Vsrip: "Error parsing parameter file" ?

[7-Zark-7]

OK, I've gotten down the "speed/quality" routines to backup my dvds. Now I'm going for the "Big 3". My first attempt is with The Two Towers, extended version. I've set everything up per doom9's guide. OK, first attempt with DoItFast4U I got a popup error window from Vsrip "Error parsing parameter file". I cancelled the whole thing thinking a big problem occurred. Second attempt and I get the same error. There supposedly -are- subs on this disc so what's going on? For all the free programs I downloaded them straight off doom9 site. I even re-d/l them thinking a screwup happened during download. Same error comes up. Any help is apprecaited.

[Matthew]

I think this belongs in the big3 forum as it sounds like an issue with the big 3 outputting a dodgy vsrip parameters file.

The way vsrip works is that it takes it's commands from a text file.

e.g. "vsrip.exe commands.txt"

commands.txt might contain:

H:\LOTR\VOBS\VTS_01_0.IFO
H:\LOTR\LOTRsubs
5
0
ALL
CLOSE

Here's the full usage:

# usage: rundll32 vobsub.dll,Configure <paramfile>
#
# inputpath\vts_01_0.ifo (inputpath\vts_01_*.vob exist)
# outputpath\onlythefiletitlehere (outputpath can be the same as the inputpath)
# 1 .. n
# - selects the program chain (set the same pgc you did at the dvd ripper program)
# 0, 1 .. 9 + v1c1 .. v99c99
# - 0: indexes everything (not recommended for multi-angle dvds)
# - 1 .. n: only processes vob/cell ids from this angle
# - v1 c1 .. v99 c99: processes the specified vob and cell ids, specifying the cell is optional,
# but then only the cells belonging to the current PGC will be included
# 0 .. en .. cc .. ALL (can be mixed)
# - 0-31: stream number
# - en, hu, fr, ..: stream id
# - cc: closed caption
# - ALL: everything
# CLOSE:
# - the progress dialog will close itself after finishing (optional)
# SHOW:
# - shows config dialog when complete (optional)
# RESETTIME:
# - if you want to index a specified vob/cell id and not the whole PGC from the beginning,
# then the timestamps will start counting from there (optional)
#
# example:
# --------- cut here and remove comment signs -------
# e:\video_ts\vts_01_0.ifo
# c:\vts\example1
# 1
# 0
# 1 en 3 hu fr 9 cc
# SHOW
# ----------------- cut here ends -------------------
#
# another example:
# --------- cut here and remove comment signs -------
# e:\video_ts\vts_01_0.ifo
# c:\vts\example2
# 6
# 2
# ALL
# CLOSE
# ----------------- cut here ends -------------------
#
# another example:
# --------- cut here and remove comment signs -------
# e:\video_ts\vts_01_0.ifo
# c:\vts\example2
# 6
# 1 v1 v2 c1 c2 c3 c4 v4 c1 v7 v10 v11
# ALL
# CLOSE
# ----------------- cut here ends -------------------

[7-Zark-7]

Makes sense to me, however it still happens. I tried again a fourth time and same error. I'll have another go and this time try to catch the file vsrip is looking for. Thanx.

[RB]

Originally posted by Matthew
# 0 .. en .. cc .. ALL (can be mixed)
# - 0-31: stream number
# - en, hu, fr, ..: stream id
# - cc: closed caption
# - ALL: everything

BTW, has anyone gotten the literal stream id's ('en', 'de' etc.) to work with VsRip? I have tried in several ways, but unless I give it the stream number(s) in the parameter file, it runs through but doesn't create any .idx/.sub file. For example

X:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO
E:\SOMEDIR\SOMESUB
1
0
de
CLOSE

doesn't work although there are German subtitles.

[Matthew]

RB I just tried that with "en" and didn't get any output either.