Transcribe a long MPG file ripped from the lecture DVD.
A long MPG ripped from a lecture DVD transcribes as one file per disc: a 2-hour lecture of about 4 GB comes back in about 4 minutes. Each file can be up to 10 hours or 5 GB, a rip over 2 GB starts once a pack is on the account, and the first 20 minutes are free.
Courses that shipped on disc
The lecture series on a stack of DVDs, turned into course notes.
What a rip gives you
Lecture courses, conference sets and training series were sold and archived on DVD for years. Ripping a disc produces an MPEG-2 file, often named .mpg or .mpeg, or the disc's own VOB files, which hold the same kind of video.
Two gigabytes an hour, roughly
DVD video runs at about 4 to 8 Mbps, so a rip is near 2 to 3.5 GB per hour; an older MPEG-1 file from a video CD is closer to 600 MB per hour. A two-hour disc usually sits between the 2 GB line, where a pack is needed first, and the 5 GB ceiling.
Too big, or refused
If a rip is over 5 GB, export only the audio as MP3, which takes a two-hour lecture down to well under 100 MB. If the upload refuses the file, convert it to MP3 first as well. VOB files can be renamed or joined into one MPG before you start.
A course you can search
Each disc returns with chapters, timestamps, the definitions, names and dates the lecturer gave, and a chat that answers questions such as which lecture covered a topic. The lecturer and anyone asking questions are named in the summary and key quotes.
Before / after
A lecture series on DVD is hard to study from.
✗ Locked on the disc
DVD courses are long and linear, and the only search is the menu.
- A disc drive needed just to play it
- Rips refused for being over the size limit
- Ten hours of lectures with no index
- Notes typed while pausing every minute
- VOB pieces that need joining first
- Pricing per file or per month for a one-time job
✓ Disc by disc, then the course
Upload one MPG per disc and build a searchable set of notes.
- Each disc as one upload, under 10 hours and 5 GB
- Two hours back in about 4 minutes
- Chapters per topic with timestamps
- The lecturer named in the brief, quotes and chapters
- A 10-hour course takes 600 minutes of a $12 pack
- DOCX for notes, SRT for captioning the video
Sample
A lecture disc, as text.
Illustrative only. This sample was written for this page and does not come from any real DVD, course or institution.
Export
One transcript. Five clean formats.
Every pack exports all five — no format is held back for a higher tier.
Plain text
De-ummed paragraphs. Ready to paste.
SRT captions
Timed to the speech. Every video editor reads this.
WebVTT
HTML5 player + YouTube uploads.
Show notes
Formatted with chapters and pull-quotes.
Machine-readable
Timestamped text for your own tools.
Pricing
Honest pricing, no surprises.
A pack from $6 (500 minutes) opens the full transcript. After that, no subscription and no auto-renew — every tier is a one-time minute pack, and credits never expire. Buy once, use the minutes whenever you need them.
Casual pack
$6/500 min
8 hours of audio — $0.72 an hour. One-time — credits never expire.
- 500 minutes of audio
- All export formats
- Unlimited AI chat per transcript
- Executive summary & key quote
Best value
$12/2,000 min
33 hours of audio — $0.36 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 2,000 minutes of audio
- Priority queue
- All export formats
- Unlimited AI chat per transcript
Bulk pack
$24/5,000 min
83 hours of audio — $0.29 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 5,000 minutes of audio
- Priority queue
- API access for batch pipelines
- All export formats
FAQ
Long MPG and MPEG questions.
How long does a 2-hour MPG take to transcribe?
Roughly 4 minutes once it is uploaded, since each audio hour takes about 2 minutes. A 4 GB rip takes longer to upload than to process on most connections.
What does a 10-hour DVD course cost?
Ten hours is 600 minutes, which goes on the $12 pack (2,000 minutes) and leaves 1,400 for later. A single 2-hour disc is 120 minutes and fits in the $6 pack of 500 minutes. The first 20 minutes are free on a first recording.
Why is my 3 GB MPG waiting?
Before the first pack, uploads go up to 2 GB. A larger rip starts once a pack is on the account, or you can export the audio to MP3 and send a much smaller file straight away.
Can a whole course go up as one file?
Only if its audio is under 10 hours and 5 GB. Ripped video of ten hours would be far over 5 GB, so upload one MPG per disc, or join the audio of all discs into one file if it stays within 10 hours.
What languages can the lectures be in?
99 languages, detected automatically, so a course in Portuguese, Korean or Afrikaans needs no setting.
Which exports come with it, and where is it processed?
Each disc downloads as TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT or JSON. Lectures are transcribed on our own servers and never used to train a model.
Related
Lectures and long courses.
Every disc, as notes. Begin with the first 20 minutes free.
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