DVD to PC.. How can I do this?

[Coldkilla]

I had my first band concert less than a week ago. My best friends dad had it recorded on an old camcorder so it wasnt digital. I connected it to my DVD Recorder (DVD Player that burns DVD's from the television, like a VCR Recorder), and made the DVD. Now I have 3 Camcorders from three different people. So I now have 3 DVD's with less than 15 minutes a peice on each. I want to put all of the video onto my computer, edit it, and make a dvd. I know how to do 2 of those three. My question is simply: How can I get the DVD's from the DVD to the PC without loosing any quality?

edit: i did a google, and other forums show'd up displaying people asking a question kinda similar, but everyone thinks they are burning real dvd movies. I dont know how to do that, and dont care for illegal crap like that, i just want to take these dvd's that I made here and make my own.

 

[akugami]

Quick and dirty way. Rip the vob's (they're basically mpegs). Rename them as name1.mpg, name2.mpg, etc. Keep them in order. Then use a dvd authoring program like TMPEG DVD Author and create a dvd, then burn it. Assuming no errors in the vob files, it should author just fine and you have your dvd. You can use the 30 day trial of TMPEG DVD Author.

 

[allies]

www.doom9.org

 

[ksherman]

Originally posted by: allies
www.doom9.org

I second that

 

[gsellis]

Yes, VOBs are MPGs. And Doom9 and Videohelp.com will have all sorts of tools to merge. But, I suspect you are asking a question that has gone unvoiced.

"How do I take all of those videos and make them one, multi-camera video?"

Right?

I do not know how many input lines these products handle, but Sony Movie+, Adobe Premiere Elements, and Pinnacle Studio 10 are possibly the answer. You need to support as many streams as you have video AND it needs to be able to, as loselessly as possible, support MPEG natively (which is why I mention the three above - Premiere Elements may not be ready for it - HDV editors have to be able the handle MPEG correctly.)

Old style way is to find a common sync point, such as the first note or a visual queue you can sync on (such has a flag in the color guard that all three cameras have or the drum major salute if everyone got it). You line the sych point up in the timeline (clip markers, if supported, are your friend). Then, you build your cuts from the three lines be alternating views and removing the other sections above and below the cut that you will not use (this is a form of A-B editing).

Otherwise, you buy a high-end editor and it is part of the package. I use Avid Liquid 7 and it has a multi-cam feature. I establish a sync point/method, select the primary stream for audio, and then get a screen, in full-screen as an option, of all my camera angles. I play and just click on the image I want to "play" at the point. It takes me about 15-30 minutes to do a BOA length performance. The old A-B style takes about 2-3 hours.