can we rip out a scene from dvd like vcdcutter

[jaffree]

Is there any utility or method avaiable to rip
out a scene from a dvd as we do with VCDCutter
for VCD's. I not asking about chapter.

Thanks.

[SiC]

Yes you can but the procedure is not that easy. You'll first need to demux your *.vob files and create elementary video & audio files. Cut the video portion with a program like M2-Edit Pro. The audio will have to be decompressed into *.wav (since I don't know of any AC3 edit tool). Edit the *.wav file in your favorite audio editing program or Adobe Premiere. Convert the *.wav back to *.ac3 with Sonic Foundry Soft Encode. Import the edited video & audio file into a DVD author program and create your DVD.

[jeffnoone]

another option would be:
demux the *.vob that contains the scene you want

import the video and AC3 stream into DVDMaestro

use the "trim video clip" function in DVDMAestro

Position your mouse near the head or tail of the desired video clip. You’ll notice the cursor change from an ordinary arrow to a "bracket" with a small arrow
With the mouse, left-click and hold. You can now drag the mouse to the left or the right, which will trim the video clip by "hiding" portions of it. You’ll notice that the Thumbnail Previewer display window show a video frame indicating the current position of the cursor. (You’ll also see a series of images of both the left and right edge of the clip indicating that trim editing is taking place.)
Once your cursor is where you wish to trim to, release the mouse. The shortened clip will snap to the left, either to the beginning of the Video Timeline, or to the end of the preceding video clip

THis selected clip could then be one of a series of clips you could put onto a DVD, if each desired clip source was loaded into DVDMAestro as a separate movie

I have not tried this but I do use the "trim video clip" function to cut out end or start credits when I know I will be pushed for space.
In this context it works preserving AC3 without having to reauthor

[SiC]

Wow, I didn't know there was an editing function in DVD Maestro. Guess I'll give it a try, thanx for the info!

[jaffree]

Thanks guys. I was doing it with DVD Maestro's trim movie function upto now, which was working fine. But I wanted to rip the scene from dvd without ripping whole chapter into harddrive then demux and so on other processes. I just wanted to do it as easy as it is done for vcd in vcd cutter.

But I now assume that mpeg-2 is not a piece of cake. It takes a lot from you to do what you want.

I will give a try to m2-edit pro also.

The most annoying thing in this process is that I never get an ac3 file ripped from dvd which can be imported into DVD Maestro. I always have to convert bad ac3 to wav with besweet and then re-encode it in ac3 with softencode. Then I am able to use it with DVD Maestro.

Any suggestions about it?

[jeffnoone]

another suggestion for ripping out just a part of movie would be using the LBA option in Vstrip
there are posts here on how you know what would be the starting and ending LBA values, altho process seems cumbersome
I assume this would give you a valid streams, altho you might have to use AC3 fix

with regard to problems importing AC3, have very rarely had this as a problem with either the vstrip or DVD2AVI demux option
when it has occurred, AC3fix has fixed it

what version of Windows and version of DVDMaestro are you using?

[mikeathome]

Hi,

I posted this this morning:

http://rilanparty.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18655

No need for M2_Edit NOR anything else than Maestro and Vstrip.
This is by far the fastest and reliable way.

mike

[jaffree]

I am using Windows XP Professional and DVD Maestro 2914c. Ripping streams with Smart Ripper 2.40 (it looks easiest to me).

I could not understand how to use Vstrip. Is there any guide? I have read doom9's guide for vstrip but it did not help me in what I want to do.

Can you explain me step by step how can I get my desired scene ripped within vstrip. Please....

Thanks.

[mikeathome]

Hi,

a short explanation:
- dl Vstrip and Vstrip GUI and IdoEdit from doom9
- rip your movie to harddisc with SR in Moviemode
- rip Video_TS.IFO with SR in Filemode
- open video_ts.ifo with IfoEdit, note down your desired audiotrack
- fire up Vstrip GUI
- load/add the .lst file created by SR from the Moviemode run
- a list of Vob's should appear in the input file window
- switch to output folder (on the top)
- on the left hand side select the following
* select demux, no header for AC3 (leave it unchecked)
* select split by Cell ID (by Chapters)
- in the stream selection windows (on the right hand side) first select NONE and NO substreams
- now select 0xE0 = Video Stream
- select a destination directory and in the dropdown list select elementary video stream (.m2v file extension)
- press run and wait
- when finished (takes some time)
- uncheck 0xE0 and check 0x8X (for the audio track, respectively the one you have recognised with IfoEdit; 0x80 first, 0x81 second and so far) in the stream output list
- if audio is PCM it's 0xA0, just check you find all necessary informations with IfoEdit
- select file name and in the dropdownlist the right extension (.ac3 for AC3 ;-)
- press run again, a bit faster this time

You can test with one vob first to see if everything works well. Just delete/remove the other Vobs from the input window, apart from the first.

That's it, simple...

mike