Hi Everyone, Thanks for all the comments. I studied a lot about demux and multiplexing on the internet. Found many websites covering that topic. Now I also understand the different multiplexer settings in Premiere Pro2.
During my research I found a small program (1.1MB) called EVOdemux. It splits the VOB file into a video stream with the file extension .mpv (MPEG2) and an audio stream .mpa (Dolby Digital) A small problem is that it demuxes all VOB files after the one you actually want to use. Say you have 10 VOB files on the DVD and want to demux number 4, it will demux clips 4 to 10. I solved that by copying the VOB file to the HDD first. When I put the clips on the timeline the video plays jurky, but as soon as it has been rendered (ENTER) it plays smoothly and can be edited. I also got TMPGEnc version 4.6. It is a much more sophisticated program as one can select many different output standards. I got very good results with MPEG2. I can not see any quality difference between the DVD and the copied files. I demuxed a number of VOB files with both programs and did not find any pixelation, so it looks like my problem has been solved. I am living in South Africa which is PAL land and I am using PAL DV standard. When I encode my avi files in PP2, I select " DVD" in the multiplexer settings to get one .mpg file Is there an advantage like better quality to use no multiplexing to get a separate .m2v video file and a .wav audio file? When burning a DVD in Encore they will be combined into a single VOB file anyway. I also tried VBR 1 pass and VBR 2 passes, could not notice any quality difference. Some comments on this would be appreciated. Thanks again for your help Uwe > > > A .VOB file is not a simple mpeg, it may have more than one áudio > track and > several subtitles. > > A simple and easy way to extract this is using TMPGEnc 4.5 > (http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/te4xp.html > <http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/te4xp.html>). > > Use the “source wizard”, choose DVD. It Will list all the vídeos and áudio > tracks of the DVD, check the ones you see fit. > > It has an option to copy the files to the hard drive, which is a good Idea > to increase the speed of encoding. > > As a target file format. Choose DV AVI (Microsoft has a native codec for > this). > > > > > Thanks Gregg, > I downloaded it (2times from different sites) The only version I could > find is 0.2b Beta > Extracted and ran as explained in the text file. > As soon as I select a VOB file I get a Windows error message and the > program shuts down. > In the error message they refer to a appcomp.txt file. > The program is rather old and I guess it is a Windows compatibility > problem. > I ran it on XP SP3 and XP SP2, no luck > In the process of looking for the program I found other websites where > people had exactly the same problem. > Are you using it? If yes, which version and which operating system? > Please also explain to me what "demux" is means and is doing. > Thanks > Uwe > > Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > > > Get the freeware program VOBrator and use it to demux the audio and > > video streams you need to use clips of. > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
