eight .VOB's to one .AC3 (How to)

[cornetet]

I have eight .VOB's sitting on my harddrive that have all the audio tracks still inside them.

Whats the BEST software program that will ACCEPT all eight .vob's in order as the INPUT > then OUTPUT one large .AC3 file?????

And no, re-ripping the DVD using stream processing (or some sort of demux'ing) is not an option for me 'cause the original disc is no-longer in my hands. All I've got are the .vob's on my harddrive.

Please point me to a software name and it's GUIDE / HOWTO

[dvd_maniac]

I had a similiar problem where I wanted to create one large ac3 but didn't have the disc. so I used imgtool to create a drive but didn't create the image. then I could rip that VIRTUAL drive using smartripper or whatever. It will rip the same as ripping a dvd disc.
Hope this helps you out...

[Got Milk?]

How about opening the VOBs in DVD2AVI and demuxing the track with that - as far as I know that would make a single ac3 track from the VOBs.

[rpiepoli]

You can use ac3tools or can use directly vstrip

[pacohaas]

Originally posted by cornetet
I have eight .VOB's sitting on my harddrive that have all the audio tracks still inside them.

Whats the BEST software program that will ACCEPT all eight .vob's in order as the INPUT > then OUTPUT one large .AC3 file?????Most programs that accept vob's should be able to do this, and none will be "better" than another since data is just being extracted and not manipulated(encoded). DVD2SVCD can do it, BeSweet (http://dspguru.doom9.net) is another program that is able to do this just fine if you're able to get the command-line correct. It(BeSweet) might also be nice if you are thinking about encoding to a different format, you can go directly from the vob's to your chosen format, you save time and temporary HD space.

I guess just use whichever program you find easiest.

[ookzDVD]

@cornetet,

Simply use the DVD2AVI. :)

[Valex]

@cornetet

If you have .ifo file then you can do it with vstrip program. If not you can get eight .ac3 files with any demuxer and then just binary copy it to one big file:

>copy /b 1.ac3 + 2.ac3 + ... + 8.ac3 big.ac3