Hello all, thanks for taking the time to read this. I?ve had quite the saga trying to understand how to get some footage ready to edit, VHS and Mini-DV. I transferred the VHS to DVD with Samsung?s DVD/VHS recorder, which says the video compression is MPEG-II and audio Ac-3 256kbps. The footage works on my computer and labels it an ISO file. When I?ve tried to put it into Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 and Sony Vegas 9, either the audio is out of sync or more frequently isn?t read at all. I tried to use AVS Audio Converter to change the audio but the best result has been a shorter audio sample I couldn?t match to the video. I am trying to get this into an editing system where I can export it as a file that is playable in the most DVD players/video download/streaming situations as possible. (My attempts have been all MPEG.) I am willing to buy any ?ware needed and learn more about file formats and programs I could just use some guidance because every search I try seems either too broad or specific and I become overwhelmed. Thank you!
Hey BargainBin,
ISO is a disc image, so I'm assuming the VHStoDVD converter you're using is doing just that: turning the video into a disc image that you can burn right to a DVD.
So that would be the first warning sign I'm seeing. Because I'm pretty sure no NLE will read a disc image. I can't tell exactly from your post what you've tried already, but converting it to a full MPEG (in an MPEG container, I mean, as it seems that the codec is already and MPEG) will probably help.
Mm I've never had much luck with AVS software. And I don't know exactly where the problem is lying in your workflow, so I'll just get right to what will probably help you the most:
Personally took me forever to find that program, but it does pretty much exactly what it says. Very very flexible, very powerful. Check it out. I'd also recommend HandBrake, because that program is geared towards ripping DVDs as well as preparing video for DVDs, once you're at that point.
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http://vimeo.com/corax
Not sure if this will help, but when I needed analogue material digitised, I would hook up the analogue device (VHS, Sony Hi-8, etc) to my Canon ZR camcorder (Standard Def, MiniDV device with A/V in/out), set it for A/V input, then hook up its FireWire directly into my iMac and fire up iMovie. I end up with a std-def DV file of my analogue video. Since it comes from an analogue source, it doesn't split the video into separate files for each shot (I get 10-minute clips), but otherwise, it works perfectly. The result is likely better than a hardware VHS/DVD combo that does MPEG-2 encoding on the fly.
