I have a wedding which was recorded with a dvdcamcorder (small 1.7GB disks). I want to edit them with Premier Pro 2.0 but It will not accept VOB files, I tried remaming the files as MPEG still dont work.
I have tried converting the VOB to AVI, which works but I go from a 1.08GB VOB to a 300+MB avi. MY concern is quality because once I am done editing I will convert back to DVD(VOB).
So my question(s) is my vob files are 720 X 480 if I convert and keep the same 720 X 480 or as close as possible will I lose quality when I convert it back to DVD. IS it the file size or the video size(720 x 480) which determines the quality.
The solution I am looking for is convert to AVI edit COnvert back to DVD with no or least amount of quality loss.
I tried converting without compression but the end result was a 50GB file for one 1.08GB VOB. I guess this would probably be the best way is I had a super huge HD.
I've used the Cedocida codec to convert VOB files to AVI using VirtualDub.
The files are not as large as the lossless codecs.
I would leave the file resolution 720x480.
See this link, and scroll down to/search for the post re 'Cedocida'.
depending on how long the video is, you can try the demo of videoredotvsuite, the demo can edit and convert vob's up to a max of 30 minutes and won't leave a watermark. It will edit your vob's with no reencoding. No lost of quality.
Womble mpeg video wizard dvd is another great vob editor.
AVIDEMUX (freeware) can also edit your vob's directly but you might have to adjust the framerate to get video/audio in sync.
when the source is (DVD) Film, clicking (on the top menu) 'Video' > 'Frame Rate' and setting it to 23.976, gets rid of the sync problem.
It's best to edit as vob's or mpegs, due to you get 100 percent frame accuracy. AVI's edit at k-frames which is less accurate.
But if you still want to convert to avi, use a bitrate of about 1500 kps for the best quality and use the xvidcodec it edits better than the h264 codec.
Originally posted by jony218: depending on how long the video is, you can try the demo of videoredotvsuite, the demo can edit and convert vob's up to a max of 30 minutes and won't leave a watermark. It will edit your vob's with no reencoding. No lost of quality.
Womble mpeg video wizard dvd is another great vob editor.
videoredotvsuite is little expensive to me, I would recommend you womble mpeg video wizard dvd. I always use it to do my vob editing.
