My Wedding Movie Request

[Reality4711]

I have three files from my wedding 10 years ago. They were created on a Windows machine and up until now all I have needed to do is play the video for my own pleasure (no sarcasm intended).

My wife has asked for a small edited version, of her choosing to send in a Video card she is making for her relatives.

VIDEO_TS.VOB
VTS_01_1.VOB
wedding.avi

are the filenames/type. I have iMovie (never used) and sundry other photographic software.

How and with what do I do to get my wife what she wants? None of these files open in iMovie.

Suggestions Please. More info. if needed.

Regards Sharkey

 

[WinstonRumfoord]

Check out a program called clipwrap. I cant recall if it is free or not, but I use it to "Rewrap" movie files into editing-friendly formats.

 

[kohlson]

I would start with Handbrake (which also requires VLC) to convert to mp4, which is a format easily digested by iMovie. You can adjust for different quality settings, sizes, and so on.

 

[Dave Braine]

MPEGStreamclip will also open those files, and then you can save them as Quicktime or mp4 which iMovie will accept.
http://www.squared5.com

 

[Boyd01]

I agree, MPEGStreamclip should open them and you will see a number of export options. DV would be another format that iMovie can handle.

 

[Reality4711]

Thank you all for responding.

Is there a definitive method e.g.. which file should I use as as starting point and what would be the simplest workflow?

nb. QuickTime has always been a mystery to me.

Thank you Sharkey

 

[lighthouse_man]

Thank you all for responding.

Is there a definitive method e.g.. which file should I use as as starting point and what would be the simplest workflow?

The VOB files are DVD format files. The video_ts file is a DVD content file which should be very small and you can forget about. I'd assume that the VTS_01_1.VOB and wedding.avi are two copies of the same thing unless you originally had two different edits. You can preview/watch both files in a free program called VLC. If they're the same, then work on th VTS file. Drag it into MPEG Streamclip and convert to a friendly format.