Quote: Hi there,

I'm trying to capture a sequence from a holiday DVD I made a few years ago, but I can't get it to work. The particular chapter of the video shows and plays in the capture window, but when I click the record button the screen goes blank for a second or so then goes back and waits at the start again. nothing appears in the Captured Content window.

What am I doing wrong? I have PowerDirector12 Ultra.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Hi Ian26,
If you take a different approach,
Open the DVD, display the vob files
Copy'n'paste the vob files to your HDD.
Vob files are mpeg2
Copy the vob files again - so you have a back up.
Change the .vob file extension to .mpg* (ignore the warning message).
Import the .mpg files into PDR12 and edit them as you wish.

*vob files are notoriously awkward to edit, not sure why they should be but PDR has thrown a wobbler for many editors. Converting them to mpg does circumvent the problem. I think changing the extension should be sufficient.

Remember to save your project.

Dafydd

Thank you very much. I never thought of that work around. As you can probably guess I am just getting my head round PowerDirector12, but I think I will win this battle.

My wife and I are going to Canada & the UK in August/September, so I wanted to sort out the editing before we go. Bought a HD camcorder about a month ago, and was quite pleased with my first time result. Way different to my trusty old EditStudio 6 & DVD Pro, which, unfortunately can't produce AVCHD/MPEG4 with good results. Besides I am taken with PDR's ability to make, produce AND burn the disc all in one go, instead of rendering, then design the menus, compile, then burn!

Once again, thank you. IanB
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