Video editing I am trying to capture video from Sony DVD-RW to edit a movie. I have Prism for converting the Sony encoded files into avi which is what windows movie maker recognises.However Prism is just capturing part of the movie. Out 1.2 GB that I've recorded PRism is only capturing some 60 MB. Also it seems to work VOB formats for conversion. I am not insisting on Prsim as long as I learn howto capture by DVD on to Windows Movie maker

What's avi?

AVI stands for Audio Video Interleave. It is a special case of the RIFF (Resource Interchange File Format). AVI is defined by Microsoft. AVI is the most common format for audio/video data on the PC. AVI is an example of a de facto (by fact) standard.

what's dvd burner ?

A DVD burner is a device used to encode or "burn" information onto a blank DVD. A DVD is a form of storage media 12 cm (4.72 inches) or 8 cm (3.15 inches) across that can typically hold 4.7 gigabytes (GB) of information, enough to hold a three-hour movie at high quality, or ten TV episodes, or about 75 hours of .mp3 files, or roughly 15 hours of video in the lower-grade .avi format. The DVD is thought of as the successor to the conventional CD (compact disk). Common formats include DVD-R and DVD-RW, a rewritable version of the DVD.

step by step guide on how to burn avi video to dvd

Download Video Converter, install and run it.

Step1. Click "Browse"to import your AVIs in the software. Or select and drop them in! Double click the file name to have an instant preview.



Step2. Click "Edit Profile" to adjust video effects, trim for a video clip and crop for a proper video dimension. Choose "DVD-Video Format( *.vob)", and set the output folder in "Browse".

Step 3: Settings of AVI to DVD Converter.

(1) Click drop-down button next to “Edit Profile” on the main interface to find the suitable quality for your output.

(2) Click “Edit Profile” to open the “Settings” interface to make detail settings for output audio and video, such as audio and video codec, quality, bit rate, video frame rate, video size, audio sample rate, etc.

Step4. Click “Convert” button in the bottom left to start the AVI to DVD Converter, and then burn your VOB files to a DVD or CD for easier carrying. Fast conversion speed!

This tutorial is about how to use Wondershare DVD Converter to rip DVD movies, convert vob to avi or other regular video formats.

With Wondershare DVD Converter, you can rip DVD to popular video formats which playable on hot MP4 players such as iPod, iPhone, Zune, Creative Zen, Walkman etc, and edit DVD movies with only a few steps.

Step 1: Load the DVD Movies
Download Wondershare DVD Converter and running it. click "Add". It supplies four ways to load files:

1. Load from DVD Rom: All the DVD files from both DVD Rom and daemon tool will be automatically detected and recognized by the program.

2. Load DVD folder (data DVD), sometimes you may store the DVD folder in your hard drive, it appears like "Video_ts" "audio_ts" folders. You can load it by clicking the "load DVD folders" button.

3. Load ISO image files, you can amount your ISO files in the daemon tools and then load the DVD movie from the virtual DVD drive.

4. Load IFO Files: Click to import your DVD movie by loading IFO files
Tips: Wondershare DVD Converter cannot convert vob to avi or other video formats directly, in order to convert vob to avi or other video formats, you need to load the vob files from DVD rom or DVD folders

Step 2: Select output Profile
This software can convert DVD to all common formats and playable on all popular MP4 players such as iPod, Zune, PSP, Walkman, Zen …etc, it also can extract audio track from DVD and save as MP3 and M4A formats which are fit for digital MP3 players. You can select one output format you want to convert as below.

Step 3: Edit the Video (Optional)
If you want to customize the video, Wondersahre DVD Converter offers a powerful video editing function, including cropping video, setting the video effects, trimming movie, even customizing personal watermark.

Crop Video: Many people may be annoyed for black edges around DVD movies; Don't worry any more, with this DVD Converter you can easily edit the DVD movie and remove them. Just Click the Edit icon to open the Edit window. Go to the Crop tab, and you can set the output video aspect ratio crop the movie video.

Set the Video Effects: You can set brightness, contrast, saturation and adjust the volume to modulate the effect. All the progress you can see at "Preview Pane" clearly.

Trim movie: If you don't need to convert the entire DVD movie, you can just capture a clip from it to convert.
Customize personal watermark: Wondersahre DVD Converter allows you to customize personal watermark including image watermark or test watermark.

Step 4: Start to Rip DVD
After you select the output format and edit the video(option), all you need to do is clicking the "Start" button. Then you can get a cup of coffee and come back later to check if the conversion is finished. Furthermore, this DVD Converter even offers the option to automaticlly shut down the computer when the conversion completed.

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DVD to Sony Vegas converter can also help you edit your DVD movies. For example, you can cut your DVD clips to a certain length suitable for converting by Trim, crop off the disgusting parts of the DVD clips by Crop, add special effect to make your DVD clips more artistic, you can also import several DVD clips for converting or merge them to a single file by ticking Merge into one file checkbox. Besides, you can also capture your favourite pictures when previewing.
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