extract video files

dipsy

Hi

can anyone tell me which software is best for taking a portion of a video file to extract and then upload to my website?

many thanks

Susanne

Sput2001

Where's the video clip now? On a camera, or phone? Elsewhere?

Are you running a PC with windows?

dipsy

the video files are on a dvd, as TS files, however I want to extract a portion off one of the TS files

windows xp os

thanks in advance

exup

if its a short clip - windows movie maker may be able to open it.
If it can - then creat a new movie with the video clip you wanted then save it as a WMV file . then upload to website.

I take it you already have a file transfer program (and FTP program)..
if not then core FTP lite is pretty good, and free.

heggied

Give handbrake (http://handbrake.fr/) a go - it usually does a great job of converting DVD to MPEG which you can then upload to youtube or wherever.

vyseyboy

Use DVD decrypter in IFO mode to extract a particular chapter / episode:
http://www.mrbass.org/dvdrip/

Then either:

a) Use Windows Movie Maker to edit the video / crop the portion you are interested in, save to a compressed format.

b) Use VirtualDub to edit / crop / filter. It's more involved, and takes a bit of learning, but is far more powerful, stable and useful. You'll also need to still save it to a compressed format.
http://www.virtualdub.org/

If you can't save to a compressed format from WMM or VirtualDub, you can save to a non-compressed one then use something like Auto Gordian Knot to compress to an xVid or DivX file. However, not all visitors to your site will have software for displaying these (although most will.)
http://www.autogk.me.uk/

Suitable software for displaying xVid / DivX include videolan client, media player classic, and windows media player 11 onwards will automatically download the correct codecs.