Posted by Rick Merrill on 10/21/07 00:55

Voice of Reason wrote:
> 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?
>


MPEG compression is not, frankly, well thought of. You can increase the
"GOP" size.

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