Posted by Rick Merrill on 10/20/07 20:51

Voice of Reason wrote:
> Hello People :-)
>
> I am working on a little video editing project and have run into a
> brick wall. I was hoping you might have some suggestions.
>
> I have some .vob files that came off of a DVD. I want to be able to
> split the large tracks into smaller tracks. I am looking for some
> shareware that will allow me to do this by choosing the exact minute/
> second intervals for each split. Any suggestions?
>
> After I get the tracks split, I want to be able to play the new video
> track, add a different audio track, and record the combined project. I
> would like the finished product to be uploadable in an .avi format.
>
> I have been playing around with this free program called Screencast-o-
> matic, but it won't let me record any visuals that appear directly
> from my DVD playing program. It just captures a black screen. Is there
> another program that would allow me to capture visuals directly from
> the DVD player and record sound?
>
> Also, I tried to work with both types of files in PowerPoint, but I
> can only make the audio begin with the slide or with the click of the
> mouse. Is there some way to set the audio to record at an exact time
> after the inserted video begins playing? I know how to make the slides
> change at specific time intervals, but there doesn't seem to be an
> option to do that with audio?
>
> And, to make matters worse, the video has horrible sound that needs to
> be muted so that the good sound from the audio file can play by
> itself.
>
> Any suggestions are welcome and very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>

Womble's MVW (mpeg video wiz) can do it by just dropping the VOB files
into the timeline, then selecting the bits you want to keep ...

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