Converting VOB to DV from MiniDVD, lost the audio

ransomejake · #1 (**permalink**) 08-07-2005, 05:29 AM

I have a Sony Handycam that records to MiniDVDs with no way to connect the camera direct to the PC.

I am very new to capturing/editing video and I followed the instructions on this website listed under "Editing MPEG and other highly compressed video sources"

What I did:
1. Used VirtualDubMod to process a .VOB file into a .avi file using the panasonic dv codec
2. Imported the resulting .avi file into an IMovie HD project on my Apple Powerbook.

Things worked fine - I have video clips in IMovie that I can view and edit, but I lost the audio.

Does anyone know why the audio was lost and how I can fix it?
I only processed the .vob files, no others from the miniDVD's VIDEO_TS folder.

Thanks .........

ransomejake · #2 (**permalink**) 08-07-2005, 06:50 AM

Forgot to mention .............
I did the VirtualDubMod stuff on a Windows XP machine as the Powerbook won't read miniDVDs. After I got the .avi file created I was able to go to Streams/StreamList/select the audio stream shown/Demux and created a .ac3 file which I could then open with WindowsMediaPlayer and listen to.
So the audio is there, I just can't figure out how to get IMovie on my Powerbook to play it.

Marc Peters · #3 (**permalink**) 08-07-2005, 09:11 AM

You'll need an .ac3 filter / codec to get the audio to play on your imac. Can't help you with that I'm afraid.