Posted by Voice of Reason on 10/21/07 00:43

On Oct 20, 3:51 pm, Rick Merrill <rick0.merr...@NOSPAM.gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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 ...- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thank you very much for the advice. I downloaded that program, used
it, and have a perfect MPEG. :-)

The new MPEG file is about four and a half minutes long, but it is 312
MB. Do you think there is any way possible to compress it to under 100
MB?

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