Conversion of a 6 GB VOB-File to a VIDEO_TS-Folder

[Scrooge]

Hi Guys,

a friend of mine gave me a homevideo made with his DV-Cam, and my job is to convert it to a normal DVD with 4.3 GB

This *idiot* ripped the tape on his PC, copied the VOB-File on his USB-Harddrive, and gave it to me. Then, that is the big problem, he deleted this tape for another recording session.

What tools do i need, to convert this VOB to a DVD. I tried DVD Shrink, but this tool can´t handle single VOB-files.

THX and Greetings from Germany

Scrooge

[chromium]

DVDAuthorGUI is a graphical front end to the dvdAuthorn package and probably will be a very easy solution to author a compliant DVD directly from your VOB.

Alternatively, you may use VOBEDIT to demux the streams and then use IFOEdit (or again DVDAuthorGUI) to author the DVD. Take a look at the DOOM guides. All detail is to be found there.

*edit*

You didn't mention the 6 GB anymore in the body of your message, so I forgot about it. If this 6 GByte represent less than 2:30 hours of footage, I'd surely recompress it. There are several ways to do that (again see Doom's guides). Personally, I would use DGIndex to create a "project", then create an avs script, and load the avs in QuEnc for encoding. After that, the resulting video stream and the audio track can be authored for DVD using the methods outlined above.

Again, see the Doom guides, and expect to need some learning time and perseverance.

By the way, I do not see any problem of your friend giving you the VOB. Doing so, he preserved the quality of the original recording.

[Scrooge]

What i wanted to say was: he ripped it to one single file, not to files with size of 1 GB

if he already has the tape, i could regrabb the footage from it to 1024mb files. That is the problem i mentioned.

Thanks a lot for the hints, i will try the tools.

*edit*

where can i download the DVDAuthorn package? google doesn´t find anything when i search for it.

[CWR03]

Try here (http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&client=pub-5824921327477438&cof=FORID%3A1%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.zonetrivia.com%2F_mgxroot%2Fimg_1117605494_12989_1117705509.jpg%3BLH%3A85%3BLW%3A600%3BGL%3A1%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BT%3A%23000000%3BLC%3A%230000ff%3BVLC%3A%23663399%3BALC%3A%230000ff%3BGALT%3A%23008000%3BGFNT%3A%230000ff%3BGIMP%3A%230000ff%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BAH%3Acenter%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.zonetrivia.com%3B&domains=www.zonetrivia.com&q=dvdauthorgui&sitesearch=).

[setarip_old]

@Scrooge

Hi!

You should be able to simply load the .VOB into "TMPGEnc DVD Author" - and, if you wish, add a menu and chapters.

You can obtain a FULLY functional free 30 day trial version of this commercial program at:

www.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tda.html

[Scrooge]

Thanks guys.

DVDAuthorGUI failed yesterday evening, the author wrote on his homepage that it is still buggy on some systems.

But I will try TMPEG. I hope this will work, if not, i rip this .VOB to XviD Avi using AutoGK.

[setarip_old]

But I will try TMPEGPlease do not get confused, as there are several programs with very similar names. The program I've suggested is "TMPGEnc DVD Author"...

[Scrooge]

I know that you suggested the DVD Author Version, i downloaded the Trial of the 2.0 Version, I hope it will work.

If not, he will get a XviD-Version, and then: case closed.