FixVTS Version 1.25 (New version) [Archive] - Page 4

jeanl

8th January 2006, 06:49

I added the feature that CoNS suggested. In "FullDVD" mode, if FixVTS encounters an empty vob, but an existing IFO, it will update the IFO to clear up the C_ADT and VOBU_ADMAT tables. Note that this just makes it possible to run in through shrink, but it does not mean the DVD is valid! Especially if some PGCs reference the missing vob!
Anyway... Find the exe here:

Beta 1.23
http://www.videohelp.com/~FixVTS/Downloads/

jeanl

blutach

8th January 2006, 07:02

Jean - is this an official release? Shall I update the installer? (Plus you haven't learned again BWAHAHAHAHA)

Regards

jeanl

8th January 2006, 08:48

no no no no, this one is JUST FOR CoNS!!! :D
And you're right, I haven't learned yet! Man this is too much for me! Can't remember this stupid microsoft idiotic version shit...
Anyway...
Jeanl

blutach

8th January 2006, 09:09

Ach - we have jumped the gun then!!!

Can it be a release??? Jolie s'il vous plait.

Regards

jeanl

8th January 2006, 09:11

oh no problem, it works fine! Don't worry about it. I simply didn't do a new official release because for most people the new feature isn't going to mean much (and besides, "I'm lazy", to quote our friend jsoto!).
:D
jeanl

CoNS

8th January 2006, 10:10

if FixVTS encounters an empty vob, but an existing IFO, it will update the IFO to clear up the C_ADT and VOBU_ADMAT tables. Note that this just makes it possible to run in through shrink, but it does not mean the DVD is valid! Especially if some PGCs reference the missing vob!Thx. Ok, I see... If FixVTS should really fix the DVD and make it valid in case of a missing VOB, it should insert an empty 10KB VOB file, right?

r0lZ

8th January 2006, 12:09

IMO, as you made it, this feature is dangerous. For example if a VOB file is missing because the user has not copied it, it's easy to fix the problem by copying the missing file. IMO, you should display a warning, and ask the user if the tables should be removed or kept. (But maybe it's the way it works right now? I haven't tested it.)

jeanl

8th January 2006, 18:28

No, there's no warning... Maybe you're right, maybe it's not a useful/desirable feature...
jeanl

jsoto

9th January 2006, 00:21

Yep, I've also though on it in VobBlanker, but I prefered to keep it as it is (because I'm lazy, for sure...:) ). VobBlanker complains about the missing VOB, but you always can select all the PGCs and blank it, so VobBlanker will produce a VOB, plenty of blank cells, but matching with the IFOs.
jsoto

nikos_gr

20th January 2006, 21:11

thanks

Hagrinas

31st January 2006, 19:36

I tried out 1.24 to do some cleaning up after PGCEdit. FixVTS said it was done. But there were a couple of strange things. When I told it to Delete Backup, I noticed that the backup folder was still there with lots of big files in it. I then tried to burn the disk with Nero and got: "DVD-Video files reallocation failed. The resulting DVD-Video might be unplayable. Do you want to continue?"

The files did not have that problem with Nero prior to using FixVTS. I suspect that there may be issues related to full hard drives. The program never told me that I was out of space, but I ended up suspiciously close to full when it said it was done. I was down to a few MB. Or this may just be coincidence. Has the issue of sufficient disk space been looked at yet?

jeanl

31st January 2006, 19:41

Hagrinas, usually the Nero warning is issued any time you have a 0-byte file in your DVD, even though this isn't a problem and is completely legit, Nero still complains about it. You can safely ignore the warning and burn your output with no problem. The backup not being cleaned up is a known issue, but has no consequence on the output. The lack of space on your hard disk does not seem to be an issue here, or FixVTS or other programs would have complained/crashed...
jeanl

setarip_old

1st February 2006, 00:16

usually the Nero warning is issued any time you have a 0-byte file in your DVDIt also issues this warning if it finds that a .VOB is not properly associated with an .IFO. This seems to occur most often when "Easter Eggs" are on a DVD. In any event, as already stated by "jeanl",You can safely ignore the warning and burn your output with no problem.[/Quote]

r0lZ

1st February 2006, 19:25

You can burn, but, of course, be sure to not include the backup folder and files. It is better to remove them manually before burning with Nero. (Or use PgcEdit to burn! ;))

setarip_old

1st February 2006, 23:22

You can burn, but, of course, be sure to not include the backup folder and files.NERO won't allow inclusion of any backup folder in its RED "VIDEO_TS" folder...

r0lZ

2nd February 2006, 14:25

Yes, but it has many problems (at least in v6) whan it finds several versions of the IFO files in the hierarchy! It's a known bug of Nero.

dirio49

16th February 2006, 00:33

Jean
in the latest version of fixvts (1.24)
does it automatically create a backup of the ifo?( if you check in place)
because the ones before did.

thanks

jeanl

16th February 2006, 00:38

Well, it creates a backup directory only if you didn't select "in-place".
jeanl

dirio49

16th February 2006, 00:40

if it creates backups of the ifos only.
not the vobs.

heisthl

1st March 2006, 03:50

Great piece of software - has really come in handy One question: Any idea why FixVTS does not fix the output of AVS Smart Converter to work with Shrink DVD?

setarip_old

1st March 2006, 04:22

@heisthl

Hi!

According to the website of "AVS Smart Converter"
( http://www.avsmedia.com/VideoConverter/OnlineHelp/Wizard/overview.aspx ) , "AVS Smart Converter is a wizard-styled application and a powerful tool, which allows the user to convert DVDs or video files and save them in MPEG-4 format". Please correct me if I'm wrong but, it doesn't appear to be capable of creating compliant DVD format(s).

MPEG-4 is a format that neither DVD Shrink nor FixVTS process - They both ONLY deal with compliant DVD format...

jeanl

1st March 2006, 06:40

I'm curious, what happens when you try to open the files with FixVTS?
jeanl

andyfav

3rd March 2006, 14:58

Hi, I've a little problem with a menu.
Menu is large 610MB but 11 cells (33MB x 11 =360MB) are not never access by navigation. These cells are crap.
The only method in order to remove these cells is one-by-one with VobBlanker or PGCEdit.
FixVts can't delete these cells.

Bye

dirio49

3rd March 2006, 16:19

fixvts only removes cells that are unreferened in the ifo.
if they are reference than fixvts does not touch them.
if you cells in the menu. you can use menushrink.

r0lZ

3rd March 2006, 17:58

If the cells are never played because they are in another LU than the default one, you can remove the LUs with PgcEdit, and then use FixVTS to strip the VOB cells.

maxwell_s

4th March 2006, 08:12

hadda post. i d/l'ed fixvts beta 1.24 yesterday. always impressed with something so small that can do so much. i've had "dawn of the dead" on my hd for a loooong time and had resigned myself to the fact that there it would sit until i got some dvd-r dl's. i tried my entire arsenal of software to compress it and long since gave up. i dragged the uncooperative vob into the fixvts window and five or ten minutes later, i was compressing with dvd shrink. later that night, i popped some corn and watched my favorite of the holy trilogy. thx so much, for a great prog.

jeanl

4th March 2006, 08:18

Thanks for the nice feedback maxwell_s! Appreciate it!!
Jeanl

setarip_old

4th March 2006, 08:23

@jeanl

Did I read correctly somewhere, that FixVTS is now incorporated in AnyDVD?

jeanl

5th March 2006, 05:47

setarip_old

5th March 2006, 06:52

they grabbed the code without my consentHow rude and ungentlemanly, to say the least!

Are they yet another company in a safe haven country (Mainland China or other), who feel they can simply appropriate your fine effort?

jeanl

5th March 2006, 08:11

Take it easy setarip! We fixed it gentlman-style. You have your own beef with them apparently (or so you said at one point), but I don't!
jeanl

setarip_old

5th March 2006, 08:34

Take it easy setarip!Not a problem.We fixed it gentlman-style.Glad to hear that ;>}

HKT3020_1

5th March 2006, 21:52

Yes you did. One of the authors (or the author) of AnyDVD incorporated FixVTS into AnyDVD-ripper. That tool is free, even if you only have the trial version of AnyDVD (I insisted that it should be free, since they grabbed the code without my consent). The main advantage is that FixVTS runs while you rip, thereby saving quite a bit of time. I"m not sure, however, how good a ripping job anydvd-ripper does... I'm wondering whether it messes some things up as it rips... But I must say I have not tried it yet (they did give me a key though)...
jeanl

This was in the log of AnyDVD 5.9.1.1, I assumed that the creator of FixVTS and AnyDVD both worked on it. Reason because that is kind of the word going around at the cdfreaks forum. :confused:

5.9.1.1, 2006 02 15
It is identical to FixVTS (http://www.videohelp.com/~FixVTS/) but instead
of fixing problems "in place" it copies the files to your harddisk directly
from the source DVD. It fixes the problems while the files are copied.
Some DVDs which have severe mastering defects e.g.,
"Menace II Society" R1 (US) can now be copied with all DVD copy tools
(elby CloneDVD, DVDShrink, etc.) Many thanks to the author of FixVTS!

I did use this on Disney's latest Lady & the Tramp DVD. It went through without a problem, at least the ripping part did. I then blanked the FS version of the movie with PgcEdit and used the Jump to Menu function. :)

setarip_old

5th March 2006, 22:59

@jeanlThe main advantage is that FixVTS runs while you rip, thereby saving quite a bit of timeWould YOU be able add this automatic running of FixVTS to either DVD Shrink or DVD Decrypter?

If so, I believe this would provide the simplest yet way to rip "RipGuard"-protected DVDs - the present iteration of which IS readable by DVD Decrypter v.3.5.4...

jeanl

6th March 2006, 00:50

@jeanlWould YOU be able add this automatic running of FixVTS to either DVD Shrink or DVD Decrypter?

If so, I believe this would provide the simplest yet way to rip "RipGuard"-protected DVDs - the present iteration of which IS readable by DVD Decrypter v.3.5.4...
Setarip, the source code for DVDD and DVDShrink is not available to anyone, and certainly not me. So no, I can't add the kind of stuff that FixVTS does (which really isn't much, to be frank)...
jeanl

jeanl

6th March 2006, 00:52

This was in the log of AnyDVD 5.9.1.1, I assumed that the creator of FixVTS and AnyDVD both worked on it. Reason because that is kind of the word going around at the cdfreaks forum. :confused:

5.9.1.1, 2006 02 15
It is identical to FixVTS (http://www.videohelp.com/~FixVTS/) but instead
of fixing problems "in place" it copies the files to your harddisk directly
from the source DVD. It fixes the problems while the files are copied.
Some DVDs which have severe mastering defects e.g.,
"Menace II Society" R1 (US) can now be copied with all DVD copy tools
(elby CloneDVD, DVDShrink, etc.) Many thanks to the author of FixVTS!

I did use this on Disney's latest Lady & the Tramp DVD. It went through without a problem, at least the ripping part did. I then blanked the FS version of the movie with PgcEdit and used the Jump to Menu function. :)
Yes we did work it out...
And I did exactly the same thing as you on Lady and the tramp! Kept the WS version, removed the FS, and used jump to menu and also changed the FS button to play the WS version :D ...
Thank r0lZ for PgcEdit!
jeanl

heisthl

6th March 2006, 05:45

Thanks for the responses:
According to the website of "AVS Smart Converter"
( http://www.avsmedia.com/VideoConvert.../overview.aspx ) , "AVS Smart Converter is a wizard-styled application and a powerful tool, which allows the user to convert DVDs or video files and save them in MPEG-4 format". Please correct me if I'm wrong but, it doesn't appear to be capable of creating compliant DVD format(s).

MPEG-4 is a format that neither DVD Shrink nor FixVTS process - They both ONLY deal with compliant DVD format...

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I'm curious, what happens when you try to open the files with FixVTS?
jeanl
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AVS Smart Converter will also write to DVD or in a hard drive directory(.ifo, .vob .bup) - but these files cause problems in DVDshrink(memory exception error) - It would be great if FixVTS could make them work as well as other files I've had to feed it to make Shrink happy.
The AVS software will shrink to 4.7 DVD but I would rather reauthor, resize and save to .ISO with DVD Shrink.

heisthl

8th March 2006, 15:59

To clarify further: the output files of AVS video converter 4 are processed by FixVTS without error but the resulting files still will fail during the DVD Shrink encoding.

MysticE

7th April 2006, 07:44

Just want to say thanks for a great program. Used it 4 times on some problem DVD's and it fixed them all. Too easy.:thanks:

jeanl

7th April 2006, 16:31

thanks for the feedback MysticE!
Jeanl

lamster

9th April 2006, 16:42

Just had FixVTS (Beta 1.24) crash on me. It processed all 27 VTS_nn VOBs, and was working on VIDEO_TS, when I got:
The instruction at 0x004051b4 referenced memory at 0x00920000. The memory could not be written.
The last thing in the FixVTS window was:
Processing IFOs
Now cleaning VTS_C_ADT

The last few lines of the log were:
Done with VOB files. 0 navpack pointers adjusted, 0 packs removed, 0 navpack remapped, 0 navpacks ILVU flags reset
Processing C:\DVD_Videos\Madagascar\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO
Now cleaning VTS_C_ADT

After this, the DVD wouldn't play using IfoEdit, and when I tried loading it into PGCEdit, it said there were problems.

I tried processing just VIDEO_TS.VOB, and got the same result. I then copied VIDEO_TS.IFO from my PGCEdit backup directory and verified that I could play the DVD again, processed just VIDEO_TS.VOB, which ran OK, then processed the entire DVD successfully (all the other VOBs had already been corrected by the first run; only change listed was 10158 navpack remapped in VTS_08).

In all cases, I had "Remove unref." unchecked, and "In place" checked.

jeanl

10th April 2006, 05:18

mmm it's hard to see what went wrong... But it looks like something definitely went wrong... :(
jeanl

blutach

10th April 2006, 07:48

FWIW - I did Madagascar (R4) with FixVTS (www.videohelp.com/~FixVTS) post processing the wizard with no problems.

Maybe try again lamster.

Regards

jeanl

1st May 2006, 17:43

FixVTS Version 1.25
Here's (http://www.videohelp.com/~FixVTS) the latest release of FixVTS.
It's not a major update, simply a couple bug fixes/improvements.

Fixed the problem with the INI file path not existing in wine.
Fixed a problem that could occur when a PGC cell's entry sector and last VOBU start address didn't point to a navpack.
FixVTS now only reports 30 blank pack replacements. This will make the log file a bit more manageable!
FixVTS now updates the number of titlesets in the DVD.

Note that there's a tiny user manual on the webpag in the features (http://www.videohelp.com/~FixVTS/Features.htm) area...

Jeanl

dirio49

1st May 2006, 18:29

Thanks, Jean:) :)
Great program.
:thanks: :thanks:

Adub

2nd May 2006, 03:24

Great man! I use this program often to fix my "dummy" DVDs.
Thanks dude!

BOB66

2nd May 2006, 16:37

Hi Jeanl,

at start with the new version 1.25 I get the error :

FIXVTS caused an error by an invalid side in module MSVCRT.DLL at 01cf:780130e0.
Register:
EAX=00000000 CS=01cf EIP=780130e0 EFLGS=00010246
EBX=00000000 SS=01d7 ESP=0063b424 EBP=0063b448
ECX=81de9d48 DS=01d7 ESI=00000000 FS=4a77
EDX=78034be2 ES=01d7 EDI=78015ac7 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8a 06 0a c0 74 0a 46 0f a3 04 24 73 f3 8d 46 ff
Pile values:
00000000 80000400 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00770c50 0063b460 7800f839 00000000 78034be0 00000000 00000000 0063b6f0

Version 1.24b works.
I use Windows ME
Any questions?

BOB66:)

jeanl

2nd May 2006, 20:01

DARN! This is really annoying. The code is essentially the same, but my build machine has changed. I'm willing to be that if I compiled it on the old machine, you wouldn't see the crash (unfortunately, this isn't easy for me). I'll investigate...
Jeanl

jeanl

3rd May 2006, 01:40

BoB66, to help me solve this problem, could you possibly send me an email at jeanldvd at free dot fr ? I will send you a 1.24 version that I just compiled on my new machine. If this does not run well on your machine, it will be a sure sign that something in my build environment is screwed up (I have seen many problems with DVDSubEdit as well, I'd like to get to the bottom of that!)...
Thanks in advance.
Jeanl