Re: Burn from VOB files?

Terry Pinnell <terrypin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


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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!

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

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK

OK, I think I see the problem, let me do a quick test and I'll
post right back.

Luck;
Ken


I used VideoReDo to extract a 1/2 D1 episode .vob from an old
DVD and saved it as a .mpg using the option to change the
display aspect ratio to 16:9 from 3:4. I then tried that in TDA and
got the same error message you had. Next I opened the .mpg
in VideoReDo and checked the aspect ratio in the "Show Video
Program Info..." Tool. It was 16:9 and it was still 1/2 D1.

So I then had the same as the .mpg that your VideoReDo had
made from your 1/2 D1 .vob. Now all I needed to do was to use
the "Save As" option to change the aspect ratio to 4:3 and make
a new .mpg that TDA had no problem with.

This will let you make a DVD with 4:3 aspect video from what
you were provided, using TDA. I can go into how to get it to a
a DVD with 16:9 video, but I'll post this first, as you are in a rush.


Luck;
Ken


Thanks Ken, really grateful for your detailed practical help on this.

I'll try that asap and report back.
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It worked fine, thanks Ken!

Played on my widescreen TV the DVD was bordered by black at the top
and bottom as well as the sides, but presumably that's to be expected?
The actual quality was fine.

All the replies up-thread have given me a lot to think about and I aim
to do some more methodical experiments soon, now that I have the
immediate objective achieved.

Some questions fizzing around in my mind right now are these:

1. Is it normal that in some circumstances a DVD could not be opened
by Windows or various DVD player programs yet *could* be opened by
IsoBuster, as happened in this case?

2. Can I conclude that the originator of the source DVD has a 4:3 TV,
not widescreen?

3. Why would TDA accept VOB1 yet give an error with VOB2?

4. Do all DVDs really have these three different 'file structures'
(ISO, UDF and IFO) that I read about in those pages Frank and Brian
pointed me at?

5. I actually extracted all three sets, into respective folders:
Countdown IFO structure
Countdown ISO structure
Countdown UDF structure

But I used only the ISO VOBs for my imports into VideoRedo. That was
an arbitrary choice. Is there some rationale for choosing any one in
particular?

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
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