DVD to image sequence?

[dwalden74]

Does anyone know if it is possible to rip portions of a DVD to an image sequence directly (ie, without having to convert the entire film to AVI first)? I often need to rip only a few interesting seconds here and there, but so far I´ve always resorted to converting the entire thing first to AVI, and from there exporting an image sequence via a video editing software. Any help is appreciated.

cheers-
David

 

[Duracell]

Hi dwalden74, Welcome to our forum!

i'm not sure about, but i think i read something regarding a "record button" in a Software DVD Player; can't remember which one this was;

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[hamcom]

Does anyone know if it is possible to rip portions of a DVD to an image sequence directly (ie, without having to convert the entire film to AVI first)? I often need to rip only a few interesting seconds here and there, but so far I´ve always resorted to converting the entire thing first to AVI, and from there exporting an image sequence via a video editing software. Any help is appreciated.

cheers-
David

Blimey ... how long does that take ?

Assuming you have the 'Vobs' on your hard-drive already ....

You could select the vobs your require in DVD2AVI , then save directly using appropriate codec just the frames you want using the frame sliders. (output in avi and wav/ac3)

Or do similar in DVD2AVI, but save as a project and then load up into TMPGEnc to have more control over the output and quality. (output in mpeg)

Or load up the vob directly into TMPGEnc and select the frames to convert. (output in mpeg)

Or load up the vob directly into Womble MPEG Editor. It is very good for cutting movies. (output in mpeg)

There will be many other ways to do it im sure , as others will explain. Maybe using Anydvd or something straight off the DVD.

 

[celtic_druid]

I would take the D2V and frameserve it to VirtualDub/VirtualDubMod and then save out an image sequence. If you use VDubMod then you can save out PNG's, otherwise it is just TGA and BMP's.

 

[dwalden74]

Hi guys-

Thanks for the quick replies. I´ve tried some of the suggestions below, and here´s what I found:

"...i think i read something regarding a "record button" in a Software DVD Player..."

-I use PowerDVD, and it only has a "snapshot" feature. Any idea which package does this? That would probably be the fastest way...



"You could select the vobs your require in DVD2AVI , then save directly using appropriate codec just the frames you want using the frame sliders"

-It worked, but only after DVD2AVi crashed on me twice. I used uncompressed AVI and it was fast and easy to do. Now I can just import this into After Effects or whatever and export the format I want.



"Or do similar in DVD2AVI, but save as a project and then load up into TMPGEnc to have more control over the output and quality."

-This also worked, but took about twice as much time as the previous method.



"Or load up the vob directly into TMPGEnc and select the frames to convert"

-This didn´t work. How do you load VOB´s in TMPGEnc? It doesn´t seem to accept that format....



"Or load up the vob directly into Womble MPEG Editor..."

-This created an ".wme" file, which I couldn´t read in any software but Windows Media Player. I really liked the trimming features in this package: you can set in- and out- points in your input video, then you can trim off the excess material and just see the portion you want. That´s really great for setting exact frame numbers (which is what I need). It´s a cool and fast software, but how do I get it to save out another format?



"I would take the D2V and frameserve it to VirtualDub/VirtualDubMod and then save out an image sequence"

Virtual Dub didn´t work, but VirtualDubMod did- and well. It takes some seconds to import the VOB, after that you can export an image sequence directly. That´s *very* cool. How do I get it to trim off excess material (like in Womble)?


In general it seems that image sequence export is not a difficult thing to implement, it´s just that most programmers or producers of these ripping softwares don´t include this feature.

So, thanks for the tips, guys. If you have anything else to add, let me know!

cheers-
David

 

[hamcom]

"Or load up the vob directly into TMPGEnc and select the frames to convert"

-This didn´t work. How do you load VOB´s in TMPGEnc? It doesn´t seem to accept that format....

"Or load up the vob directly into Womble MPEG Editor..."

-This created an ".wme" file, which I couldn´t read in any software but Windows Media Player. I really liked the trimming features in this package: you can set in- and out- points in your input video, then you can trim off the excess material and just see the portion you want. That´s really great for setting exact frame numbers (which is what I need). It´s a cool and fast software, but how do I get it to save out another format?

cheers-
David

Sorry, your right, TMPGenc wont load 'vobs' as is by default. We all tweak our software about, we sometimes forget that others may not have the same. You need to get hold of (search google I guess) for A VFAPI plugin that reads MPEG-2 files into TMPGenc. The file to look for is m2v.vfp
There may be others, I dont know. You simply copy the file to the TMPGenc install folder and it will appear in 'VFAPI Plugin' Environmental setting menu. Dont lose this file as you will use it for subsequent TMPGenc updates.

As for Womble, you have mistakingly saved you 'pre editor' work as a womble editor project. (you have prepared the work/cuts etc but not really done it)
You need to use the button as shown here ......

 

[celtic_druid]

In VirtualDubMod you can select a range of video to be processed or I think you get to specify a frame range when you do the image export. Also if you want to crop or resize the video or anything like that I would suggest you do that at the same time rather than having to batch process a whole bunch of images later.