pioneer a03

[rew]

im really struggling getting things wright can any 1 give me a helping hand on what to do wright cheers :(

[MickeyNBK]

Can you please be more detailed in what you are trying to ask. What problems are you having?

[rew]

problems i have i dont know weather im yousing the wright software for 1.im yousing dvdit also istant cd.and im yousing flask mpeg to convert my vobs,when i covert the vobs try to drop it into my dvd it says creative sequence needs to turned on cheers micky

[MickeyNBK]

For starters check this link

http://mpucoder.kewlhair.com/Derrow/index.html

I think you might be doing too much work. I suggest that if you don't have a DVD-RW disc that you pick one up (not a DVD+RW they don't work with your drive). It will save you alot of money until you get the hang of things. Once you succesfully burn and test the RW then you can burn the contents to R.

If the dvd you are trying to copy is less than 4.3 gb (or 4,700,000,000 bytes) then all you should have to do is rip the entire contents of the disc (see this link for using smart ripper):
http://mpucoder.kewlhair.com/Derrow/smartrip.html

Then I normally use Prassi PrimoDVD 2.0 to burn the contents (make sure your movie files are in a folder named "VIDEO_TS") to a dvd. See this link for this:
http://mpucoder.kewlhair.com/Derrow/primo.html

Or here to use Nero Burning Rom 5.5.6.4:
http://mpucoder.kewlhair.com/Derrow/nero.html



I recommend using Prassi PrimoDVD when you first start. It checks the validity of your files and won't burn them if they aren't correct. To my knowledge Nero dosn't do that. Prassi came with my A03. What software did you get?

If the disc is too big then still rip the entire contents as you did above.

Now you have to determine where the main movie files are. Normally this will the the longest consecutive chain of sequential vob files. It will always start with VTS_0X_1.VOB (not VTS_0X_0.VOB). In this example I use Tomb Raider (region 1). In the example below the main movie is contained in VTS_03_1.VOB thru VTS_03_4.VOB. The movie is less than 2 hours (aprox. 100 minutes) so it should fit.

08/23/2001 12:30 AM 22,528 VIDEO_TS.BUP
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 22,528 VIDEO_TS.IFO
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 778,240 VIDEO_TS.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 18,432 VTS_01_0.BUP
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 18,432 VTS_01_0.IFO
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 231,424 VTS_01_0.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 10,240 VTS_01_1.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 18,432 VTS_02_0.BUP
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 18,432 VTS_02_0.IFO
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 231,424 VTS_02_0.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 91,019,264 VTS_02_1.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 83,968 VTS_03_0.BUP
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 83,968 VTS_03_0.IFO
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 261,791,744 VTS_03_0.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 1,073,709,056 VTS_03_1.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 1,073,709,056 VTS_03_2.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 1,073,709,056 VTS_03_3.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 880,816,128 VTS_03_4.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 32,768 VTS_04_0.BUP
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 32,768 VTS_04_0.IFO
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 231,424 VTS_04_0.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 1,073,709,056 VTS_04_1.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 74,604,544 VTS_04_2.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 20,480 VTS_05_0.BUP
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 20,480 VTS_05_0.IFO
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 231,424 VTS_05_0.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 287,463,424 VTS_05_1.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 26,624 VTS_06_0.BUP
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 26,624 VTS_06_0.IFO
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 231,424 VTS_06_0.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 826,126,336 VTS_06_1.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 20,480 VTS_07_0.BUP
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 20,480 VTS_07_0.IFO
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 231,424 VTS_07_0.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 385,562,624 VTS_07_1.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 24,576 VTS_08_0.BUP
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 24,576 VTS_08_0.IFO
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 231,424 VTS_08_0.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 432,046,080 VTS_08_1.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 18,432 VTS_09_0.BUP
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 18,432 VTS_09_0.IFO
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 231,424 VTS_09_0.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 263,993,344 VTS_09_1.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 18,432 VTS_10_0.BUP
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 18,432 VTS_10_0.IFO
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 231,424 VTS_10_0.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 165,138,432 VTS_10_1.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 18,432 VTS_11_0.BUP
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 18,432 VTS_11_0.IFO
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 231,424 VTS_11_0.VOB
08/23/2001 12:30 AM 84,449,280 VTS_11_1.VOB
51 File(s) 8,051,597,312 bytes
2 Dir(s) 0 bytes free


As we can see the entire disc is too big for our 4.3 (4,700,000,000) DVD-R. The easiest thing to do is just put the movie on disc and forget about the extras (this will save you a day or longer of re-encoding)

Follow this link for more details:
http://mpucoder.kewlhair.com/Derrow/create.html

Warning the following method can take you more than 24 hours to complete depending on your comptuer hardware and it could result in choppy video.
If your main movie Vob files are too big (normally if you have than a series of 4 consecutive VOBs for example if you had VTS_03_1.VOB, VTS_03_2.VOB, VTS_03_3.VOB, VTS_03_4.VOB and VTS_03_5.VOB or more then it will be too big) or you want to keep all of the original contents then try this link and follow the first post by bumblebe:
http://rilanparty.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9768


Software needed

SmartRipper
Prasi PrimoDVD 2.0 (or) Nero Burning Rom 5.5.6.4
Rempeg152
ifoedit .80 (or newer)
Vob File Merger (or similar program that will merge files)
PowerDVD XP (make sure it's XP or 4.0 this one works best)


This will work for MOST dvds but not all. You can copy your main movie VOB files to a seperate directory and try playing them with PowerDVD XP to make sure you have the right ones.