A complete stupid question (or not?)

[patm]

:devil:
I have a cd from a friend with the following folder structure:

Install
Video_ts ...........Inside this folder is this Vts_01_1.vob file almost 600mb in size.

The question is simple what is the format of this file? I want to create a vcd from it and I´ve tried and so far nothing.

Any hints??

tkzs
Pat

[smiller667]

No .ifo file? I would guess you have sth like a miniDVD ... in that case the vob should be pretty much a standard .VOB as you would find them on a DVD. Standard tools for demuxing etc. should work ... what's in the "install" folder? Some DVD player soft?

[Teegedeck]

Just be bold and try to open the file somehow with some app. How do you put that in English? 'He who doesn't dare, doesn't win'? ;)

[patm]

Inside the install folder there is another 3 folders, the content it´s for playing , I can even open the file with wmplayer and the divx code installed.
DIVX
MediaPlayer
MicroDVD

I tried to create the vcd using Virtualdub, TMPGEnc and finally NERO, but I get a mpeg file with audio but no video, so I think there must be something special in the format of this video file.
I used VObsplit to get smaller files, but the split files are no longer working, so I think it´s not a standart vob file......and then I´m lost..........

:scared:

[Teegedeck]

OK, OK - if you managed to open the file in VirtualDub, you should be able to get some 'file info' (sorry, I don't know any menues by heart). Look for an option like this in the 'file' menue. Try to find out what codec has been used for the file.

Another question: Can you see any of the video's contents in VirtualDub's window?

[patm]

That's the problem no image at all only sound.....:(

[Teegedeck]

OK, get this
http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/Editing/AviC.zip
and open your file with it. What info does it display?

[patm]

the display is:

FourCC Description code: div4
FourCC USed Codec :DIV3

:confused:

[Teegedeck]

If I'm not all wrong here, you've got a movie encoded in DivX4 but haven't got DivX4 or 5 installed. If you are sure that you already have DivX4 or 5 installed, only the fourcc is messed up.

Change the fourcc used from DIV3 to DIV4.
Change the ending of the file from .vob to .avi.
Download and install the DivX 5 codec from DivX.com if you haven't done that already.

Try to open the file again and tell me if it worked.

[patm]

I have divx3, 4 and 5 installed one after another, the file opens I have no problems with that, but changing the format to vcd causes loosing the video. And I can't correct that. I think it's because I don't know how to use TMPGenc and virtualdib.....
So if anyone can give me a hint, because following the procedures in the guides page didn't solved the problem

:rolleyes:

[Teegedeck]

Ack, forgive me, the correct foucc should be DIVX, not DIV4!

I haven't got any experiences with (S)VCDs but if you have problems with VDub and TMPEG, you could try the all-in-one solutions that are available.

[patm]

I just found what was the problem, I comited a huge mistake when I installed divx 5 because virtualdub only wanted to used that codec, I uninstalled the codec and used divx 4 to save the file as a standart divx avi. Then I created with tmpgenc the mpeg for my vcd.

:D

[Teegedeck]

congratulations