VOBblanker with DVD-Rebuilder

[SEALs1230]

Hi
Usually when I back up a DVD I will rip with DVD Decryptor then I will use Vobblanker to blank out all the extra stuff that I dont need (special features, FBI warnings, credits, etc). I usually keep the full menu functionality of all the menus. Then I go into DVD Shrink and compress the file that was created with VobBlanker. I recently got DVDRebuilder and wanted to try and compress a movie (Fight Club) again (I did it with DVDShrink last week). The reason is strictly for comparason, with DVDShrink after blanking stuff out I had to compress it to 60%, so I want to see how the quality compares after compressing with DVDRebuilder. Back to the problem, I did the normal steps, decrypting, blanking the exact same stuff as before. Then when I used the file created by Vobblanker, DVDRebuilder game me an error when it hit the parts that I blanked. It was one of those "..... memory could not be read. Press OK to terminate. Press Cancel to debug." Then I tried encoding the file that was created by DVDDecryptor (unchanged by vobblanker) and it ran smoothly the entire time. I'm guessing that DVDRebuilder didnt like what vobblanker did to the movie for somereason when it blanked the extras. Is there a way to fix this?

[fritzi93]

Until you get it sorted, run it through DVDShrink after VobBlanker, save with NO compression, then open in DVDRB. That's really odd, I'm interested in learning the solution to your problem. Tried uninstall/re-install and defrag and all that?

[EDIT] I suggest this because I reauthor in Shrink first all the time. DVDRB always happily accepts it.

[HatchetMan]

^ I too would like to know how it works out that way.

[winifreid]

Have you tried looking at the DVD files created by blanker in a viewer like PowerDVD. I have used blanker with R, so there is no obvious incompatablity. I suspect you blanked something you shouldln't have. Can you run the DVD through RB without blanker?

[SEALs1230]

Until you get it sorted, run it through DVDShrink after VobBlanker, save with NO compression, then open in DVDRB. That's really odd, I'm interested in learning the solution to your problem. Tried uninstall/re-install and defrag and all that?

As for this question...yes I tried that before I posted this post...sadly...didnt work.

Have you tried looking at the DVD files created by blanker in a viewer like PowerDVD. I have used blanker with R, so there is no obvious incompatablity. I suspect you blanked something you shouldln't have. Can you run the DVD through RB without blanker?

As for this...I already have a copy of this movie that I ran through blanker and it worked fine when i compreseed it with DVD Shrink. But it was still a huge file after the blanking so DVDShrink had to shrink it down 60%. I burned it and everything and the copied DVDR works fine. I'm trying to use rebuilder as a comparision for that large of a compression. I want to see how rebuilder compares. Therefore I blanked out the EXACT same stuff, tried running it through rebuilder and got the error. Thats why I thought it was a compatability issue between vobblanker and DVDRebuilder. When you use blanker and rebuilder, whats the process you follow? I was wondering if anyone had this problem before and knew how to fix it.

[winifreid]

I just wonder if you blanked somthing that shouldn't be. Try RB with tha original just as a test. Have you ever used RB successfully before?
I have just blanked the fbi and some extras (never tried the credits) and processed to a seperate folder. I then used RB on the fikes in the folder. Worked fine.

[SEALs1230]

Ive never gone through the whole process with RB before...But I started the encode with the original and it passed the part where I got the error with the blank file no problem. I will run blank again and make sure I did everything right.

[jeanl]

DVD Rebuilder has a problem with DVDs output by vobblanker, because of the way vobblanker changes the order of the VCIDs. That's a known problem that jsoto (author of vobblanker) is currently fixing.
There is a solution, which I can't remember at this point, and can't seem to find at the doom9 forum. You could post your problem at doom9, in this thread....
jeanl

[SEALs1230]

Sorry to make you do the dirty work for me but would you mind posting this. Because I just registered for the doom9 forum and it says that I cant post anything for about 5 days. Sorry. I will post after that waiting period is up if you dont want to. Completely understandable.

[jeanl]

I'll do it. The 5 day rules sucks... But you won't regret registering, there's a lot of very very knowledgeable people there!
Jeanl
EDIT: I posted here. We'll see what the guys have to say about it!

[HatchetMan]

With new DVD-RB 0.81 you can blank all extras and keep main movie and menus only, no need for vobblanker anymore.

[jeanl]

mmm, vobblanker has a pretty unique menu2still function (to turn motion menus into much smaller still menus). I don't think DVD-RB has this yet...
jeanl

[HatchetMan]

I thought about experimenting with Menu Shrink for that.

[jeanl]

Really?! I have to check this out!
jeanl

[HatchetMan]

Really?! I have to check this out!
jeanl

sorry had read better and edit

[jeanl]

Oh, OK. So DVD-RB still does no thave this feature, but my guess is that won't be long!
jeanl

[HatchetMan]

I was thinking of another feature it now has that DVD Shrink has had, shrinking the extras to still images.

[SEALs1230]

I re-processed the movie with blanker and got DVD-RB to encode it finally with no errors. However, then I ran into a problem with the rebuild stage. I got runtime error 9. I keep running into error after error with this program. But slowly and surely I'm working my way through it, thanks to you guys. I think it would be really helpful if someone wrote a really detailed guide on how to use the features of this program. Doom9's current guide is good at explaining what the options are, but for someone like me, I dont know which options I want. Even though doom9 explains what they are I still dont exactly know which ones to choose, and I dont have that many extra DVD-R's to experiment with; if you know what I mean. Anyways, I posted my new problem here: https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=264275

I like the sound of that new option to blank stuff out right within DVD-RB. I just need to learn how to use the program. I feel like such an invalid with my lack of knowledge about this stuff. Sorry to bother ya'll with so many questions.

[HatchetMan]

Did you by any chance configure DVD-RB yourself, or did you download and go with the installer which does everything for you? I did that, left everything (well, most everything) at the defaults and have not had any of the errors that you speak of. Then again, I also did not use VOBblanker.

[SEALs1230]

I downloaded it and ran the installer thing. Then I changed to three button mode. Then I changed the path to decoder from the default DGDecode.dll to MPEG2Dec3dg.dll because when I left that as default I got a different error saying something about the framesize not being right. Thats all I changed.

[Rockas]

@SEALs1230

The version of the DGDecode that I included on the installer, is completely compatible with DVD Rebuilder.

[SEALs1230]

Yeah thats what I thought..but I got an error that the framesize was wrong and when I switched it the error went away. So I figured that was the problem. I will try it with the other DGDecode.dll again and see if it works just as a test.

[Rockas]

You may have a problem with Avisynth it self... I can garantee you that thousands of users are using the installer and never heard any problem.

What's your Avisynth's version?
2.5.5?

If it is (2.5.5) I'd suggest that you uninstall it, clean all the folders related to it, clean all the registry entries related to it, restart the computer, re-install Avisynth, use the installer and you'll be alright... that's a promisse

[SEALs1230]

I'll give it a try.