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Fri 28 Sep 07 @ 10:56 am

Without blowing my own trumpet (well OK, I am) I'm considered something of an expert with this and did some research for MixMash on this very subject.

Firstly, it's not particularly easy but with a little patience it can be done. Now follow this EXACTLY

Explanations Of Ambient DVD's

These are NOT real loops in the normal sense as it's a DVD, it can't loop, so, what they do, is get a loop, play it over and over again and record a segment to DVD, so in other words, you get say a 10 minute segment that has a loop played over and over maybe 50 or 100 times. When that segment finishes, it will go onto another. So, you CAN NOT rip these as loops! (Until I came along!)

Ripping


So, here's what you do, each segment is a 'chapter' on the dvd, so, do a normal chapter separation dvd rip (see my tutorial on this forum re dvddecrypter) You will end up with several chapters, each one basically doing what i described above.

Converting

Now i can only describe this using the software i know, love, use and highly recommend.. "TMPGenc 4 Express" Load one of your vobs into tmpgenc and it will enter an edit window, mouseover the controls and you will get balloon tips telling you what each button is, it's a lot simpler than it sounds and tmpgenc is VERY user friendly.

Familiarise yourself with the clip first by playing it a couple of times in the editor. Next choose an easily recognisable frame and set that as "START FRAME" Now move forward ONE FRAME AT A TIME until you come to the end of the loop cycle, that being that you will find a frame EXACTLY the same as your start frame, A TIP.... use a fine drywipe pen and put marks on your pc screen on distinguishable parts if it's a very 'busy/complicated pattern' this helps recognise the exact duplicate of your first frame and just wipes off after.

Now when you have found this duplicate frame, GO BACK ONE FRAME (otherwise you will have 2 frame exactly the same in your loop) Then set this as "END FRAME". Next just click OK and save as your chosen video format, mpeg or whatever.

You will then have true digital loops that you can use in clip bank and work fine if in VDJ you select "loop"

Shadow Dancers

These are NOT loops but are popular, do the same as above re ripping, but in the editor, just select a 'section' that you like, then set a start and end point and again save it, obviously they won't loop but you can use them as segments and still use them in clip bank, just dont set them to loop.

Any questions just ask