Corrupt VOBs

[aramo]

About 1-in-10 DVDs will when ripped with SmartRipper2.40 result in a corruption on the hard-disk VOB which will give a video-glitch. A friend who uses the latest doom9 gKnot pack said he also gets video-glitches once in a while.

Currently I use smartripper twice on the DVD and then do a file compare [fc /b] to check if 1st and 2nd rips are the same. If the files are identitcal I am very confident the divx avi will be video-glitch-free. If the files differ I manually check to find the corrupt VOB before going further, to simplify this process I split VOBs by chapter and set a max VOB size of ~66MB.

The thing that bothers me is that I'd expect a computer to make an identical copy of a VOB file every time or else report an error if it cannot do so. Can anyone explain what is happening?

[len0x]

I never had corrupted vobs with it

[UHT]

"DO NOT USE ANY OTHER RIPPER THAN THE ONES INCLUDED IN THE PACK
UNLESS YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING!"

Would be the apt reply here. Whilst it does appear you know what you are doing, I believe it still applies.

[aramo]

UHT I'm unsure to whom your comments are addressed but the version of SmartRipper I'm using is the one including with the doom9 gKnot0.23b pack. It's probably a good reason to stick with smartripper2.40 rather than switching to dvddecrypter however.

In this case I don't think the warning is relevant, after all it's not a subtitles or audio-sync issue I'm asking about.

[len0x]

here is a hint - can you guess why dvddecrypter is used in latest version of GK instead of smartripper ? :)

P.S. I think it's safe to say that we not gonna support such an old packs like 0.23 anyway... Every single piece of software used by GK is usually the best out there. That's why we keep upgrading...

[bond]

@aramo
the latest stable version is 0.28 ;)

@len0x
i think the old hp gknot.doom9.org can lead to confusion because it isnt updated! perhaps doom9 should link to the new one...

[aramo]

@all
Ouch! feels like a concerted effort to ditch divx412 and hop on the divx50x train, no doubt it makes sense but I'll have to check my Fujitsu P-2020 can handle divx5.05 playback first, might even have to scrap the P2s and get P3s while I'm at it.

Parting shot, is there a known issue with SmartRipper2.40 and corrupt VOBs? Maybe it's just my DVD drives, or XP or Outlook [I jest, no Outlook here but it's a good usual suspect].