I did a performance at a fancy retirement community, and the AV guy there videoed it. I nailed the show solidly, and as they gave me a copy of the video, I want to share parts of it on the web.

How do I split the section that I want and save it as a separate file? Is there any freeware or cheap program to do this? Maybe there's something already on my HD that I don't know about.

Thanks in advance.

Beakybird

Hi Beakybird
If you’re using Windows, then the inbuilt Movie Maker software will do what you require. (Split and convert to a form suitable for the web)
The problem is getting the video onto the HDD, if it is VHS then you will need to buy and interface to be able to record the video to your HDD, however if it is a MiniDV them most MiniDV camcorders come with a USB connection, which will allow you to load it straight to the disk.
Hope this helps

Bill

The video is on a DVD. When I open the DVD on my computer, the DVD just plays, but when I explore the DVD it has two Folders: A folder called "Audio" that is empty.

Then there is a folder named "Video" that has about seven files with three different extensions. One is .bup, the other is .ifo, and the other is .vob. I have no idea what to do as none of these files are recognizeable by my computer.

Beakybird

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Hi Beakybird,
The .VOB file is the movie itself - the other 2 files are data & info files needed to run the movie.

The only program I've come across, which will run a .VOB movie on my computer is Power DVD which is a part of Medion Home Cinema.

This came ready installed on my computer but I would also be interested to learn if any other program can run them (for when I get a new computer).

So I put the DVD in my computer.

I can just play the movie with Window's Media Player. But how do I edit the movie? If I have a video editing program, which file should I open? The VOB file?

Beakybird

Hi Beakybird
You can use a free DVD converter such as http://www.download3000.com/download_55072.html to convert to AVI, and then use the included Microsoft Movie Maker (Assuming you are running Windows Millennium or later) to edit it and convert to a format suitable for web upload.
Hope this helps

Bill

I've never been able to play .VOB files using Windows Media player - it tries, but puts up a lot of speckling on the screen - not really worth watching.

But, in answer to my own query, for anyone who is interested - I have found that Gom Player (www.gomplayer.com) will play almost every type of video file, including .VOB files.
Unfortunately, there is no editing capability with Gom Player.
Tony

Thank you Bill! I copied and pasted the URL and sent it to my brother in law, who's going to toy around with this and a program to split the file.

I'm glad I posted this thread. The folks here are a big help.

Beakybird

I have Windows, and I don't see any program called Movie Maker. Are you sure that that's the name?

Btw, I have the files converted into an AVI file.

Beakybird

If it isn't shown in The ALL PROGRAMS menu,
you should find it in C:/Program Files.
You can then make a shortcut to it on the desktop.
Tony

Try a free program called format factory it will rip (convert) a dvd to a video file I use it all the time it converts almost anything to anything else.
All to MP4/3GP/MPG/AVI/WMV/FLV/SWF.
All to MP3/WMA/AMR/OGG/AAC/WAV.
All to JPG/BMP/PNG/TIF/ICO/GIF/TGA.
Rip DVD to video file , Rip Music CD to audio file.
MP4 files support iPod/iPhone/PSP/BlackBerry format.

Format Factory's Feature:
1 support converting all popular video,audio,picture formats to others.
2 Repair damaged video and audio file.
3 Reducing Multimedia file size.
4 Support iphone,ipod multimedia file formats.
5 Picture converting supports Zoom,Rotate/Flip,tags.
6 DVD Ripper.
7 Supports 50 languages
http://www.formatoz.com/index.html

I found it in the All Programs list under "Accessories" ...

t.

Good grief..! Don't Windows users have a 'search files' function..?

I can't believe anyone would come here and say 'I have Windows, and I don't see any program called Movie Maker' without first having used the 'search'.

If it's not on the desktop or Start bar, it doesn't exist?

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Good grief..! Don't Windows users have a 'search files' function..?
I can't believe anyone would come here and say 'I have Windows, and I don't see any program called Movie Maker' without first having used the 'search'.

If it's not on the desktop or Start bar, it doesn't exist?

Some of us don't waste time on fruitless searches because Microsoft very often call their programs by a completely different name from the one by which user's know it - as in Microsoft Word.

One of the great things about the Forum is "If you don't know something - just ask". We are all here to help each other.
Tony

So we are a substitute for your unwillingness to even TRY a file search?

I always thought it was 'The Lord helps those who help themselves'...

(not that I'm putting ANY of us in the place of Our Lord, but you get the point! )

If you resent helping, that's up to you -
I don't mind at all so why make an issue out of it.
Tony

Would anyone care to help me find my missing sock...? It might be in my sock drawer, but it's a pain to get off the couch...

No, I don't mind helping (and try to do it as much as I can). Do YOU mind trying to help yourself, too? All I was trying to point out was that a simple file search BEFORE he posted would have gotten the answer even QUICKER.