Hi all,

I've just burned a load of old home movies onto DVD with my new set-top
DVD recorder and now I want to edit them on my PC. I used DVD
Decrypter to rip all of the discs that I created, but now I'm a little
stuck.

It seems like there are a lot of programs for editing DVDs, but I could
use some recommendations as to which ones might suit me best. I'm
looking for something pretty straightforward as I don't want to spend
too much time on this. All I really want to do is cut off the empty
space at the beginning and end of the recordings and maybe add some
chapter stops here and there, nothing fancy.

Any suggestions gratefully received!

Dave.

<dave (AT) bigfattabbycat (DOT) co.uk> wrote

First you shouldn't have needed "DVD Decrypter", unless
you are encrypting your "old home movies".

To do what it sounds like you want, I would think
www.womble.com 's MPEG Video Wizard or their
new MPEG Video Wizard DVD, is a perfect match.

It will let you keep everything in DVD compliant
MPEG, so you won't have any conversion loss.

From web site about MPEG Video Wizard:

"Very intuitive and easy-to-use User Interface (UI), with
a flexible yet powerful multi-track timeline based editing.

Comprehensive edit project and content management,
batch job processing, and project package tool.

Flexible title editor for both text and graphics generation.
You can create attractive titles directly with MVW.

An extensive transition library with simple controls. Most
common transitions can be added using only the mouse.

Multiple editing windows, with flexible window
configuration and layout, and many more features."

It makes frame accurate cuts in MPEG as well.

You add Chapter points during the Author process.

Luck;
Ken