rkeller
3rd August 2003, 08:18
I've spent the best part of this day sorting out the challenges of VobEdit and IFOEdit (starting from almost zero), for the merging of VOB files back into 1 DVD.
(background: my kids scratched their 'toon DVD and it stopped playing in the middle, but I found that only about 20sec where damaged)
Using DVD Shrink 2.3, I cut the movie from start up to the damaged position, and then the rest of the movie, starting a bit after the damaged position.
I then used VobEdit and IFOedit to put the 2 VOBs back together, and here's my recipe for dummies (such as me) that allowed me to get the kids back in front of the TV. I guess this could be helpfull to other newbies, as it summarizes the main knowledge found all over this forum:
1.)
Rename all the *.VOB you want to join to:
"VTS_01_001.VOB"
"VTS_01_002.VOB"
"VTS_01_003.VOB"
etc.
2.)
Copy all of them into the same folder!!
3.)
Start "VobEdit" and open the first of the new VOB files "VTS_01_001.VOB"
4.)
Select "Edit" - "Join Clips" in "VobEdit",
it will ask for "VTS_01_1.VOB" to be saved, select (save into) same folder as above.
5.)
Program will then ask "First VOB-ID", just say "OK" to use ID 1.
6.)
New VOBs will be created, named
"Vts_01_1.vob"
"Vts_01_2.vob"
"Vts_01_3.vob"
etc.
7.)
Then use "IFOedit" to create the corresponding IFOs and the DVD Video Manager files "Video_ts.ifo" and "Video_ts.vob" and the menu files "Vts_01_0.ifo" and "Vts_01_0.vob".
"IFOedit" automatically recognises the number of VOBs in the set.
8.)
Click once on "Video_ts.ifo" in the main window and go to the "Audio" property, double click on it and set "Audio attributes" - "Language" from "Not specified" to "English"
Do the same for "Vts_01_0.ifo".
9.)
Click on button "Get VTS sectors" in the bottom menu. This will correct sector addresses in all IFO files.
FINISHED...
(background: my kids scratched their 'toon DVD and it stopped playing in the middle, but I found that only about 20sec where damaged)
Using DVD Shrink 2.3, I cut the movie from start up to the damaged position, and then the rest of the movie, starting a bit after the damaged position.
I then used VobEdit and IFOedit to put the 2 VOBs back together, and here's my recipe for dummies (such as me) that allowed me to get the kids back in front of the TV. I guess this could be helpfull to other newbies, as it summarizes the main knowledge found all over this forum:
1.)
Rename all the *.VOB you want to join to:
"VTS_01_001.VOB"
"VTS_01_002.VOB"
"VTS_01_003.VOB"
etc.
2.)
Copy all of them into the same folder!!
3.)
Start "VobEdit" and open the first of the new VOB files "VTS_01_001.VOB"
4.)
Select "Edit" - "Join Clips" in "VobEdit",
it will ask for "VTS_01_1.VOB" to be saved, select (save into) same folder as above.
5.)
Program will then ask "First VOB-ID", just say "OK" to use ID 1.
6.)
New VOBs will be created, named
"Vts_01_1.vob"
"Vts_01_2.vob"
"Vts_01_3.vob"
etc.
7.)
Then use "IFOedit" to create the corresponding IFOs and the DVD Video Manager files "Video_ts.ifo" and "Video_ts.vob" and the menu files "Vts_01_0.ifo" and "Vts_01_0.vob".
"IFOedit" automatically recognises the number of VOBs in the set.
8.)
Click once on "Video_ts.ifo" in the main window and go to the "Audio" property, double click on it and set "Audio attributes" - "Language" from "Not specified" to "English"
Do the same for "Vts_01_0.ifo".
9.)
Click on button "Get VTS sectors" in the bottom menu. This will correct sector addresses in all IFO files.
FINISHED...