DVD Editing - Please help

[oletrumpet]

Hey Guys! I am new to this forum. I have some raw footage of a band on dvd and want to edit it. It was originally on mini dv tapes which we had converted to dvd (we don't have a camera to edit this so we had it converted). I would like to know if there are any programs which are free or have trials that I can edit this dvd. I have recently purchased a dvd burner and will receive tomorrw hopefully. I want to be able to edit the dvd by cutting out certain frames or adding frames. I also want to be able to get some stills from them to print off for pics. I don't know if any of this is possible but I hope it is. Please help.

[jmet]

I think TMPGEnc DVD Author (A different program than TMPGEnc) can do some if not all of what you want. The files you have now of the raw footage on DVD, what kind of format is it? .bup, .vob, .ifo files? or are they .mpeg files?

[oletrumpet]

I am not sure I haven't been able to look at it yet. I am at work now. I don't even know how to tell that. I am very new to this. I will try that when I get home in about an hour and a half. Thank you!

[jmet]

ok no problem! Let us know.

[TRI0N]

What Burner did you get?

Depending on your burner they might ship you a Nero 6 OEM.
Might only get Nero Burning ROM SE.

Steps you will want to take.

1) Take all the Mini Captures (let us know what format this is) and TMPGEnc them all into a DVD. NeroVision Express 3 will do the same thing if it comes with your Burner. Now Burn to encode the captures you have onto your Hard Drive. This is your Eidt Build.

2) Now with DVD Shink you can Re-author the DVD you just built and take out clips using start and end frames.

3) Once you get all your video clips then you can go ahead and play the Edit Build and start getting your snap shots you want using your Software DVD Player.

4) Back to TMPGEnc/NeroVision Express 3 you can now start compiling all the material you just made. Everything so far is in orgial resolution and compression. Burn another DVD to Hard Drive and this is your Master Build.

5) Now you can use DVD Shrink to compress the Master Build onto a DVD±R if needed or you can Build right to disk with Nero Burning ROM.

[Jim Thatcher]

jmet I'm in a similar boat
I have my dvd clip in TMPGEnc DVD Author
how do i save it as a mpg or avi?
If that possable?

thanks
jim