Creating DVD From Single VOB

[elziko]

I like to store all my DVDs as a single VOB since that is the format that is best handled by my hardware media player.

To do this I use DVDShrink and I always end up with a <4Gb single VOB that plays fine.

However, for one of these VOBs I need to put it on DVD. I know that DVD vobs should have a maximum size of 1Gb so I used WinRAR to split my 4Gb VOB into 4 1Gb VOBs.

I then renamed them to VTS_01_1.vob to VTS_01_4.vob. Each vob file seems to play just fine in PowerDVD.

I then used IFOEdit to recreate the other files and I ended up with a single folder contaning the 4 VOB files mentioned above and also VIDEO_TS.BUP, VIDEO_TS.IFO,VTS_01_0.BUP and VTS_01_0.IFO.

The if I try and import this into NeroRecode or DVDShrink to create my DVD I am given the following errors respectively:

"An unknown error occurred while checking validity of DVD structures (VTS)"

and

"Invalid data in file "D:\..\VTS_01_1.VOB"

Does anone have any ideas what I may be doing wrong? I'm not sure what to do next!

Thanks!

[setarip_old]

Hi!To do this I use DVDShrink and I always end up with a <4Gb single VOB that plays fine.When you did this, DVD Shrink created a full DVD "package", including .IFOs, .BUPs, and .VOBs.

So, if you now want to convert to DVD-compliant .VOB size, you could:

1) Load the DVD "package" back into DVD Shrink and simply set DVD Shrink's .VOB size to 1Gb (Also set to "No compression")

OR

2) Load the DVD "package" into SmartRipper and set its .VOB size to 1Gb - and select "Backup"

[blutach]

Try reversing the steps.

Use IfoEdit (http://ifoedit.wh.fr0zen.com/) to create the IFOs and then use DVD Shrink in its normal mode to make a new DVD with VOBs < 1Gb.

Should work.

Regards

[elziko]

Hi!When you did this, DVD Shrink created a full DVD "package", including .IFOs, .BUPs, and .VOBs.

So, if you now want to convert to DVD-compliant .VOB size, you could:

1) Load the DVD "package" back into DVD Shrink and simply set DVD Shrink's .VOB size to 1Gb (Also set to "No compression")

OR

2) Load the DVD "package" into SmartRipper and set its .VOB size to 1Gb - and select "Backup"

I didn't keep any of the original "package" files other then the VOB so I can't really do that.


Try reversing the steps.

Use IfoEdit (http://ifoedit.wh.fr0zen.com/) to create the IFOs and then use DVD Shrink in its normal mode to make a new DVD with VOBs < 1Gb.

Should work.

Regards

Yup, that works fine, thanks!

[setarip_old]

However, for one of these VOBs I need to put it on DVD.What's the reason you didn't simply make a full backup of your original, purchased commercial DVD?

[blutach]

Yup, that works fine, thanks!http://www.digital-digest.com/~blutach/yer.gif

[dado023]

Try reversing the steps.

Use IfoEdit to create the IFOs and then use DVD Shrink in its normal mode to make a new DVD with VOBs < 1Gb.

Should work.

Regards

tnx so much for this tip coz i was doing m2v video editing in pinnacle studio and other mambo-jubmo stuff, when i have done this with ifoedit :eek: my jaw fel off, coz in pinnacle studio it took a few hours to render a dvd compliant structure and ifoedit does it minutes.

tnx again

[blutach]

My pleasure ;>}