Capturing a segment of a movie

I'm trying to capture a scene from a movie dvd in its standard format. That
is to say it's not a mpeg or dvr-ms. Is there a way to extract and record
only a portion of the movie so that I can record it on dvd-r?

thanks

"dennis" <dennis@home.net> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to capture a scene from a movie dvd in its standard format.
> That
> is to say it's not a mpeg or dvr-ms. Is there a way to extract and record
> only a portion of the movie so that I can record it on dvd-r?
>
> thanks
>

Unless you are talking about an HD DVD, the video stream will
be MPEG2. It will be multiplexed with audio stream(s) and subpicture
stream(s) into .vob files.

There are now a number of programs that can read a .vob file
and extract the streams you select. Most will extract to a DVD
compliant .mpg (MPEG program/system, encapsulation) or .mpv
& .mpa ES files, compatible with a DVD Authoring program.

My favorite is www.VideoReDo.com

Luck;
Ken

On Sun, 6 May 2007 11:22:31 -0400, "dennis" <dennis@home.net> wrote:

>I'm trying to capture a scene from a movie dvd in its standard format. That
>is to say it's not a mpeg or dvr-ms. Is there a way to extract and record
>only a portion of the movie so that I can record it on dvd-r?
>
>thanks
>
You could want to try mpeg video wizard, from Womble.
It is a MPEG-2 editor and VOB files from DVD are Mpeg-2 files.

See www.womble.com

"dennis" <dennis@home.net> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to capture a scene from a movie dvd in its standard format.
> That
> is to say it's not a mpeg or dvr-ms. Is there a way to extract and record
> only a portion of the movie so that I can record it on dvd-r?
>
> thanks
>
>
>

Even DVDshrink will do it as it has a function to trim the beginning / end.
Just trim a lot. It then generates all the DVD compliant files you need to
burn a disc.

Thanks for the help; I've tried both softwares - videoredo plus and womble
mpeg video wizard dvd, but am having some problems. I can cut clips out of a
dvd using videoredo and cannot join them or burn them to dvd. On the other
hand, I can join clips and export a dvd file, but cannot edit clips from the
original dvd. At this point, it appears that I have to buy both pieces of
software. How do I do all functions using either one or the other?

thanks


"dennis" <dennis@home.net> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to capture a scene from a movie dvd in its standard format.
> That
> is to say it's not a mpeg or dvr-ms. Is there a way to extract and record
> only a portion of the movie so that I can record it on dvd-r?
>
> thanks
>
>
>

"dennis" <dennis@home.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the help; I've tried both softwares - videoredo plus and womble
> mpeg video wizard dvd, but am having some problems. I can cut clips out of
> a dvd using videoredo and cannot join them or burn them to dvd. On the
> other hand, I can join clips and export a dvd file, but cannot edit clips
> from the original dvd. At this point, it appears that I have to buy both
> pieces of software. How do I do all functions using either one or the
> other?
>
> thanks
>

VideoReDo has a very good joiner function, I use it
all the time.

Just "open" the first extracted clip you want to join others
to and click on the "Joiner" tab.

Then click on "Add Current Project To Joiner List"

Then do the same for any other clips you want to join with
the first one.

Use "Edit Joiner List..." to make sure the clips are in the
order you want.

To make a joined file just select "Create Video From Joiner
List..." and find a place to put it. You can set the "File Type"
and check the "Options" for additional changes you can make.

The .mpg file type is normally what your Authoring program
would want to create a video DVD. (You should have the
authoring program create the .vob file(s), not VideoReDo.)

You could have used the "Cut Mode" and just cut out all
the parts you don't want, then VideoReDo will join what's
left automatically.


Something, tells me you have no idea what an Authoring
program might be, so you would be better off using the
Womble product. Just cut out what you don't want from
the timeline till you have only each clip on the timeline, in the
order you want them to play.

Luck;
Ken

"dennis" <dennis@home.net> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to capture a scene from a movie dvd in its standard
> format. That
> is to say it's not a mpeg or dvr-ms. Is there a way to extract
> and record
> only a portion of the movie so that I can record it on dvd-r?
>
> thanks
>
>
>

If you are only going to do this once, for one or a few clips,
I'd strongly suggest "DVD Shrink" (already mentioned by Rab) as
the tool for you. Recognizing that it will only cut on an I
frame (meaning roughly 1/15 to 1/2 second of accuracy) it is
simple to use, free of charge, and produces a DVD compatible
output set which can be burned directly using Nero, if you have
it, or the also free of charge ImgBurn. DVD in, DVD out. No
hassle. No menus. And there are tutorials posted about the
web.