problem with NTSC DVD source in Vegas

[lilly_the_kid]

Hi everyone,

I hope somebody can help me. I usually use .VOB files in Vegas which works fine. However, I now encountered a problem I've encountered before where the clips on the timeline keep stuttering/looping and these stutters and loops keep changing. Last time I powered through and recut and recut clips, but it was a nightmare and I don't want to do it again.

The DVDs are region 2+4, but the format is NTSC. I started one Vegas project where I chose NTSC and one where I chose PAL in the beginning in both versions these stutters occur. It's hard to describe, the clip is like frame, frame, repeated frame, frame, frame, different repeated frame and so on, sometimes with frames being repeated that are quite far removed from the recent frames. And like I said this keeps changing and it gets worse.

I use DVDshrink for ripping.

I'm open to all suggestions, I will change my ways of clipping/ripping/converting, I am desperate. I really want to make this vid and I don't want the process of making it be horrible.

Thank you!!


ETA: post on lj with some great suggestions: https://vidding.livejournal.com/3329174.html

ETA: I'm currently trying a version of those and so far so good :)
Thanks for everyone's input!

Comments

[klia]

FWIW, we had hellish problems with a BBC series (originally PAL) released as Region 1 NTSC, so I'm not surprised. Some encoding that's being done today seems really wonky.

I'm impressed that Vegas works with raw VOB files -- I use FCP and always need to convert to another format.

Looks like you found a solution? Fingers crossed.

[lilly_the_kid]

I had this problem with the Always Sunny DVDs which were also NTSC. Ugh, so frustrating!

I discovered this by accident and usually the VOBs work just fine in Vegas, I also made vids with VOB and wmv files both and it worked, but this stuttering is horrible, especially since the clips keep changing.

Yes, I may have :) I'm still a bit cautious, though.