Adobe Premiere

[Valandil]

hey everyone,

i have taken my DVD I own (braveheart), ripped it to the computer, and now I need to convert the VOB files into something I can use on Adobe Premiere to be able to make a music video. What are the best and easiest programs to do this with? i dont need the video quality to be perfect. Thanks for any input.

~valandil

p.s. is this the wrong question to be asking here? if it is I dont mean to be a nuisance. i'm just trying to figure out a somewhat simple way to get this done. or is there no simple way to do this?

[killingspree]

hi and welcome to the forum
first of, the question is perfectly right here - that after all is definitely within the scope of our forum ;)

now to your problem: the easiest way to get your files into premiere is by frameserving them. several steps are required since premiere does not have native avisynth support.

a) create a d2v project file from the vobfiles you want to import (main movie) using dgindex (see the doom9 download section for dg tools if you do not have it already - it is included with dvd2svcd or gordianknot fir example, but you can also download it seperately!)

b) create an avisynth script containing the following lines (not actual syntax):

loadplugin("dgdecode.dll")
mpeg2source("yourdgindexprojectfile.d2v")

you can of course also crop/resize in this file if desired!

c) use ffdshow to create a fake avi from the avs file. (for details search the forum a bit - but it's not really hard anyway!)

d) load this fake avi file into premiere and do your editing (in premiere it will look like you are editing the actual video)

e) save the edited video to whatever format you desire!

hth
steVe

[Valandil]

steve,

i went to the download section but couldn't seem to find "dgindex" or something similar to it. could you direct me to exactly where it is? thanks.

[killingspree]

http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/Decoders/dgmpgdec1012a.zip
or
http://neuron2.net/fixd2v/decodefix.html