Re: Burn from VOB files?

On Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:14:41 +0100, in 'rec.video.desktop',
in article <Re: Burn from VOB files?>,
Terry Pinnell <terrypin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Frank <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:30:43 +0100, in 'rec.video.desktop',
in article <Re: Burn from VOB files?>,
Terry Pinnell <terrypin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Terry Pinnell <terrypin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"Terry Pinnell" <terrypin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Probably because I'm on a rushed deadline (i.e. within next 12 hours -
it's now 22:01 GMT Saturday), but I've forgotten how to do something
that I'm sure I should know. I have a DVD made (not by me) from a Sky
TV recording). But it won't open on either my standalone DVD player or
on my PC. However, to my surprise, I was able to use Isobuster to
'extract' its two VOB files. Successfully, because I can play those in
various players, like PowerDVD etc. But how do I now make a DVD from
those please? I have TDA 1.6, Magix Movie Edit Pro 15 Plus, Womble DVD
Wizard, VideoRedo, Image Burner...

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK

I take it TDA 1.6 won't extract the DVD using the "Add DVD video"
button. The same for VideoReDo on the DVD or the .vob files to
create good .mpg files for TDA?

Did IsoBuster show AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders in the
box on the right? or was it just a list of files, your .vobs?

If the VIDEO_TS folder was shown, did you try extracting that?
If you can extract the folder, try TDA's "Add DVD video" button on
that.

Luck;
Ken




Brian, Frank, Ken:

Thanks guys, appreciate the fast replies. I'm up early to tackle this.

I've never used IsoBuster enough to get comfortable with it, so it's
possible that when I hastily used it to get those extracts I didn't
complete the procedure correctly. Because I now see that all I have in
C:\Docs\My Videos\IsoBuster Extracts are:
AUDIO_TS
Track 01.tao
VTS_01_1.VOB
VTS_01_2.VOB

No VIDEO_TS. So ImgTool wouldn't work.

And TDA couldn't use Add Video. It did accept VTS_01_1.VOB (1024 MB)
but for VTS_01_2.VOB (570 MB) it gave its red message:
'This is an illegal video file.'

So I'm now looking at those IsoBuster instructions. Wow - that looks
complicated. And means I need to get those extra two programs IfoEdit
and VOBEdit. Reckon I'll have breakfast first and then have another
crack at the IsoBuster extraction. As a last resort, guess I'll just
have to step through all those complex steps ;-(

Possibly good news! Seconds after hitting the Send key I realised I'd
not tried Ken's other suggestion, VideoRedo. That looks like it's
accepted *both* VOBs ;-)

I'll work further on that and report back if/when I end up with a new
DVD. I suppose I could find that it still won't play the entire
VTS_01_2.VOB and/or will fail at some later hurdle when I try saving,
but looks promising.

BTW, is VideoRedo noted for being more tolerant in this way?

I've never used VideoRedo, so I can't answer that question for you,
but there are lots of other programs that will play .vob files. I'm
sure that you have a few of them. I would try playing just the second
.vob file to see whether it will play to completion without error. If
it does, then I think that you're basically in good shape as far as
completing this project is concerned.

OTOH, you stated in the post that began this thread that the disc in
question was a television recording not made by you. I'm wondering,
given that there may be a problem with the second .vob file, whether
perhaps the recording device was turned off prematurely, or the disc
was removed from the recording device prematurely, or the disc needs
to be finalized, or something along those lines. If that's the case,
you'll probably want to perform a test/repair operation on that second
.vob file before proceeding further.

The steps described on that IsoBuster help Web page aren't as complex
as you might think. Really. You can do it. And using ImgTool Classic
0.91.7 to create the .iso file is simplicity itself. Then all that you
have to do is burn the .iso file with ImgBurn (which reminds me that I
should update; I'm still running 2.4.2.0 and 2.5.0.0 is current).

Good luck!

Thanks Frank. You must be up late?

Yes, that's one way to put it. :)

But I'll be quitting in about an hour or so.

The VideoRedo render appeared to work fine, so I was all set to report
success. But on importing it into TDA 1.6 I got an unfamiliar error
message:

'You cannot use 16:9 video aspect ratio for resolution 352x576.
You can only use this aspect ratio for the following resolutions.

704x480 720x480 pixels (NTSC format only)
704x576 720x576 pixels (PAL format only)'

Pressing 'Details' added:
'The video aspect ratio 16:9 cannot be used with the resolution
AAAxBBB.
This aspect ratio can only be used with the following resolutions:

704x480 720x480 pixels (NTSC format only)
704x576 720x576 pixels (PAL format only)

For a DVD standard, only the above-mentioned resolutions are allowed
for 16:9.
Using other resolutions will result in nonstandard DVD and we cannot
guarantee that they will play correctly on your DVD player.
When you make a nonstandard DVD, whether it will be playable on your
DVD player differs from the various brands of DVD players.
You should check which resolutions your DVD player supports before
making nonstandard DVD-Videos.'

Now, I'm definitely going to breakfast!

Can't say that I blame you. I know _I_ wasn't expecting an aspect
ratio problem on top of you other problem.

(I will for sure tackle that IsoBuster method, but ideally not when
I'm in such a hurry.)

Okay, and again, good luck.

--
Frank, Independent Consultant, New York, NY
[Please remove 'nojunkmail.' from address to reply via e-mail.]
Read Frank's thoughts on HDV at http://www.humanvalues.net/hdv/
(also covers AVCHD and XDCAM EX).
.

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