• Movie Studio

  27 answers, most recent on 2/25/2022

  RE: MEP 2016 Plus - Successful VOB - But No Sound
  Hi Alwyn - Thanks sooo much for the PDF! BTW I've been using your recommended MPEG2's for the VOB extraction/conversion and they're working out fine thanks... Only one thing regarding use of the wondershare MPEG2's in FC on the Mac, they all require
• Movie Studio

  27 answers, most recent on 2/25/2022

  RE: MEP 2016 Plus - Successful VOB - But No Sound
  @CarpentersMate Hi Mike . . . . do later versions of MEP export audio properly with regard to MP2 or VOB? . . . . That depends on what you mean by 'export audio properly'.this is too generic. To be clear - MEP 2022 and VPX13 will import audio in AC3
• Movie Studio

  27 answers, most recent on 2/25/2022

  RE: MEP 2016 Plus - Successful VOB - But No Sound
  Thanks all ... 😉 And I'm sure you'd agree: In the end for me, (it all boils down to) trying to keep the aspect ratio constant or as close to 4:3 as possible so as to avoid stretching/pulling/dragging out that canvas window.... Not Good (as I've
• Movie Studio

  27 answers, most recent on 2/25/2022

  RE: MEP 2016 Plus - Successful VOB - But No Sound
  @CarpentersMate Yes Mike, that's it. Sorry, my tute is taking longer than I expected. Have a crack anyway. Open the first VOB (that's VTS_01_1.VOB) and Avidemux will offer to open the rest as well. The total movie time will be shown at the
• Movie Studio

  27 answers, most recent on 2/25/2022

  RE: MEP 2016 Plus - Successful VOB - But No Sound
  Hello Alwyn Hello Ray Hello John Thanks for all your feedback!! ... (very sorry for the late replies) 😳 It would be great if MEP could render the audio properly with an MP2 export. *As Alwyn pointed out it would be a good file to archive as well,
• Movie Studio

  27 answers, most recent on 2/25/2022

  RE: MEP 2016 Plus - Successful VOB - But No Sound
  @CarpentersMate Mike, you should archive your DVDs in MPEG 2 format, with MP2 audio. Converting the DVD (or more accurately, the VOBs that make up the DVD) to MPEG 2 will result in one MPEG 2 file. I've installed the trial of Wondershare. The
• Movie Studio

  27 answers, most recent on 2/25/2022

  RE: MEP 2016 Plus - Successful VOB - But No Sound
  Hello again John & Alwyn   Although I discovered the MP2 (sound conversion) still indicates 'A3', a wondershare VOB extraction will successfully play the audio if using MEP 2016 Plus for editing purposes ...   Thanks Mike
• Movie Studio

  27 answers, most recent on 2/25/2022

  RE: MEP 2016 Plus - Successful VOB - But No Sound
  Yes John: "if the audio is encoded as AC3 that is the issue" As Alwyn pointed out: "convert the audio to MP2 and smart-render the video" John stated: "The Download package popup will show every time you load a video clip where the audio is encoded
• Movie Studio

  27 answers, most recent on 2/25/2022

  RE: MEP 2016 Plus - Successful VOB - But No Sound
  Hello Alwyn - Hello John - Nice to see you guys again Just to clarify: For purposes of converting and 'archiving' Standard Def. DVD media for 'later editing'; after navigating MEP to the Disc, should I allow MEP to render the entire movie? Will that
• Movie Studio

  27 answers, most recent on 2/25/2022

  RE: MEP 2016 Plus - Successful VOB - But No Sound
  @CarpentersMate @johnebaker If AC3 is the issue, I've done a test convert of a VOB set (aka complete DVD movie) with Avidemux to convert the audio to MP2 and smart-render the video and it works well, and is easy too.
• Movie Studio

  27 answers, most recent on 2/25/2022

  RE: MEP 2016 Plus - Successful VOB - But No Sound
  @CarpentersMate Mike, could you post the Mediainfo readout for one of the VOBs you're using so we can see the properties of the audio. There's a tute on how to get the Mediainfo readout here. Also, I'd save the project, then close and restart MEP.
• Movie Studio

  27 answers, most recent on 2/25/2022

  MEP 2016 Plus - Successful VOB - But No Sound
  Hi Gang MEP 2016 Plus successfully extracted a single movie from a DVD (no menus). I was prompted to download an 'expansion package' to complete the audio process and did so .... However there is No Audio and (of course) no option to display Wav
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 2/6/2022

  RE: Extracting/Converting VOB's For Movie Time Line
  @CarpentersMate Back to VOB's and clarification, (no matter which application), you mentioned: "drag the first VOB of the movie ie VTS_01_1.VOB onto the timeline and MEP will automatically add the remaining VOBs for that movie" Yes? As I wrote, Yes.
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 2/6/2022

  RE: Extracting/Converting VOB's For Movie Time Line
  Hello again Alwyn and thanks for your reply ... You mentioned: "Interestingly, both those files are almost exactly the same bitrate (~6k), so the 38-1 source file was obviously a poorer-quality video" As I explained earlier, with regards to NARA
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 2/6/2022

  RE: Extracting/Converting VOB's For Movie Time Line
  @CarpentersMate Fortunately I've lucked out many times as in this example the video is obviously a high quality copy and not 'reference media' http://www.ww2survivorstories.com/342-USAF-19152WS.mp4 And here's an example of lower quality
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 2/6/2022

  RE: Extracting/Converting VOB's For Movie Time Line
  Hello again Alwyn and thank you ... "it probably has come from another format such as DV, AVI or MP4, so it could be considered to be a 2nd gen video" In my particular unique situation, (copying media at NARA), unfortunately the source of the DVD
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 2/6/2022

  RE: Extracting/Converting VOB's For Movie Time Line
  @CarpentersMate one reason to create MPEGs from a source VOB, is merely a suggestion to 'categorize' or divide/separate where too many VOB's could become confusing or too large? Correct?  Correct. one should 'edit' straight off the original VOB, as
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 2/6/2022

  RE: Extracting/Converting VOB's For Movie Time Line
  Hello again friends nice to see you all again ... I'd like to clarify what Alwyn mentioned: "For ease of file management" So I'm to understand one reason to create MPEGs from a source VOB, is merely a suggestion to 'categorize' or divide/separate
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 2/6/2022

  RE: Extracting/Converting VOB's For Movie Time Line
  @CarpentersMate Greetings, I don't have any problem loading VOBs into 2022 but when the older versions were new (such as your 2016) to make the VOBs more usable i simply changed the VOB extension to MPG. I said it was simple. I appreciate that VOBs
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 2/6/2022

  RE: Extracting/Converting VOB's For Movie Time Line
  @CarpentersMate Mike, converting them to AVIs will incur a generation loss, albeit probably small. Nevertheless, it is to be avoided if possible. MEP's handling of VOBs is arcane: what you do is drag the first VOB of the movie ie VTS_01_1.VOB onto
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 2/6/2022

  RE: Extracting/Converting VOB's For Movie Time Line
  @CarpentersMate Hi Mike There is no need for conversion of VOBs - they should load straight on to the timeline. John EB
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 2/6/2022

  Extracting/Converting VOB's For Movie Time Line
  Hi Gang Hope everyone are doing fine and had a nice New Year Holiday. Was wondering if MEP2016 Plus had an option for extracting VOB's? In the past I got satisfactory results, (files to be inserted in a movie time line), using 'Wondershare' Whether
• Movie Studio

  32 answers, most recent on 2/6/2022

  RE: Trial Version - Missing Codec
  @Scenestealer Here is a Media File info: GeneralComplete name               : F:\Image_DVDIRECT_DISC_00100002458\VTS_01_1.VOBFormat                      : MPEG-PSFile size                   : 132 MiBDuration                    : 4 min 9 sOverall bit
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 1/28/2022

  RE: Unable to install software
  @browj2 From my old MEP website: Video Deluxe:     The name of the German and original English version, came out around 2002. MEP 2004 and 2005:   Program renamed to Movie Edit Pro and released to the worldwide market in 2003. My first version,