to use an S-video out on your DVD player if it has one and use a capture card with a built in mpeg encoder to do all the hard work of getting it onto your PC then its just a case of editing converting to DVD and burning to a disk

 

[RufusW]

Any suggestions on a programme I could use to convert a DVD to MPEG?

I've just got hold of DVDFab Decrypter, DVD Shrink and a couple of other programs. That can rip a disc (any region - it takes off SCC etc) and you end up with VOB files (I don't know what they are but they play in Power DVD).

I think MAGIX can't take it because the files are too big - although each DVD is split into 5 pieces.

Rufus

 

[Me__2001]

i dont know if i can post this so i'll PM you

 

[Quadophile]

Gentlemen,

I am afraid I will have to close this thread as we cannot allow discussions on ripping and copying of DVD's.