Video repeats

[mercat1]

I used to do DivX for a while, but since I got a DVD writer, I now do ripping. I’ve gotten fairly proficient at ripping some DVDs, and I’m slowly getting the hang of understanding its structure.

I’ve encountered a DVD that’s not like the others I’ve worked with – perhaps you know what this is.

I extracted a whole movie (without the extras) and was getting ready to burn it when I found it was over 5 GB. For a movie that’s one hour seventeen minutes, I thought that was unusual (I have one that’s 1:27 and is easily under 4GB).

Closer inspection (using Vobrator) of the VOBs revealed that VOB (id=1) of VTS_xx_1 lasted 3-4 seconds, then it would start over a few times before it went to VOB (id=2). Then it would do the same thing on the next one – and that one was like the previous, except it was later on, and would do the same thing.

Does anyone know about this, and how to fix it?

[setarip_old]

Hi!

It would really help if you posted both the Title and Region number of the DVD...

(Sounds like "ARccOS" copy protection)

[CWR03]

Look more closely at the "repeating video" and make sure it's not a title in several languages for each one. If you're just copying the disk in file mode and burning it back or shrinking it to fit on a DVD-5, it won't affect playback, in fact it'll maintain the various languages on the disk.

[mercat1]

I think you're right, CWR03-there are parts where the titles are shown in other languages, which is where the repetition exists. I'm using the DVD -> DVD-5 guide, so it looks like a lot of long-term trial and error for me. Thanks for the tip.