Combining short vobs into a single PGC

[usg]

I would like to combine many short vob fragments into a single PGC separated by chapter points. DVDShrink can make it but each fragment is set as a separate title and moving from one to next using >> or << on the remote is not possible. I understand that pgcEdit can be used to modify the commands so that << and >> can be used as expected but I also need the vob fragments combined as a single title with n-1 chapter points. Thanks for the help.

[jsoto]

Well, this is one method...

1) Put all your VOBs in the same folder, renaming them as:
VTS_01_001.VOB
VTS_01_002.VOB
...
VTS_01_0xx.VOB

2) Use VOBEDIT to Join Clips
- Open the first VOB, and, from menu, Edit--> Join Clip starting from VOBID=1
- save in other folder as VTS_01_1.VOB

3) Open IFOEDIT and create IFOS on VTS_01_1.VOB, only one PGC, one chapter each cell.

4) Use pgcEdit to final changes, like language settings, cell seamless flag adjustments, etc.

jsoto

[alfixdvd]

Looks at the next link

http://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/120021.php

Maybe can help you

[usg]

Thanks alfixdvd and jsoto! I believe you folks have provided me with the info I needed to do the job. Thanks again!

[usg]

While going through the link provided by alfixdvd I came to the following How to author & burn a DVD from VOB trailers/files (http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=120021) where it seems that the procedure still has navigation problem and it does not seem that a perfectly playable DVD can be made. I will like to hear from some one who has used the method to build a perfectly playable DVD disk. Thanks.

[2COOL]

I would like to combine many short vob fragments into a single PGC separated by chapter points.You need to keep in mind that all VOBs joined must have the same aspect ratio, same audio, same subs, etc. You can't mix-match. They will all fall under the same attributes as configured in its IFO.

[r0lZ]

There is a big problem with the method explained by Jsoto, and by the guide: when you make the compilation with DVDShrink, all fragments are authored as single titles, each one in his own titleset. Therefore, all VOB cells have the VOB/Cell ID 1/1. When you join them using IfoEdit, the V/CIDs are not fixed. Since it is illegal to have the same V/CID in several cells in the same titleset, the resulting DVD is illegal, and cannot be played on some standalones.
I suppose that you can fix this problem using jsoto's VidChanger. Just run it on titlesets 2 to the last one, after step 1 of josto's explanation. Increase the VOB or Cell ID for each new cell. Should work (but I haven't tested that trick yet.)

[jsoto]

AFAIK, VobEdit does the trick in JoinClip mode. It increases the VID in each clip when joining them, so at the end you will have:
VID=1/CID=1 for the first Clip
VID=2/CID=1 for the second Clip
....
VID=n/CID=1 for the n Clip

which is OK with the standard.

I do not know what happens if one original VOB (clip) has more than one cell...

jsoto

[r0lZ]

:o Oops. Maybe I have used the Join CellVob files function instead of JoinClip. Sorry.