Very OT - handycam movie files

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Richard Brookman

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Completely OT, but...

I have some mini-DVDs from my holiday (Sony Handycam) which I want to store
on the PC and play or edit from there. If I insert the mini-DVD in the
computer I can play the movies using Media Player, but when I copy them to
the C drive all I can see are a number of small files *.ifo and *.bup, and
some large ones *.vob. None of these will play off the hard drive - Windoze
doesn't recognise the file format.

Does anyone know a way of converting these files to mpeg, avi, mov or
whatever, or can anyone point me to a site or resource which might help?

Thanks

--
Rich
==============================
Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)


 
Nero can do this.

http://www.nero.com/

Though there is also a variety of shareware and freeware DVD ripping
software out there (unless it has all been suppressed by the recording
industry)


--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes


"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Completely OT, but...
>
> I have some mini-DVDs from my holiday (Sony Handycam) which I want to
store
> on the PC and play or edit from there. If I insert the mini-DVD in the
> computer I can play the movies using Media Player, but when I copy them to
> the C drive all I can see are a number of small files *.ifo and *.bup, and
> some large ones *.vob. None of these will play off the hard drive -
Windoze
> doesn't recognise the file format.
>
> Does anyone know a way of converting these files to mpeg, avi, mov or
> whatever, or can anyone point me to a site or resource which might help?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Rich
> ==============================
> Disco 300 Tdi auto
> S2a 88" SW
> Tiggrr (V8 trialler)
>
>


 
If you just want to play them use VLC Media Player its free and will play
anything.
www.videolan.org

Nigel
--
nigel@leginDOTorg
1979 Lightweight


"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Completely OT, but...
>
> I have some mini-DVDs from my holiday (Sony Handycam) which I want to
> store on the PC and play or edit from there. If I insert the mini-DVD in
> the computer I can play the movies using Media Player, but when I copy
> them to the C drive all I can see are a number of small files *.ifo and
> *.bup, and some large ones *.vob. None of these will play off the hard
> drive - Windoze doesn't recognise the file format.
>
> Does anyone know a way of converting these files to mpeg, avi, mov or
> whatever, or can anyone point me to a site or resource which might help?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Rich
> ==============================
> Disco 300 Tdi auto
> S2a 88" SW
> Tiggrr (V8 trialler)
>


 
Richard Brookman wrote:
> Completely OT, but...
>
> I have some mini-DVDs from my holiday (Sony Handycam) which I want to store
> on the PC and play or edit from there. If I insert the mini-DVD in the
> computer I can play the movies using Media Player, but when I copy them to
> the C drive all I can see are a number of small files *.ifo and *.bup, and
> some large ones *.vob. None of these will play off the hard drive - Windoze
> doesn't recognise the file format.
>
> Does anyone know a way of converting these files to mpeg, avi, mov or
> whatever, or can anyone point me to a site or resource which might help?
>
> Thanks
>
They are DVD files.
Double click the the Video_TS file, and the default player should open.
However if you have Windows Media player 9 or less it won't play, you
need vers 10 that can be downloaded from Microsoft, but be aware that
there have been some "no sound" issues with this version. Best to
download any DVD player...e.g. Power DVD...Google for "DVD player" and
you should get plenty of free one's to pick from.
Leo
 
Richard Brookman wrote:
> Completely OT, but...
>
> I have some mini-DVDs from my holiday (Sony Handycam) which I want to
> store on the PC and play or edit from there. If I insert the
> mini-DVD in the computer I can play the movies using Media Player,
> but when I copy them to the C drive all I can see are a number of
> small files *.ifo and *.bup, and some large ones *.vob. None of these
> will play off the hard drive - Windoze doesn't recognise the file
> format.
> Does anyone know a way of converting these files to mpeg, avi, mov or
> whatever, or can anyone point me to a site or resource which might
> help?
> Thanks

Grab your self a copy of DVD-Shrink, its Freeware and amongsth many other
useful features it can back up a DVD to Hard Disk. The .vob files etc that
you see are the DVD Movie file structure.
--
Darren Griffin
PocketGPSWorld - www.PocketGPSWorld.com
The Premier GPS Resource for News, Reviews and Forums
Creators of the free UK Safety Camera POI


 
so Larry was, like...
> Nero can do this.
>
> http://www.nero.com/
>

Wow, thanks a lot everyone. Lots of things to play with here.

Cheers

--
Rich
==============================
Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)


 
On Saturday, in article <[email protected]>
[email protected] "Larry" wrote:

> Nero can do this.
>
> http://www.nero.com/
>
> Though there is also a variety of shareware and freeware DVD ripping
> software out there (unless it has all been suppressed by the recording
> industry)
>
>
> "Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Completely OT, but...
> >
> > I have some mini-DVDs from my holiday (Sony Handycam) which I want to
> store
> > on the PC and play or edit from there. If I insert the mini-DVD in the
> > computer I can play the movies using Media Player, but when I copy them to
> > the C drive all I can see are a number of small files *.ifo and *.bup, and
> > some large ones *.vob. None of these will play off the hard drive -
> Windoze
> > doesn't recognise the file format.
> >

There's been quite a few pieces of software which you could use, and
since this shouldn't be a region-locked DVD I wouldn't expect you to
have big problems. There's been several video editor programs given
away on magazine cover-CDs. If you see one, grab it.

This does sound like a standard DVD file set.

--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

"I am Number Two," said Penfold. "You are Number Six."
 
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