pinncale 9 with dvd

[paulm34]

I capatured my wedding video from my sony hi8 camcorder to my jvc dvd recorder which i then put on to dvd so i could edit it with pinncale 9. I soon found out that i had to change the vob files which after alot of messing round with programs (all weekend ) i ended up with one file in mpeg .When i put the file into pinnacle 9 it worked fine all the clips came up in the time line but it still would not play them . Can anyone help as I have messed around with this for about 2 weeks and still not getting anywhere

[jmet]

Try using TMPGEnc DVD Author (A different program than TMPGEnc) instead of Pinnacle 9.

TMPGEnc DVD Author- <A HREF="http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tda.html"><FONT COLOR="3399FF"> Click Here To Download A Trial Version of TMPGEnc DVD Author</A></FONT>

(It is a trail version, although the trial version is fully functional for 30 days.)

[paulm34]

thanks for advice but pinnicale 9 has good editing options .But I guess thats the only thing to do is try another editing software. So i will give it ago

[robguy]

Another possible solution is to use TMPGEnc Xpress or DVD author to bring in the VOBs and make them into MPEG-2s, then edit with Womble Video Wizard, which is frame-accurate, and is a LOT easier to use than Studio 9. It also has transitions. You could then bring in the edited MPEG-2s into TMPGEnc DVD author, build your menu and burn.

If you want to bring in the edited MPEG-2s into Pinnacle, you can, but be aware that Pinnacle doesn't support AC-3 audio. (I'm assuming here that you're putting your video from your Sony onto a standalone DVD recorder, which means it is likely Dolby AC-3 (unless you're using LPCM)). Womble does support AC-3; so I would favor editing in that application.

[paulm34]

thanks for help the sound from the dvd is ac3 so i guess that is the problem. I used TMPGeng express to decode the vob files into one big mpg file. Which i then tryed ulead studio 8 demo which did play the mpg file.I will try the program u suggested