how to get the best quality out of a DVD to reedit? at DVinfo.net

Dan Farzad · July 28th, 2005, 02:22 PM

i need to reedit a project that i dont have the source files to any longer i need to recapture from a burnt dvd and reedit some parts and burn it again .
i understand that the files are compressed allready but i need some tricks to get the best res through what i have to work with right now
is donwszing and putting the project in a smaller window with a thick border a good option/?

Boyd Ostroff · July 28th, 2005, 02:43 PM

This old thread might give you a few ideas:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=4845

Dan Euritt · July 28th, 2005, 06:20 PM

this subject has been covered several times in the dvd forum, do a search there.

John Harmon · July 31st, 2005, 08:25 PM

I use a bit of freeware called DVD2AVI. It will rip any and all VOB files into an AVI using the codec of your choice. I just had to use it this weekend because I had just finished an edit, was about to deliver it to the client, then she asked if I could include a home video of her husband proposing to her. I had just wiped the raw files from my hard drive, so I had no choice but to rip the entire DVD and add the footage, then rerender. The quality of the final product is fine, but I wouldn't want to do a second generation rip.

Here's a good place to get it:

http://www.divx-digest.com/software/dvd2avi.html

Christopher Lefchik · August 1st, 2005, 07:24 AM

The original DVD2AVI had unfixed bugs. You should now use DGMPGDec, which is DVD2AVI with a bunch of bug fixes. You can get it at http://neuron2.net/dgmpgdec/dgmpgdec.html.

Also, you might want to check out this guide, "How to frameserve DVD/MPEG2/HDTV to an advanced video editor", that shows how to edit the DVD contents in Premiere (or another editor) without actually converting the DVD to an avi.

July 28th, 2005, 02:22 PM	#1
Dan Farzad Regular Crew Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 107	how to get the best quality out of a DVD to reedit? i need to reedit a project that i dont have the source files to any longer i need to recapture from a burnt dvd and reedit some parts and burn it again . i understand that the files are compressed allready but i need some tricks to get the best res through what i have to work with right now is donwszing and putting the project in a smaller window with a thick border a good option/?

July 28th, 2005, 02:43 PM	#2
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,800	This old thread might give you a few ideas: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=4845

July 28th, 2005, 06:20 PM	#3
Dan Euritt Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Carlsbad CA Posts: 1,132	this subject has been covered several times in the dvd forum, do a search there.

July 31st, 2005, 08:25 PM	#4
John Harmon Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Warren, Michigan, USA Posts: 96	I use a bit of freeware called DVD2AVI. It will rip any and all VOB files into an AVI using the codec of your choice. I just had to use it this weekend because I had just finished an edit, was about to deliver it to the client, then she asked if I could include a home video of her husband proposing to her. I had just wiped the raw files from my hard drive, so I had no choice but to rip the entire DVD and add the footage, then rerender. The quality of the final product is fine, but I wouldn't want to do a second generation rip. Here's a good place to get it: http://www.divx-digest.com/software/dvd2avi.html

August 1st, 2005, 07:24 AM	#5
Christopher Lefchik Trustee Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: US Posts: 1,152	The original DVD2AVI had unfixed bugs. You should now use DGMPGDec, which is DVD2AVI with a bunch of bug fixes. You can get it at http://neuron2.net/dgmpgdec/dgmpgdec.html. Also, you might want to check out this guide, "How to frameserve DVD/MPEG2/HDTV to an advanced video editor", that shows how to edit the DVD contents in Premiere (or another editor) without actually converting the DVD to an avi.