IFO to text?

[leoenc]

I've been searching all day long but I can't seem to find a CLI tool that will capture the IFO info to a text file.
My goal is a simple CLI that will output the VTS/PGC tree as nicely as DVD Decrypter shows when scanning a DVD.

The closest tool I could find was IFOupdate but it doesn't have the option of saving its useful analysis box to a text file.

Any ideas?

[blutach]

Tried PgcEdit? It has saves on many functions, including Info → DVD Commands.

Regards

[jinjin_jp]

As another mothod, there is IfoEdit.

*Start IfoEdit.
*Open IFO file.
*Select from upper window. ---there are many to select.
*Click "Copy2Clipboard"
*Open text editor which you like.
*Past and save.

Regards.

[r0lZ]

What you want is probably the output of PgcEdit's Info -> Display PGCs List as Text. However, it's not a CLI tool (although you can load the DVD in PgcEdit from the command line) and you will have to select a menu item and save the text manually.

[leoenc]

Thanks for the suggestions but these are all GUI tools that I have tried. I need a CLI tool for batch file automation.

[r0lZ]

IMO, that doesn't exist, as I can't see any use for such a program. BTW, why do you need that?

[leoenc]

I'm working on a project that requires cataloging many DVDs into a database, and demuxing them when needed (with a tool like PGCedit). One of the parameters needed is the PGC duration. This would also help to identify automatically the main title and ignore the other stuff which is not required.

[r0lZ]

I understand. BTW, I have already received a similar request of a company. They wanted to identify the main movie automatically, to convert and transmit it over the internet, at the request of their clients. I've analyzed how to do that, but the conclusion was that it is verry difficult to do something that works for all DVDs. The main movie is not always Title 1, or the longest title. Think at episodes, for example.

Identifying the main movie precisely would probably require some sort of automatic trace, until the main menu is reached. Then, we could probably assume that the button leading to the main movie is highlighted by default, and continue the trace. At this point, the longest title(s) encountered should be the main movie. But the question is now: how can we be sure that we have reached the main menu? As you see, it's not easy.

[blutach]

Then, we could probably assume that the button leading to the main movie is highlighted by defaultNot always.

In reality, modern rippers find the main movie amongst the mush in their analysis (Pathplayer/AI Scanner).

Regards

[leoenc]

Just an idea: maybe a program that connects to movie/tv online databases and then compares the durations with the PGCs on your DVD? of course you'll have to supply the title name in that case (or it is hidden somewhere in the IFOs?)

[r0lZ]

The title can be present in the DVD-Text information, but it's extremely rare.