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Olga L Dieguez

Hi. I would like to know how can I upload DVD-R/DVD images to the 3-D album. I have a Sony DVD camcorder and I would like to upload DVD videos to my 3-D album. I don't know what format the DVD's are made in? Maybe DVD-R? I tried uploading images but it didn't work.

Thank you.

Olga

Bill Smith · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 3:34 pm Post subject:

I'm not familiar with the Sony DVD camcorder, so someone else may be able to give you a more correct answer.

I'm going to guess that it writes direct to DVD, and that the format DVD-R won't affect you. As long as the Sony can write to it, and your PC can read the DVD you should be OK.

Probably the Sony writes mpeg-2 files, which are video. This means that you would upload the file to your PC, and then use them in any style that supports videos (any of the 3D-Album MOVIE SHOW styles, and most of the 3DTime bought sytles. You wouldn't be adding them as images, but as videos or movies in movie input fields/boxes.

It's possible that the Sony writes in DVD ready format. In this case, you may not find any mpeg files. You would find a VIDEO_TS folder on the DVD, and I believe that you would need to convert using some software such as Ulead's VideoStudio.

If anyone has this camera and can provide a better answer, I'm sure that Olga would appreciate it.
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Olga L Dieguez · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 5:06 pm Post subject:

Thanks Bill for getting back to me. I think I have that Video_TS folder problem. I'll look into getting that Ulead VideoStudio program.

Bill Smith · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject:

I did a check on GOOGLE, entering "vob to mpeg" and found an entry (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/389926/convert_vob_dvd_to_mpeg_files_no_recoding/) that says that you can simply rename the vob file extension from .vob to .mpg and that this will do the trick.

I haven't tried it yet, but it would save you buying a product if this is your only interest. Copy your DVD to your hard drive, then rename the .vob to .mpg and try it.

There may be more then one .vob file. You probably want the larger one.
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Bill Smith · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject:

I did a test on this, using a DVD that I had created for a wedding.

I renamed to tryit.mpg and then I added it to one of the MOVIE SHOW styles. It worked. I wasn't overly impressed with the quality though - but you might try it and see if it works for you or not.

If you don't like the results, then you can always try the ULEAD software.
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Olga L Dieguez · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 6:35 am Post subject: Bill

Thanks a lot Bill.