DVD to matroska

[trott]

Hi,
I would like to convert a DVD to a matroska file. Now, I can to the inverse but it sees this operation is not that common. I tried adding the vob file to mkvmerge and, while it can read the vob, the resulting .mkv file does not play.
I'm now trying using dgindex to demux the video and audio and have already demuxed the subtitles and chapters. While this will probably work, is there a front-end which supports this (and prevents me from making errors) ?

[mikeathome]

Hi,
I would like to convert a DVD to a matroska file. Now, I can to the inverse but it sees this operation is not that common. I tried adding the vob file to mkvmerge and, while it can read the vob, the resulting .mkv file does not play.
I'm now trying using dgindex to demux the video and audio and have already demuxed the subtitles and chapters. While this will probably work, is there a front-end which supports this (and prevents me from making errors) ?

Hi,
you might want to check out AutoMKV. Find it in this board...

mike

[trott]

a misunderstanding I think, I do not want to transcode a dvd to mpeg-4 in a matroska container but I want to remux a dvd to a matroska file, keeping the original mpeg-2 and ac3 compressed streams.

I tried playback in vlc and that works.
When I try to render the mkv files in graphedit I also get a crash. So supposedly directshow has some rendering issues (using haali's splitter with ffdshow for mpeg-2 playback).

Does anybody know of directshow playback issues of mkv files containing mpeg-2 video streams?

[Poof]

any reason in particular for wanting it in a mkv container? you can always use VOBmerge and make one VOB, which is essentially the same thing.

[trott]

any reason in particular for wanting it in a mkv container? you can always use VOBmerge and make one VOB, which is essentially the same thing.

I like my video files to be single files containing all other material (subtitles, audio, video, cover art, chapters, whatever). This way my hard drive is not filled with hundreds of small files: it's neater and easier to take around with me.

[linyx]

Use PGC Demux to demux Video, Audio, Subtitles, & Chapters; then run those through mkvmerge. Works flawlessly

[trott]

Perfect!

I used:

pgcdemux: demux video and audio
vsrip: to rip the subpictures (or can the .sup file from pgcdemux be converted to an mkvmerge-compatible input file?)
chapterxtractor: to generate a chapters file (didn't feel like calculating the cellid file frame values by hand to timecodes)

[linyx]

vsrip: to rip the subpictures (or can the .sup file from pgcdemux be converted to an mkvmerge-compatible input file?)
Sure use DVDSubEdit to OCR it to a .SRT file.

[mikeathome]

I like my video files to be single files containing all other material (subtitles, audio, video, cover art, chapters, whatever). This way my hard drive is not filled with hundreds of small files: it's neater and easier to take around with me.

You can put it in a ISO created by DVDShrink (stripping all extras). VLC can play the ISO as is.

The size will be probably the same like your mkv but the process will be way faster (less steps to complete)

mike

[trott]

after doing a few conversions like this, I wonder whether the inverse would also be possible?
So, with an .mkv file as source containing dvd-compliant stream, remux everything into a dvd structur (without re-encoding the whole thing) ?

[linyx]

after doing a few conversions like this, I wonder whether the inverse would also be possible?
So, with an .mkv file as source containing dvd-compliant stream, remux everything into a dvd structur (without re-encoding the whole thing) ?
Yep, just demux all the files, then remux with muxman.

[Rodoga]

I think eac3to works perfectly for dvd to mkv.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=125966

Example
eac3to VTS_01_1.VOB+VTS_01_2.VOB+.... movie.mkv

[linyx]

I think eac3to works perfectly for dvd to mkv.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=125966

Example
eac3to VTS_01_1.VOB+VTS_01_2.VOB+.... movie.mkv

Although that may be true, it's better to demux with pgcdemux then remux with mkvtoolnix IMO.

[Inspector.Gadget]

If I can piggyback on this question: Suppose I use mkvmergeGUI from the mkvtoolnix package to directly open a VOB and mux only one MPEG-2 video stream and one AC-3 audio stream to an MKV file. Will the method mkvmerge uses to extract, then remux the streams preserve the delay of the audio track? Would I be better using DGIndex or MediaInfo to check the delay and then set it by hand in mkvmergeGUI, or will this in fact double the delay?

[trott]

This was my original problem. The resulting mkv file did not play back with directshow-based players. VLC did play it.

Demuxing with pgcdemux and muxing with mkvmerge gave me a correct file.