ynotfish: they are TS folders! Thanks for showing that. I used to be able to import them to my timeline, and now I can not.

Angela -

If you follow the steps shown in this screen capture, showing what some members have suggested in this thread, I'm fairly confident you'll have success.



It's 1080p, so you can watch it full screen on YouTube to see any details that aren't clear.

Cheers - Tony
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To Angela, Tony and all who are in this thread,

My apologies if my comments, based on my own genuine experiences with VOB files may have been misleading. I'm rewording this post from an interrupted earlier attempt to post here because my accursed AVG(Anti-Virus Guard) got in my way and required shut down/restart of my computer. Anyway, Angela, your OP said you were able to get video only, no audio when you attempted to "rip" content off DVDs sent to you by the TV station, to which you've submitted content. Though I'm guessing, it still seems to me that the incompatibility lies with that station using Apple Mac-based DVD authoring software. Under normal conditions, Power Director should be able to "rip" or "capture" content from a home-burn DVD or a commercial DVD (that did not have embedded copy-protect) by putting the disc in the drive, opening PD in Capture mode, selecting disc capture and allowing whatever time needed for the process. The only guess I have remaining to me is that the software used by this TV station, "Fine Cut Pro" might be, just might be, embedding something into the final authoring which is preventing you from "ripping" the content from that disc, or those discs.

Neil.

Hi Everyone, I started a new job and haven't been able to catch up on these posts but I look forward to reading them soon. I also realize that my downloaded version of PD might (not sure) be the culprit so tonight I uploaded from the DVD because the problems happened after I downloaded. Will read the comments and try my new program over the weekend. Thanks so much.

Quote: Hi Everyone, I started a new job and haven't been able to catch up on these posts but I look forward to reading them soon. I also realize that my downloaded version of PD might (not sure) be the culprit so tonight I uploaded from the DVD because the problems happened after I downloaded. Will read the comments and try my new program over the weekend. Thanks so much.

Hi, Angela!

I hope whatever action you've taken finally resolves your problem, and, by the way, congratulations on your new job!

Cheers!

Neil.

I have edited a few times and it seems cleared up now. Thanks all.

I learned a quick workaround for importing a DVD movie.
I hope this helps others:
1. Copy DVD to harddrive
2. Rename it
3. You might have to make another copy and rename it again.
DONE! Now PD will be able to import the entire movie that was on the DVD, for editing.

Hi Carl, I hope all is well with you. Happy July4th.

Can you please recommend a file converter so that

I can import my TS files to PD 14? Thanks so much. Angela

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Quote: Neil, the station uses Final Cut Pro, which works with Mac, and I have a Pc, so, maybe that is it.
Barry, although I can browse and find the TS files, they will not import off the dVd.
YES, that is what I am trying to say, I just realized, its the TS files that PD doesn't accept.

You do not need anything except for Windows Explorer. Put the DVD in you DVD drive. (It is a Data DVD, because it has *.TS files). Copy the TS files to a folder on your computer.

You can then Import the TS files into Powerdirector. Unless the TS files are not the the same AVCHD files that Powerdirector accepts, you may need to use a file converter to convert the TS files to a format that Powerdirector will accept (M2TS, MP4, MKV).

Quote Hi Carl, I hope all is well with you. Happy July4th.

Can you please recommend a file converter so that

I can import my TS files to PD 14? Thanks so much. Angela

Quote

Quote: Neil, the station uses Final Cut Pro, which works with Mac, and I have a Pc, so, maybe that is it.
Barry, although I can browse and find the TS files, they will not import off the dVd.
YES, that is what I am trying to say, I just realized, its the TS files that PD doesn't accept.

You do not need anything except for Windows Explorer. Put the DVD in you DVD drive. (It is a Data DVD, because it has *.TS files). Copy the TS files to a folder on your computer.

You can then Import the TS files into Powerdirector. Unless the TS files are not the the same AVCHD files that Powerdirector accepts, you may need to use a file converter to convert the TS files to a format that Powerdirector will accept (M2TS, MP4, MKV).

I think there is some confusion about what kind of files are on a DVD.

The file structure of a DVD is two folders:

AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS Folders. The AUDIO_TS folder is usually empty

The VIDEO_TS folder contains the Video files.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-Video#File_system

The file type of the video files Is .VOB. If you are not seeing .VOB files, you do not have your Folder Options showing your extensions.

Windows 10 has removed the abilitly to play DVDs. You need to add DVD Playing Software.

PowerDirector should work with .VOB files, You do need to copy the VOB files to a folder on your Hard Drive.

There are .TS file type, they are usually High Definition Files ( 1920 x 1080 or above ), not found on a DVD. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.