vobblanker-PGCedit error

[boombastic]

I used vobblanker to keep just the menu and the movie,everything was ok.If i now open the dvd in PGCedit it gives me an error like:
cannot open VTS_01_.ifo and i can't do nothing.What's wrong?

[zacoz]

Have you renamed your files at all or is it just a typo, as the .IFO file for VTS 1 should be VTS_01_0.IFO ?

[boombastic]

no i didn't rename anything.

[jsoto]

We need more info:

- Did VobBlanker finish OK? No Errors, No Warnings?
- Did you check "Use Input Folder" in VobBlanker?
- Was any VTS skipped in VobBlanker?

- Are all the IFO/BUP files in the output folder? One IFO/BUP per VTS + VIDEO_TS.IFO/VIDEO_TS.BUP
- Are the filenames the correct ones?

jsoto

[boombastic]

There were no errors or warnings.This is the content of the folder:

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d:\Jurassik I\ (10) 4 645 136 384
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VIDEO_TS.BUP 22 528
VTS_07_0.BUP 100 352
VIDEO_TS.IFO 22 528
VTS_07_0.IFO 100 352
VIDEO_TS.VOB 23 287 808
VTS_07_0.VOB 353 533 952
VTS_07_1.VOB 1 073 739 776
VTS_07_2.VOB 1 073 739 776
VTS_07_3.VOB 1 073 739 776
VTS_07_4.VOB 1 046 849 536

I had anydvd activeted and used vobblanker directly from the DVD-ROM to that folder on my HD.Is this allowed?
I processed only the VIDEO_TS.VOB and VTS n° 7.

[jsoto]

You need all the DVD, so you have two options:

A.1) Rip the whole DVD (using dvddecripter, i.e.) in FILE mode. You will get all the files in your HD.
A.2) Process your HD folder, using "Use input folder" checkbox, skipping all the VTSs except the #7, which seems the one you want to process.

OR:

B) Process all the DVD with anydvd+Vobblanker. Do not skip any VTS, just process all of them (ACTION=KEEP) and blank or o whatever you want with # 7

I usually go through option A (ripping the whole DVD), I've only used option B with some protected DVDs before dvddecrypter was able to manage the new protection schemes.

jsoto

[2COOL]

@jsoto

Why don't you put in a DVD Structure check to see if all files were ripped? Then the user can be told that there are missing files and must rip ALL files.

[boombastic]

@jsoto

Why don't you put in a DVD Structure check to see if all files were ripped? Then the user can be told that there are missing files and must rip ALL files.

I understand now.Indeed that option would be very usefull.Thanks!

[Taelon]

@jsoto

Why don't you put in a DVD Structure check to see if all files were ripped? Then the user can be told that there are missing files and must rip ALL files.@jsoto

Along those lines I think it would be good to test for copy protection as well. I've recently seen newbies who've had problems when trying to Open the DVD directly with VB.

I just checked to see VB's response (scan was on). After several minutes of scanning it errored out with the pop-up "Input Error: Reached end of VOB too early" clicking OK gives a "VOB Scan aborted" pop-up, after clicking OK things seem normal and correct. But of course they aren't.

Opening the disk with Scan OFF still shows the "Scan for buttons" progress display while reading the disk. Previewing a PGC in either case causes lock-up. If a Cell is previewed it causes lock-up, blank windows, and 100% CPU usage, the Task has to be Ended to escape either condition. I think you would want to warn the user it couldn't process the source material, and either not populate the displayed datatables or exit gracefully.
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[jsoto]

IFOs/BUPs are not CSS-encrypted, so VB usualy is able to read them directly from the disk.

When loading a DVD, Buttons in Menus domain are always scanned. Titles domain scan is the optional part.

jsoto

[boombastic]

Just to thank you and tell that now i'm able to open that blanked dvd in PGCedit.

[jsoto]

Here
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=72425&highlight=encrypted
is described a method to detect if a VOB is CSS-encrypted or not.
But I'm not really convinced to include it in VB. You need to explore all the VOBs (some can be protected, and some not), so sure the check will be time consuming when opening the DVD.

jsoto

[r0lZ]

It should be easy to check for VOB encryption each time you load a nav pack. But when you load an encrypted VOB, strange things happens. You cannot say for sure what you receive. It's even possible to receive an end of file error before the actual file length has been reached!
An interesting experience is to read an encrypted VOB with VodEdit. It's, humm, "special"!

IMO, you should try to test at least the first nav pack of the domain. The method described in the thread above works.