DVD::Rip VOB's --> DVD

twistd roach · n00b Joined: 26 Feb 2003 Posts: 7 Location: MA

I ripped some dvd's a while ago with DVD::Rip and I kept the VOB's thinking that I could make a dvd from them again (All I want is the video held in the vob's, no special features or menus or anything), but I can't seem to find anything that will make it happen. dvdauthor just says this:

WARN: Skipping sector, waiting for first VOBU...

over and over again and eventually dies, not producing anything useful. I'd rather not have to encode or re-encode any of the vobs because they are small enough to fit on the DVD-R without having to...

Anyway, I'm busy banging my head against the wall trying to generate the ifo & bup files (which it seems is all I should need to do...)

lunarg · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 1:34 am Post subject:

Maybe this thread is of some use to you: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=117709&highlight=

I know it's not exactly what you need, but other than that, I haven't done dvd-writing like that.
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wolfpakk · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 8:13 am Post subject:

you must split the vobs to a video stream file (m2v) and to a audio stream file (ac3) when you have the files, just put them together again with "mplex" or "tcmplex". Then you are able to use dvdauthor to make a dvd structure.

split the vob:

8 · n00b Joined: 15 May 2004 Posts: 30

is there really nothing that will take a .VOB file (or group of them)
and create the right .BUP and .IFO files needed to create a
burnable .iso which will work in a standalone player (without
slogging through a ton o' crap we don't need like
menus, etc. etc.) ???

afabco · Guru Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 380

Not that I've been able to find; it has something to do with how dvd::rip (actually how the tc-whatever that dvd::rip calls) pulls the vobs off and puts them in the vob directory.

Unfortunately, when I started trying to back up my dvd's, I started with dvd::rip; I've learned a lot more since then, and I've actually started trying to use vobcopy and dvdbackup and dvd2iso.pl to try and back up my dvd's, but have only met with success on one dvd out of maybe 10-12 tries with dvdbackup, and no successes with the others.

It may, of course, be my standalone dvd player (a sony something-or-other).

I'm actually taking a different tack, and am trying to convert a mini-itx computer I have (from caseoutlet.com, it's a via epia-m) into a player. Unfortunately, via has closed drivers, and they suck really bad. There are some open-sourced attempts at drivers, but they are alpha, and can't use the MPEG hardware accelerator anyway because via refuses to cooperate.

argh...

8 · n00b Joined: 15 May 2004 Posts: 30

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I think it might be what we are looking for?
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