Hi, I have just spent this last couple of days transferring old VHS video onto DVD for nostalgia Ah! my question is (and has probably being asked and answered before) is whats the best way to edit them, you know take out the bits i don't need!! I have over 14 hours that I would like to compact into about 5/6 hours, Is there a programme I can download or buy? any suggestions please, thanks and have a happy New Year!!
Hello (to a friend from the dvb forum, a friend of Evastar is a friend of mine), sounds like you need dvd shrink. It is free and can be downloaded here at AD. Hope this helps, Jo
Hi Jo indeed I am a friend of Eva,s .isnt everyone LOL I will pass on your regards.. Can you help me out on this as I havent a clue... where will I download DVD shrink? and what will I do with it when I get it??
There are several ways you can go with a project like this. On the one hand, there's VideoReDo (paid), which will let you do pretty precise editing of *.MPG video (DVDs are, essentially, mpeg streams) and it works rather quickly. The interface is simple enough for a first-timer to be able to figure out and the output is basically a copy so there's no degradation. Another option is DVDshrink (freeware). It works strictly with VOB SETs and is only precise down to the second. In most cases, that's good enough. Like VideoReDo, Shrink just copies the edited portion and doesn't degrade the video. It may take a little more effort to figure out, but it's still pretty simple. There are plenty of way more expensive programs out there that'll work for this type of project, but I'd suggest giving DVDshrink a try, first. You'll probably be happy enough with the results. ----------------- Either way, you'll probably want to put all of those pieces back together, as one video, when you're done. TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 (paid - but worth it) is great for doing just that. I use a combination of Shrink and TMPGEnc for my football games - editing out commercials and putting the parts back together. TMPGenc also offers one of the best DVD menu creation utilities that I've tried.
Des, dvd shrink can be down loaded from here http://www.afterdawn.com/software/dawnload.cfm?mirror_id=0&version_id=1421&software_id=519 and a guide http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/dvd9_to_dvdr_with_dvd_shrink.cfm Jo
Thanks Jo thanks Zapph, but to be honest you might as well be asking me to recite the greek alphabet as I havent got a notion on how to do this, Is there a tutorial for some one like me who neeeds spoon feeding his way through this challenge LOL
Looks like Bryston beat me to it. Here's a quick explanation: When you open Shrink, at the top left, there are two buttons - Open Disc and Open Files. If you're working from a DVD, choose Open Disc. If you've copied the disc to your hard-drive, first (recommended), choose Open Files and navigate to where you saved the disc. Once it's loaded in, click Reauthor, at the top right. Now drag the Title of the video you want to work with from the right side to the left and click on the button with left and right facing blue arrows. This will open up a new dialog box with two preview screens and some arrow buttons. The top set controls the starting point while the bottom is the end. Click the double arrow buttons to move in 5 second increments and the single arrows to move 1 second. When you're done, click Backup, at the top, and choose where you want to save it. Once you run the program and try to follow this, you'll se it's pretty simple.
Brilliant and thank you both... I will try that tomorrow as its almost Midnight here in Dublin, hopefully I will get it sorted tomorrow many thanks and a very happy New year to you both!!
