| Copy MPGs from DVDR75 Set-Top Box to PC? HELP! [message #74524] |
Wed, 26 November 2003 03:28  |
 kirk
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Hi, everyone:
I've been experimenting with various video capture devices for
archiving TV shows from my big-dish satellite system.
My favorite device so far is a Replay 5040, which can be fooled into
transferring its MPG files to my PC for editing and burning/archiving.
The data transfer rate is annoyingly slow, so I picked up a Philips
DVDR75 recorder, which records on DVD+RW disks, thinking it would be a
lot easier to transfer the recorded MPGs to my PC...
Problem is -- the DVDR75 makes a frickin' DVD, complete with VOB files
and the like!
Do I actually have to rip this disk ?
How do I extract the MPG program files for editing?
Do I have to extract to separate audio and video streams?
Help!
--KK
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| Re: Copy MPGs from DVDR75 Set-Top Box to PC? HELP! [message #74550 is a reply to message #74524 ] |
Wed, 26 November 2003 16:06  |
Billy Joe
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Kirk A. Kleinschmidt wrote:
> Hi, everyone:
>
> I've been experimenting with various video capture devices for
> archiving TV shows from my big-dish satellite system.
>
> My favorite device so far is a Replay 5040, which can be
fooled into
> transferring its MPG files to my PC for editing and
burning/archiving.
> The data transfer rate is annoyingly slow, so I picked up a
Philips
> DVDR75 recorder, which records on DVD+RW disks, thinking it
would be a
> lot easier to transfer the recorded MPGs to my PC...
>
> Problem is -- the DVDR75 makes a frickin' DVD, complete with
VOB files
> and the like!
>
> Do I actually have to rip this disk ?
>
> How do I extract the MPG program files for editing?
>
> Do I have to extract to separate audio and video streams?
>
> Help!
>
> --KK
Well, ripping is a forgone conclusion, no? Unless you just want
to file away the DVD produced by the DVDR75.
I've seen mentioned among these groups that TMPGEnc DVD Author
will handle VOB inputs AND allow editing. I don't have a copy,
so can not verify.
For free, there is always good old DVD Shrink that has many uses
beside simply shrinking dvds for backup. It allows for cuts
too, albeit just a tad ungainly for things like editing out
commercials, it's not very difficult to use once you get
accustomed to how it works. Basically just clip, drag, and drop
until you've generated a complete video set.
BJ
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| Re: Copy MPGs from DVDR75 Set-Top Box to PC? HELP! [message #74586 is a reply to message #74524 ] |
Thu, 27 November 2003 07:26 |
Spam Buster
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Registered: August 2003 |
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"Kirk A. Kleinschmidt" <kirk@cloudnet.com> wrote in message
news:c300ab64.0311260328.64c22cbb@posting.google.com...
| Hi, everyone:
|
| I've been experimenting with various video capture devices for
| archiving TV shows from my big-dish satellite system.
|
| My favorite device so far is a Replay 5040, which can be fooled into
| transferring its MPG files to my PC for editing and burning/archiving.
| The data transfer rate is annoyingly slow, so I picked up a Philips
| DVDR75 recorder, which records on DVD+RW disks, thinking it would be a
| lot easier to transfer the recorded MPGs to my PC...
|
| Problem is -- the DVDR75 makes a frickin' DVD, complete with VOB files
| and the like!
|
| Do I actually have to rip this disk ?
|
| How do I extract the MPG program files for editing?
|
| Do I have to extract to separate audio and video streams?
|
OK, two solutions:
1 - You can edit out commercials right on the Philips DVDR: place extra
chapter markers at the start and end of the commercial, and make those
chapters hidden.
2 - Simply copy the VOB files to your hard drive and renaming them to MPG
files. You have to deal with the fact that the VOB files are cut into 1-GB
segments. That's relatively easy to overcome. Open a command box ("DOS
box"), and type the following (assuming your DVD drive is D en your hard
drive is C, and you have a directory on C called C:\video):
copy d:\video_ts\VTS_01_*.VOB /b c:\video\yourmovie.mpg
(The "/b" is VERY important; don't forget it.)
That's all.
SB
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| Re: Copy MPGs from DVDR75 Set-Top Box to PC? HELP! [message #74856 is a reply to message #74586 ] |
Wed, 03 December 2003 18:28 |
kirk
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"Spam Buster" <s_p_a_m__buster@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<DIoxb.43788$do1.36832@twister.austin.rr.com>...
> "Kirk A. Kleinschmidt" <kirk@cloudnet.com> wrote in message
> news:c300ab64.0311260328.64c22cbb@posting.google.com...
> | Hi, everyone:
> |
> | I've been experimenting with various video capture devices for
> | archiving TV shows from my big-dish satellite system.
> |
> | My favorite device so far is a Replay 5040, which can be fooled into
> | transferring its MPG files to my PC for editing and burning/archiving.
> | The data transfer rate is annoyingly slow, so I picked up a Philips
> | DVDR75 recorder, which records on DVD+RW disks, thinking it would be a
> | lot easier to transfer the recorded MPGs to my PC...
> |
> | Problem is -- the DVDR75 makes a frickin' DVD, complete with VOB files
> | and the like!
> |
> | Do I actually have to rip this disk ?
> |
> | How do I extract the MPG program files for editing?
> |
> | Do I have to extract to separate audio and video streams?
> |
>
> OK, two solutions:
>
> 1 - You can edit out commercials right on the Philips DVDR: place extra
> chapter markers at the start and end of the commercial, and make those
> chapters hidden.
>
> 2 - Simply copy the VOB files to your hard drive and renaming them to MPG
> files. You have to deal with the fact that the VOB files are cut into 1-GB
> segments. That's relatively easy to overcome. Open a command box ("DOS
> box"), and type the following (assuming your DVD drive is D en your hard
> drive is C, and you have a directory on C called C:\video):
>
> copy d:\video_ts\VTS_01_*.VOB /b c:\video\yourmovie.mpg
>
> (The "/b" is VERY important; don't forget it.)
>
>
> That's all.
>
>
> SB
OK:
Here's what I've done so far:
1. After recording the program with the DVDR75, I rip the DVD on the
PC with DVDDecrypter, choosing the "make one giant VOB file that's not
split in any way" option.
2. This produces a single VOB file with one IFO file.
3. I rename the VOB file to MPG, which plays in WinDVD and PowerDVD
with perfect audio sync, etc.
4. After checking the file with Womble's GOP fixer (no errors found),
I import the MPG file into my Womble MPG editor and cut out all
commercials. The resulting MPG file plays with perfect audio sync,
etc.
5. Using Canopus Procoder I crunch the DVD-resolution file down to
SVCD using the "mastering quality" setting. The resulting SVCD MPG
file plays with perfect audio sync, etc.
6. I burn the SVCD to disk with Nero 60023 or VCD Easy 1.17. THe
PROBLEM IS: when I play the SVCD on the PC using WinDVD or PowerDVD,
everything's great, but when I play it back on my pair of Apex
AD-1100W set-top DVD players, the sound is fine and the video looks
good, too, except the video is jerky or twitchy!
Using the above-mentioned process on DVD-resolution files created by
the Replay 5040, the SVCDs play fine on the PC AND on the set-top
boxes.
HELP? What might I be doing wrong?
--Frustrated in Minnesota...
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