But, if you want to be totally purist about it, you really don't want an
MPEG file if you are going to be doing any form of editing.
Like JPEGs, you really want to do all your editing in an uncompressed
format, then convert to MPEG as a final stage.
I have heard of some rather good "non-destructive" MPEG editors
(womble-edit I think is one that I demo'd, but I can't recall for sure).
They cleverly edit on only I-frames or B-frames or somesuch (I really
should know, but can't remember). Only really good for cuts, however,
and not frame-accurate (as they have to choose the nearest "proper"
frame - one that hasn't been estimated from the previous or next
frames).
If I try and expand any further on this I will only expose the fact that
I don't know enough about this stuff, so I shall stop there.
Jon
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Tom Scales
Sent: 08 July 2007 21:57
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: OT - sort of. Movie film-to-dvd services?
As I recall, a VOB is just an embedded MPG file. Google for freeware to
rip
DVDs and you can extract the MPG from the VOB. Then you can do whatever
you
want. I'm pretty sure nero will do it.
Tom
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Paul Braun
> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 3:00 PM
> To: Olympus List
> Subject: [OM] OT - sort of. Movie film-to-dvd services?
>
> We've got quite a bit of 8mm and Super8 film stored in boxes that we'd
> like to have converted to digital.
>
> The problem is, most of the places I've found so far are aimed at the
> average consumer, and convert them directly to .vob format on a
> playable
> dvd.
>
> I don't want that. I have the shiny MacBookPro all waiting to do some
> editing magic - I just want someone who will convert my film to either
> avi or mpeg files on a data disc so I can pull them in without having
> to
> resort to ripping from a dvd.
>
> I'm also over here in the USA.
>
> Any suggestions?
> --
>
>
>
> Paul Braun
> Valparaiso, IN
>
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