Thank you for your valuable assistance Ronni. I will have to live without the last 30 seconds of this video !
On 16/04/2012, at 8:00 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Stephen, > > There sounds like there is some corruption or fault with that 'problem clip'. > If the rest of the DVD files convert fine, there has to be something wrong > with that clip. > > Toast does not have any problem converting non-protected DVDs. > Toast can not convert Commercial protected DVDs. > > Every application you have tried has faulted on the 'problem clip'. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > Sent from Ronni's iPad > > On 16/04/2012, at 7:30 PM, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com> wrote: > >> Thanks for the DV advice Ronni .. I will use that process in future. >> I can actually see the resulting difference. >> However I just did the convert to DV and the problem clip converted 16 >> seconds of 46 seconds, >> then Toast did an unexpected quit. This is what happened with the first >> convert I did to MP4. >> >> I am beginning to think this is a deliberate fault to prevent copying. >> But strange that the major video clip is not effected in this way. >> >> This was not a commercial DVD, simply one of me doing a "bucket list" event. >> But the gut that did it does them for all customers. >> >> On 16/04/2012, at 11:12 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >>> On 15/04/2012, at 9:11 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: >>> >>>> Hi folks .. this one has me stumped ! >>>> >>>> I have converted two VOB files from a DVD to MP4 files to import into >>>> iMovie. >>>> They were both videoed today on a camcorder then the DVD was made for me. >>>> >>>> One has converted fine retaining the 16:9 aspect ratio. >>>> The other has converted with both sides squashed in to make it look like a >>>> tall 4:3 video. >>>> >>>> I have tried numerous applications to change the ratio but no success. >>>> VLC Player will change the AR of the VOB file to 16:9 while playing, but >>>> will not save the resulting video. >>>> >>>> Any ideas please ? >>> >>> Hi Stephen, >>> >>> 16:9 Widescreen is Aspect Ratio: 16:9 − 720x576 PAL >>> What application did you use to convert the VOB files? >>> >>> Toast Titanium 10 or 11 can convert ‘unprotected’ DVD VIDEO_TS folder to >>> MP4 format. >>> I’ve edited and then converted ‘unprotected’ DVDs using Toast. >>> If you have Toast and require instructions how to do this, post back and >>> I’ll send instructions >>> >>> Quicktime Pro I’m sure can convert VOB to MP4 also. >>> >>> Also, any video files that the VLC Player can play it can convert to .mp4. >>> The list includes popular video format such as VCD’s .dat/.mpg, DVD Video’s >>> .vob, etc. >>> The process is technically call Transcoding, and it’s simple, fast and best >>> of all, free-of-charge. >>> >>> 1. Launch VLC Player and select the “Streaming/Exporting Wizard…” from its >>> File menu. >>> 2. Select the “Transcode/Save to file” option. >>> 3. Click the “Choose…” button and select your .vob file. >>> 4. Tick “Transcode video” and select the “H.264″ codec and 1024 kb/s. >>> 5. Tick “Transcode audio” and select the “MPEG 4 Audio” codec and 192 kb/s. >>> 6. Select “MPEG 4/ MP4″ as the Encapsulation format. >>> 7. Click the “Choose…” button and Save As “NewFileName.mp4″ to your Desktop. >>> 8. Click “Finish” to begin transcoding. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> >> Regards, >> Stephen Chape >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
