Partial vob file import

When I import .vob files, PE4 only imports the first two thirds of the file. I don't think I had this problem the last time I worked with .vob files, so it may be specific to the three I'm working with. The quality is fine, it just cuts off early. Two of the files should be 30 minutes and come in at 20 and one is 8 minutes and comes in at 5. All three files play completely in KMP. I've never had memory problems with PE and have only had a couple of crashes, and I've worked with 30-minute files in the past. The files are not copy-protected and are being imported from my hard drive.

You beat me to the punch. I was about to add a link to that, but you found it first. Good detective work. Too few think to look in the Tips & Tricks. After a search of the FAQ's, that is my second stop for a problem.
Now, as you have found, not all DVD-R's create DVD's equally. Some are good, but some not. It is most often an issue with their simple menuing systems, that are not DVD-spec.
My Panasonic VHS to DVD player has that problem, but then I do not use the DVD's from it for editing - only archiving. I will either Capture the VHS tape directly through my A-D bridge, using its software, to DV-AVI Type II files, or if I have a DVD that I need to edit from, will play that DVD (in the other side of my dual player) and Capture it the same exact way. I cannot recall the last time that I ripped a .VOB, and just Capture, though that is in Real Time. This first allows me to Capture just what I need, or to make notes, if I'm going to edit the whole thing - time well-spent.
Good luck, and hope the Article was helpful,
Hunt

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In the Project Panel, you can Rt-click on the Clip and choose Interpret footage. There, you can change things like Frame Rate, PAR (Pixel Aspect Ratio), and can also change how an Alpha Channel is used, should your footage have an Alpha Channel.
It can be useful, especially with regards to the PAR. Since Frame Size is the same for NTSC 4: 3 & 16:9, except for the PAR to display "regular," or WideScreen.
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Well, there are VOB's, and then there are VOB's. Being a Video Object, they can contain a lot of "stuff." This ARTICLE will give you a bit of background.
Dag's suggestion is one that many use and the conversion program gets high marks from many users.
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Hi!
I use freeware called OpenShiiva to convert my VOB files to mpeg-4's. It's been handy once I realized I couldn't sync my Sony Handycam DCR-DVD201 to my iMac. I've never noticed a decline in quality. Here's a link to the site where you can download this software:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11973
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Well, after four log-ins, I finally get to post, or so I think. Man, I love "jive-software!" NOT!
OK, where was I?
Glad that you have a workaround. Though my conversion software is almost 100%, there are those times. Why PrE can do it correctly, and PrPro cannot is a mystery. I have done all that I can think of to find the difference, but just cannot see it. Gotta' be there someplace.
As for PrE handling Assets, that do not work on PrPro, it is a consumer program, and is probably more lenient, than is PrPro. Afterall, it could Import from VOB two generations before PrPro could, though there were still some issues, but these were due to the formation of the VOB's and what they contained. A badly formed VOB still give either program fits.
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What is the CODEC you used when converting?
Use the free http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ to find out
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Convert http://premierepro.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ:How_do_I_convert_my_files%3F
Edit Vob http://premierepro.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ:How_do_I_import_VOB_files_/_edit_a_DVD%3F
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$80 http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html
$75 http://www.videoredo.com/en/index.htm
$75 http://www.magix.com/us/movie-edit-pro/
$70 http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html Converter
$40 http://www.daniusoft.com/dvd-ripper.html#135
$40 http://www.deskshare.com/dmc.aspx Digital Media Converter
$00 http://www.squared5.com/ MPEG Streamclip Converter
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toecheese wrote:
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I get that, but you have to use some hacky work around to import video from a DVD. The version of the mpeg software is not even compatible with Mountain Lion. Tom, do you have a working workflow to import VOB files?
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I imported some vob files from a dvd and it only gives me the first audio track in premiere but i need the 2nd audio track. How do i tell premiere i only want the 2nd track?

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Colin Brougham wrote:
... would like to know for the future how to resolve this issue.
If there is no way to get the 2nd audio track then i would consider that to be a bug that hopefully Adobe can fix in next patch.
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Don't use a DVD, plain and simple. The fact that we can edit this stuff at all is just a handy shortcut that works most of the time. I suspect that, given the nature of the material and the far greater precedence for native editing of professional camera sources, this is about as good as its going to get. You can certainly report it as a bug (which its not) or request it as a feature, but I sincerely doubt that this would be given a great deal of priority.
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wow?? what a terrible, mean, and unnecessary negative response? "jerky naysayer" ?? never heard that term, but it sounds accurate.
Thats like walking up to someone and saying "i dont mean to be cruel, but your fat and ugly"
anyways, not sure what your point is, other than you have a crystal ball that tells you less than 1% of the premiere users in the world ever need to grab a b-roll from a dvd and i think i could find plenty of people who would disagree with you. I have been doing digital video editing for 20 years and been using premiere for about 15 years now i think since it first came out. I work at a tv station with lots of other video editors and we have all needed to pull a clips off dvd's many times in our lives. Im sorry that i dont have an XDCAM HD video tape of the first moon launch to capture, so for now i have to grab a clip from a dvd.
Thanks for your attempted "help" but i'd rather you not hiijack my thread by negating my questions and requests. My company has purchased probably over a million dollars in adobe software licenses over the years and there is nothing wrong with my opinions and requests.
thanks

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See 2nd post for picture of NEW ITEM process http://forums.adobe.com/thread/872666?tstart=0
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You do not.
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