HELP! Cant rip DVD's into VOB's properly!

[ff9master]

Everytime i rip a DVD into my hardrive it automatically rips them as VOB files. Firstly, can i rip a DVD into MPEG, DIVX or AVI automatically to save me the trouble?

Secondly, 90% of the time most of the large VOB movie files (all like 1.1GB) have no audio accompanying them when i play them in PowerDVD while some do. For example when i ripped Cowboy Bebop the movie using smartripper (and even DVDshrink) only one of the five main movie VOB giles had audio...making their ripping pointless. Yet when i ripped the Tuxedo movie, four of the five files had sound, with only the one not.

Can someone tell how to rip files into VOB with sound guaranteed and/or how to rip them into another format with sound attached?

Im very new to all this and even after searching and reading countless days on this site i have no idea what to do properly.

Lastly, when i go to copy VOB files into programs such as Nero and Sonic it doesnt let me so i try to convert them into AVI and then DIVX files...but it takes at least 15 minutes to convert ONE VOB file into AVI and then another 15 minutes to make it DIVX using such programs as TMPGEnc!!! I cant see it really taking that long in practice! What am i doing wrong?

Assistance would be GREATLY appreciated! PLEASE HELP!

[andkiich]

1) You'll have to rip the files first, then you can convert them into whatever(you already knew this, just repeating for completeness).

2) The audio is part of the VOB, they are muxed(multiplexed) together with the video, unless when you ripped them you excluded some audio track(doesn't sound like you did).

3) If you're ripping only sections of the movie, depending on the tool you're using, you may not be getting all the files that you need or they are not being re-created. I'm only familiar with DVDShrink and not the other tools you're using, but just ripping the VOB files by themselves can be an issue unto itself. There should be IFO, VOB and BUP files. If there are not, then they either needto be re-created or check the ripping tool to see if there is an option to rip/create those. As far as I can tell, DVDShrink either copies them or recreates them when it rips.

I don't kow how much help this has been, and a lot of stuff I guessed on because I can't see what your getting after the rip is complete.

If you're just trying to rip the files and backup onto another DVD, then converting the ripped files to another format then re-authoring doesn't really buy you anything, unless you plan to edit the video/audio in some way or add a new menu system.

[Laddydaddy]

When you use smart ripper choose the movie tab on the main screen. Then under settings make sure your screen looks like the one here; https://www.videohelp.com/sefy/?id=ClassicalGuide.html. If that doesn't help try using DVD Decryptor to rip the movie.

[ff9master]

Your right, i dont wish to do anything with these riups except make them fit onto a new DVD. Im not into authoring or changing the files in any way except to make them smaller. But even that looks impossible to me (as im sure it was to all new people).

I read a guide about making VOB files authored by using VOBEDIT and IFOEDIT but even that didnt help as my situation differed from that given in the guide. (I dont understand how he made the four files into one big file because when i tried to do it the IFOEDIT program just accepted my OK and then did nothing.)

Has no one got any idea as to a quick way to do what it is i wish to do, and a quicker way to convert out of VOB's without wating 60 years?

[ff9master]

And another thing annoying is how Nero wont say that yes, i have the proper IFO and BUP files when i go to burn the VOB's i (tried to) author using IFOEDIT. What am i to do? How do i properly do this IFO/BUP requirement thingy cause when i go to play the burnt DVD Nero is right, it doesnt work!

Can someone explain to me why the step detailing how to merge the VOB files just doesnt work in this guide: https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/120021.php

[poopyhead]

Everytime i rip a DVD into my hardrive it automatically rips them as VOB files. Firstly, can i rip a DVD into MPEG, DIVX or AVI automatically to save me the trouble?

NO, you would need to rip the vob files as is and go through the steps to convert them to the format you want....

i.e. for SVCD, a popular method is smartripper->dvd2avi->tmpgenc->nero

Secondly, 90% of the time most of the large VOB movie files (all like 1.1GB) have no audio accompanying them when i play them in PowerDVD while some do.

you can never properly play the vobs directly with winDVD/powerDVD. most common problems include wrong aspect ratio, no audio, wrong audio (i.e. foriegn lauguage or director's commentary, instead of english). HOWEVER, this does not mean the vobs don't contain the audio files...just playing them directly will screw up. hence, don't count on watching the vob files directly.

Can someone tell how to rip files into VOB with sound guaranteed and/or how to rip them into another format with sound attached?

SEE ABOVE. all the audio tracks are still in the vob files, even though you may not hear anything while playing the vob files directly.

Lastly, when i go to copy VOB files into programs such as Nero and Sonic it doesnt let me so i try to convert them into AVI and then DIVX files...but it takes at least 15 minutes to convert ONE VOB file into AVI and then another 15 minutes to make it DIVX using such programs as TMPGEnc!!! I cant see it really taking that long in practice! What am i doing wrong?

if you are converting the vobs into .mpg or divx, it WILL take a long time. depending on your settings and CPU, the conversion could take awhile. i.e. converting vob files into SVCD MPEG 2 takes about 12+ hrs on my AMD Athlon 650 Mhz. i usually leave it over night. the same process would take about 9 hrs on my Athlon 1.2 Ghz. So, YES YOU NEED TO WAIT.

If you want to convert the files to (S)VCD, check out the guides here: https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?howtoselect=1;5

Your right, i dont wish to do anything with these riups except make them fit onto a new DVD. Im not into authoring or changing the files in any way except to make them smaller. But even that looks impossible to me (as im sure it was to all new people).

you need to have a DVD burner...not just a DVD-ROM. just wanted to make sure. check out this site: https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/141024.php#dvd5ordvd9

burning to DVD is generally much faster than converting to (S)VCD, DiVX, etc... because the encode time is much less.... with DVDshrink and a good CPU, you can transcode (encode, compression, shrink, etc..) those vob files in 20 min, and then burn those DVD files directly onto a DVD-R/+R with a burning proggie like RecordNowMax, copy2dvd, nero, etc...

[ff9master]

Thanx for the help poopy!

Just one last thing though...i have Nero and im wondering, does it ONLY allow you to use VOB files as i cant seem to get it to accept my MPEGs, DIVX's or AVI's.

Also, when i ask the encode program to make the convert of the AVI into MPEG 20% of the DVD size it makes it like 1gb (when my SONIC program adds it into MYDVD). Is there any way to make it stay at 20% (so has more quality) and actually end up taking 20% of my DVD when i add it into say SONIC? Or should i just make all the five files say 17% each and hope they fit?

Thanx to everyone who replies/replied!

[poopyhead]

Just one last thing though...i have Nero and im wondering, does it ONLY allow you to use VOB files as i cant seem to get it to accept my MPEGs, DIVX's or AVI's.

depends on what type of format you're burning. if you have vob files, you need to burn as DVD. if you have MPEG1 file, you need to burn as VCD. if you have MPEG2 file, you need to burn as SVCD. if you have .AVI file, you need to burn as Data CD. however, Data CD will not be read by your standalone DVD player, only on computer. most DVD players will read VCDs and SVCDs.

nero has different templates for DVD, VCD, SVCD, and DATA.

goto here to check compatibility: https://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers

[Jo]

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