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xdcdx
28th January 2005, 03:22
Hello,

A friend gave me a DVD+R that he copied from a DVD+RW, the DVD+RW was recorded on a standalone DVD recorder.

The DVD+R he gave me works fine on my standalone DVD player (a Phillips), but shows a very weird behaviour in all three computers I have tested it (one of the computers has a LG GSA-4040B, other a Pioneer DVD-R reader and the other a Matshuita DVD-RAM recorder).

The DVD+R has a menu, and one program without chapters that is 70 minutes long.

In all the computers it shows the same behaviour, it can be played properly until the minute 62, then the DVD program hangs.

The list of files I can see im the \VIDEO_TS is this one:
12.288 VIDEO_TS.IFO
36.864 VIDEO_TS.VOB
47.104 VTS_01_0.IFO
1.073.739.776 VTS_01_1.VOB
47.104 VTS_01_0.BUP
12.288 VIDEO_TS.BUP
1.073.739.776 VTS_01_2.VOB

I think that VTS_01_1.VOB and VTS_01_2.VOB contain more or less 30 minutes of video each, and I think I somewhat there is a third hidden or missing VOB containing the rest of footage; somewhat the standalone DVD player can access it.

I have tried to make an image of the DVD with Nero and access it via Daemon Tools. I have also tried to rip the DVD via SmartRipper and to rip the video stream with IFOEdit, everything to no avail.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, because its quite importat to being able to access this DVD from my computer, thanks in advance.

xdcdx
28th January 2005, 07:58
After much testing I have found a solution. With IsoBuster I have read from the next of the last LBA of the second VOB sector to an arbitrary large amount. That generated the thid VOB. Somewhat being copied from a rewritable, didn't save the last VOB correctly in the ISO fat, but it was actually there.