DVD to hard drive on PC at DVinfo.net

Roy Alexander · June 21st, 2013, 01:34 PM

With Adobe CS5 is it possible for premier pro 5 to capture video direct from a DVD. I have made the DVD and forgot to export the timeline to tape before deleting the project. I would like to put the video back on the time line from the DVD in order to export it to DV cassette vis Camcorder. Any help most welcome.

Harm Millaard · June 21st, 2013, 02:13 PM

Capture has only been possible over firewire from tape based cameras. Never from DVD.

Battle Vaughan · June 21st, 2013, 02:37 PM

Starting in CS4, PPro can import "conforming" vob files from a dvd. Not all files work. You may need a 3rd party program to "rip" the dvd to a format Premiere can work with, probably with a loss of quality. Information here: FAQ:How do I import VOB files / edit a DVD? - Adobe Premiere Pro

You can google dvd rip software and find a lot of options. VideoLan, freeware, can rip some vobs: http://www.wikihow.com/Rip-DVDs-with-VLC
The instructions in this wiki are a little out of date, but the principles are similar to the current software.

mpegStreamclip, also excellent freeware, can also rip dvd's if it recognizes the .vob (e.g., not copy protected, etc.) Find it at
http://www.squared5.com// Quicktime is required to run it.

At any rate, it will not be your original timeline, it will be separate files. The audio most likely will be demuxed. And the quality, in the conversions, will not be the same as your original timeline.

Roy Alexander · June 22nd, 2013, 05:11 AM

thanks Battle for your input. It sounds to complicated for me to attempt. It would be easier for me to start again and use the camera originals to edit again using the DVD as a guide. I have a Disc Image of the Video so I can always make new DVD's, but I like to have copies on tape as well . I suppose these ISO's can't be imported by Premier Pro 5 either?

Ann Bens · June 22nd, 2013, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roy Alexander

With Adobe CS5 is it possible for premier pro 5 to capture video direct from a DVD. I have made the DVD and forgot to export the timeline to tape before deleting the project. I would like to put the video back on the time line from the DVD in order to export it to DV cassette vis Camcorder. Any help most welcome.

Yes, copy the dvd to the hard drive. No rip-tools necessarily as its your own dvd.
Import the vob file that is inside the video-ts folder.
Drop it on the timeline and export to tape.

Battle Vaughan · June 22nd, 2013, 04:21 PM

Roy,. did you delete your backup files as well? If you have auto-save enabled, look in your project file for an "auto save" folder and see if your project files are there. You would have to re-import the clips if you deleted them.but your timeline should be intact.

Roy Alexander · June 23rd, 2013, 02:57 AM

HI Battle. I did look for the file in Autosave and it wasn't there and I certainly don't rem,ember deleting them. Anyway for this particular video I have good news. Proving that a poor memory is sometimes useful, I forgot to delete everything in the recycling bin, and so I restored everything from the bin and low and behold the video is back on the timeline in all it's glory and so I have now exported it to tape cassette.
The auto save folder doesn't include the video though and so I presume it wasn't there in the first place.
However I still have another video on DVD I wish to put on the hard drive for export to tape. I am going to try out the method suggested by Ann Benn on this thread. I'll let you know the outcome.

Don Bloom · June 23rd, 2013, 05:21 AM

Roy,
If I need to I'll simply use a DVD player hooked up thru a pass thru to the computer, play the DVD into capture software and be done with it. If it's an hour, I'll play it and have something to eat.
Old school, time consuming but it never fails and I'll have a DV-AVI file. It won't get menus but in most cases it doesn't matter to me, I might only need a small portion of the video for another project for that client.
Just a thought!

Paul R Johnson · June 23rd, 2013, 05:48 AM

If you ever get stuck, it is always worth copying the big .vob files to the hard drive and then renaming them to .mpg. This often works - but depends so much on how the DVD was produced.

Roy Alexander · June 23rd, 2013, 08:13 AM

Thanks for all the input from you guys. I can now tell you that the method suggested by Ann has worked okay with DVD. I am now going to see if it works with a Blu-ray disc.

Ann Bens · June 23rd, 2013, 10:49 AM

BD will only work if you made the disk yourself.
Just copy disk to hdd and import the m2ts files from the stream.

June 21st, 2013, 01:34 PM	#1
Roy Alexander Major Player Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 354	DVD to hard drive on PC With Adobe CS5 is it possible for premier pro 5 to capture video direct from a DVD. I have made the DVD and forgot to export the timeline to tape before deleting the project. I would like to put the video back on the time line from the DVD in order to export it to DV cassette vis Camcorder. Any help most welcome.

June 21st, 2013, 02:13 PM	#2
Harm Millaard Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 1,832	Re: DVD to hard drive on PC Capture has only been possible over firewire from tape based cameras. Never from DVD.

June 21st, 2013, 02:37 PM	#3
Battle Vaughan Trustee Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Miami, FL USA Posts: 1,505	Re: DVD to hard drive on PC Starting in CS4, PPro can import "conforming" vob files from a dvd. Not all files work. You may need a 3rd party program to "rip" the dvd to a format Premiere can work with, probably with a loss of quality. Information here: FAQ:How do I import VOB files / edit a DVD? - Adobe Premiere Pro You can google dvd rip software and find a lot of options. VideoLan, freeware, can rip some vobs: http://www.wikihow.com/Rip-DVDs-with-VLC The instructions in this wiki are a little out of date, but the principles are similar to the current software. mpegStreamclip, also excellent freeware, can also rip dvd's if it recognizes the .vob (e.g., not copy protected, etc.) Find it at http://www.squared5.com// Quicktime is required to run it. At any rate, it will not be your original timeline, it will be separate files. The audio most likely will be demuxed. And the quality, in the conversions, will not be the same as your original timeline. Last edited by Battle Vaughan; June 21st, 2013 at 04:13 PM.

June 22nd, 2013, 05:11 AM	#4
Roy Alexander Major Player Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 354	Re: DVD to hard drive on PC thanks Battle for your input. It sounds to complicated for me to attempt. It would be easier for me to start again and use the camera originals to edit again using the DVD as a guide. I have a Disc Image of the Video so I can always make new DVD's, but I like to have copies on tape as well . I suppose these ISO's can't be imported by Premier Pro 5 either?

June 22nd, 2013, 04:21 PM	#6
Battle Vaughan Trustee Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Miami, FL USA Posts: 1,505	Re: DVD to hard drive on PC Roy,. did you delete your backup files as well? If you have auto-save enabled, look in your project file for an "auto save" folder and see if your project files are there. You would have to re-import the clips if you deleted them.but your timeline should be intact.

June 23rd, 2013, 02:57 AM	#7
Roy Alexander Major Player Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 354	Re: DVD to hard drive on PC HI Battle. I did look for the file in Autosave and it wasn't there and I certainly don't rem,ember deleting them. Anyway for this particular video I have good news. Proving that a poor memory is sometimes useful, I forgot to delete everything in the recycling bin, and so I restored everything from the bin and low and behold the video is back on the timeline in all it's glory and so I have now exported it to tape cassette. The auto save folder doesn't include the video though and so I presume it wasn't there in the first place. However I still have another video on DVD I wish to put on the hard drive for export to tape. I am going to try out the method suggested by Ann Benn on this thread. I'll let you know the outcome.

June 23rd, 2013, 05:21 AM	#8
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	Re: DVD to hard drive on PC Roy, If I need to I'll simply use a DVD player hooked up thru a pass thru to the computer, play the DVD into capture software and be done with it. If it's an hour, I'll play it and have something to eat. Old school, time consuming but it never fails and I'll have a DV-AVI file. It won't get menus but in most cases it doesn't matter to me, I might only need a small portion of the video for another project for that client. Just a thought! __________________ What do I know? I'm just a video-O-grafer. Don

June 23rd, 2013, 05:48 AM	#9
Paul R Johnson Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lowestoft - UK Posts: 4,045	Re: DVD to hard drive on PC If you ever get stuck, it is always worth copying the big .vob files to the hard drive and then renaming them to .mpg. This often works - but depends so much on how the DVD was produced.

June 23rd, 2013, 08:13 AM	#10
Roy Alexander Major Player Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 354	Re: DVD to hard drive on PC Thanks for all the input from you guys. I can now tell you that the method suggested by Ann has worked okay with DVD. I am now going to see if it works with a Blu-ray disc.

June 23rd, 2013, 10:49 AM	#11
Ann Bens Major Player Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 710	Re: DVD to hard drive on PC BD will only work if you made the disk yourself. Just copy disk to hdd and import the m2ts files from the stream. __________________ ACE Premiere Pro CC Adobe Community Professional