[kevrom]

I'm currently transferring from a VCR through Dazzle DVD Recorder (Pinnacle). Works great, actually, but becuase it transfers to VOB moade (for burning straight to DVD) I not only have to TRANSFER each tape but I also have to CONVERT each tape before I can begin editing in Corel VideoStudio. That's a lot of work before I get to edit and save. Any ideas? Maybe this is the best way to do it. If so, any thoughts on a good converter from VOB to...AVI or MPG or WMV? Is there a way to tell a converter to convert all VOB files in a specific directory to some editable format and just let the thing run for...two days?

Many Thanks!

[mjd420nova]

I use a Haupage video capture card and when I installed the software, it asked me into which file format I wished to save the video data. I chose the MPG3 as that is the most common and would lend itself to conversion to any other format. Maybe your program has the same option for the file format.

[jimj]

kevrom, on 19 February 2010 - 05:47 AM, said:

I'm currently transferring from a VCR through Dazzle DVD Recorder (Pinnacle). Works great, actually, but becuase it transfers to VOB moade (for burning straight to DVD) I not only have to TRANSFER each tape but I also have to CONVERT each tape before I can begin editing in Corel VideoStudio. That's a lot of work before I get to edit and save. Any ideas? Maybe this is the best way to do it. If so, any thoughts on a good converter from VOB to...AVI or MPG or WMV? Is there a way to tell a converter to convert all VOB files in a specific directory to some editable format and just let the thing run for...two days?

Many Thanks!

A couple of thoughts re the question. Several of the multimedia software suites (eg, nero 7, 8 or 9) will directly edit/use vob files. And all recent versions of nero, and the latest version of Easy Creator do smart encoding (ie, they just copy, don't recode, any unmodified portions of imported vob files during the final production/recode process), perhaps other such media suites do likewise. Thus you can import vob files, trim and assembly them in any order you like, with transitions of your choice. If you don't apply changes that affect broad areas of the video (like contrast or color adjustments), then they can burn the production to DVD or file folder rather quickly (10's of minutes vice hours). Perhaps you could obtain one of those and use for your video productions. Also, if you happen to have a version of Vista with Movie Maker 6 (eg, the HE), it can also edit/trim vob's, converting them to wmv rather quickly. However, when you open a folder with MM 6 you will not see the vob files, you must first chose "All Files" at the button on the bottom right, then you can see and import the vob's into MM6.