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Titanion   03-10-2007 at 11:33:15 PM

I recorded a move off of television onto a dvd, and now I want to edit out the commercials and burn a new copy for myself. What is some good software (freeware) to do this with? I have Adobe Premiere 6.0, but I cannot seem to get that to work with this dvd. I was able to decrypt it to my hard drive. I am very familiar with DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink, but they are not for this type of editing, apparently. With DVD Shrink, all I can do is cut the beginning and the end credits, etc. Is there something like DVD Shrink, but better, that lets you cut out the commercials and then encode it and burn it?

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choknuti   03-12-2007 at 11:27:44 AM
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I personally use Premiere elements for all my video editing needs (mainly home video editing) but you cloud take a look at any of the following 3 (They all are free. :) )

Avid
virtual dub
Jahshaka looks really interesting.

You might also want to take a look at Ulead's products.

Cheers!

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cattbert   03-13-2007 at 02:50:02 AM
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I am assuming from the way you describe it that whatever format you had the original TV capture in, you now only have it in .vob files on the DVD? If so, I am unaware of any free programs that handle editing of vob files. Like the other poster, I use Premiere Elements for that.

Does your Premiere 6 work usually work with vob files?

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Titanion   03-13-2007 at 08:26:09 PM
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Yes, they are Vob files, and the DVD rips just like a dvd movie.

I bought Premiere 6.0 for my whife a few years back when she was doing some video editing with our Sony mini-dv camera, and I have not messed with it too much.

So Elements will do what I want, huh?

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Titanion   03-26-2007 at 11:14:46 PM
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Now I have a video from History Channel that I want to show in my classroom, and I want those comercials gone... but I do need freeware.

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elite_sleepwalker   03-28-2007 at 12:16:35 AM
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Mpeg Video Wizard works good for mpeg 1 and it does vob but i dont know how fast it is for that type of file.

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sevw   04-02-2007 at 01:06:15 AM
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try Cbreak, its free

devices.natetrue.com/cbreak/

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funkyhitman   04-04-2007 at 02:32:00 AM
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I wouldn't use the above programme because you have to convert your vobs into avi and then back again to put on dvd. The below programme edits vobs without re-encoding:

MPEG2Cut is what I use to edit tv shows. As VOB files are essentially MEPG2 this programme will open them and save the output as mpeg2 which you can easily put onto dvd again.

The cutting is not perfect. You might get a few frames you don't want left in but it is FREE and very easy once you know how to do it. Make sure you read the readme file or you won't know how to save multiple edits into one file!

After using the programme you will need to run the resulting file through this programme to fix any audio syncing issues that occur after cutting:

http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=PVAStrumento

Simply open it in the input stream box and select make ps and then click start and it will create a new mpeg2 file fit for dvd burning!

EDIT: Just found this which removes commercials automatically! http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=Comskip

Videohelp.com is a great site and i'm sure there are other commercial cutters on there and many other editing tools so have a peruse...you might find something you like! It's the best site for any kind of editing. I use it time and time again and it never fails.

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freeatc   04-28-2009 at 05:15:21 AM
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You can do that with MPEG Video Wizard without video/audio quality degradation, very easy and fast.

 

Here is a guide from their forum about how to edit out the commercials from a video:

 

http://www.mpegvideowizard.com/for [...] ?f=2&t=434


Message edited by freeatc on 04-28-2009 at 05:30:00 AM
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