How to Extract Pictures From Commercial DVD's Gallery

[skywalka]

Hi guys.

My first post! I signed up hoping somebody may be able to help me.

Commercial DVDs often have a gallery in the extras section. I need to extract some of these pictures from the DVD. Does anybody know how to achieve this? I've spent hours searching & I'm not getting anywhere.

Thanx 4 looking.

[Baldrick]

Play with a software dvd player like PowerDVD and use the screenshot function, https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=239865

[skywalka]

Hi Baldrick. Thanx 4 replying.

I have PowerDVD & I'm aware of the screenshot functionality. But then the screenshots have to be manually cropped. That will be a very tedious task.

I also know that if I get the original picture files that I won't lose any quality.

I'd prefer to copy the original file from the DVD if that's possible.

[jeet49]

Try gadwin

[mats.hogberg]

Load the VOB in VirtualDubMod

/Mats

[Baldrick]

Original files? The dvd source(720x480/576) when playing with PowerDVD is the original source. You can't get anything better.

[skywalka]

The pictures are displayed within a graphic border. So screen captures will not simply reproduce a bit for bit quality copy of the files.

[manono]

Yeah, so what? The next step is to open them in a picture editor to crop away what you don't want. If you think you can somehow magically extract the pictures in the DVD from out of the surrounding frame or color or whatever it is, then keep dreaming.

[skywalka]

Maybe you are dumb enough to sit there & crop hundreds of files.

Reread the fifth sentence of my second post, you muppet.

[mats.hogberg]

There are no other "original files" on the DVD (unless they are in a data folder outside the video DVD structure, in which case it's just a matter of copying them out) than the VOB files. If you see a picture inside a frame, the image is "picture in frame" not "picture" and "frame".
If you posted a screen dump, perhaps matters would be clearer?

/Mats

[manono]

Maybe you are dumb enough to sit there & crop hundreds of files.

If I wanted them badly enough, I guess I would be. But I wouldn't be dumb enough to 1) ask such a lame question in the first place, and 2) contradict the right answer three times (so far). Let's see, you registered today just to ask that question, and have already disputed the owner of this site twice. Nice start.

[jeet49]

<<<Yeah, so what? The next step is to open them in a picture editor to crop away what you don't want. If you think you can somehow magically extract the pictures in the DVD from out of the surrounding frame or color or whatever it is, then keep dreaming. >>>

gadwin will give the option to select the area you want to capture and save it in file. It is like 2 steps in one - using print screen & then using photo editor.

[skywalka]

manono

I ask questions to learn something. You say that's a lame thing to do but it shows why you appear to have the IQ of a flower pot. It wasn't until the 10th post that somebody said it's not possible to do what I wanted.

Don't suck up to the owner, hoping he'll come to aid your little hijack attempt. I'm sure he can look after himself. If you don't want to help, then, get back to trolling.

[skywalka]

jeet49

Thanx, I've had a quick look at gadwin. Do you know if I would have to manually set the region to copy every single time I took a capture? Or could I set a default region.

[skywalka]

Thanx mats.hogberg.

For those who are interested here is a screen capture. Most of the photos occupy the exact same space but some photos are of different shapes (& sizes?). eg portrait & landscape.

[skywalka]

mats.hogberg

I've tried opening all the VOBs in VirtualDubMod. None of them seem to contain the pictures. Do you know how I would be able to identify the VOB with the pictures?

I think the DVD itself appears typical enough. Here is the pipe of the directory listing.

Directory of Z:\VIDEO_TS\

Name Size Last Modified Attrb Filename
VIDEO_TS.BUP 22,528 05/10/00 1:56a R VIDEO_TS.BUP
VIDEO_TS.IFO 22,528 05/10/00 1:56a R VIDEO_TS.IFO
VIDEO_TS.VOB 66,365,440 05/10/00 1:56a R VIDEO_TS.VOB
VTS_01_0.BUP 141,312 05/10/00 1:56a R VTS_01_0.BUP
VTS_01_0.IFO 141,312 05/10/00 1:56a R VTS_01_0.IFO
VTS_01_0.VOB 231,847,936 05/10/00 1:57a R VTS_01_0.VOB
VTS_01_1.VOB 1,073,602,560 05/10/00 2:00a R VTS_01_1.VOB
VTS_01_2.VOB 1,073,573,888 05/10/00 2:02a R VTS_01_2.VOB
VTS_01_3.VOB 1,073,727,488 05/10/00 2:05a R VTS_01_3.VOB
VTS_01_4.VOB 1,073,606,656 05/10/00 2:07a R VTS_01_4.VOB
VTS_01_5.VOB 298,463,232 05/10/00 2:08a R VTS_01_5.VOB
VTS_02_0.BUP 12,288 05/10/00 2:08a R VTS_02_0.BUP
VTS_02_0.IFO 12,288 05/10/00 2:08a R VTS_02_0.IFO
VTS_02_1.VOB 8,599,552 05/10/00 2:08a R VTS_02_1.VOB
VTS_03_0.BUP 34,816 05/10/00 2:08a R VTS_03_0.BUP
VTS_03_0.IFO 34,816 05/10/00 2:08a R VTS_03_0.IFO
VTS_03_1.VOB 1,073,565,696 05/10/00 2:11a R VTS_03_1.VOB
VTS_03_2.VOB 29,134,848 05/10/00 2:11a R VTS_03_2.VOB
VTS_04_0.BUP 32,768 05/10/00 2:11a R VTS_04_0.BUP
VTS_04_0.IFO 32,768 05/10/00 2:11a R VTS_04_0.IFO
VTS_04_1.VOB 1,042,788,352 05/10/00 2:13a R VTS_04_1.VOB
VTS_05_0.BUP 14,336 05/10/00 2:13a R VTS_05_0.BUP
VTS_05_0.IFO 14,336 05/10/00 2:13a R VTS_05_0.IFO
VTS_05_1.VOB 63,139,840 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_05_1.VOB
VTS_06_0.BUP 14,336 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_06_0.BUP
VTS_06_0.IFO 14,336 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_06_0.IFO
VTS_06_1.VOB 109,977,600 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_06_1.VOB
VTS_07_0.BUP 14,336 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_07_0.BUP
VTS_07_0.IFO 14,336 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_07_0.IFO
VTS_07_1.VOB 34,035,712 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_07_1.VOB
VTS_08_0.BUP 14,336 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_08_0.BUP
VTS_08_0.IFO 14,336 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_08_0.IFO
VTS_08_1.VOB 32,768,000 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_08_1.VOB
VTS_09_0.BUP 14,336 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_09_0.BUP
VTS_09_0.IFO 14,336 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_09_0.IFO
VTS_09_1.VOB 2,387,968 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_09_1.VOB
VTS_10_0.BUP 14,336 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_10_0.BUP
VTS_10_0.IFO 14,336 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_10_0.IFO
VTS_10_1.VOB 1,181,696 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_10_1.VOB
VTS_11_0.BUP 14,336 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_11_0.BUP
VTS_11_0.IFO 14,336 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_11_0.IFO
VTS_11_1.VOB 1,196,032 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_11_1.VOB
VTS_12_0.BUP 12,288 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_12_0.BUP
VTS_12_0.IFO 12,288 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_12_0.IFO
VTS_12_1.VOB 8,556,544 05/10/00 2:14a R VTS_12_1.VOB

1 Dir(s) 45 File(s) -1,290,702,848 bytes

Thanx

[mats.hogberg]

No idea - That's the beauty of the Video DVD structure - anything can be anywhere within any of the VOBs.
So, judging by the screen shot, The whole pic is the image with sorrounding graphics.
If the image you want is always at the same coordinates can you set VDub and the nulltransform filter up to crop out the surroundings, take a snap, move on to next... But you may have a hard time finding them! And try keeping a lower profile, and your temper. Read the AUP.

/Mats

[skywalka]

Thanx for your help mats.hogberg but I think you'll find it was manono who lost his(?) temper. My profile would have remained low enough had he adhered to the AUP.

[manono]

Yeah, sure. Not angry. Condescending, maybe. Scornful, maybe. Dismissive, maybe. But not angry. You're not worth the energy it takes lose my temper.

Maybe here's some info you can actually use. Because of the presence of buttons in that pic of yours, the photos you want to cap are in a Menu Vob (i. e., one of the VTS_xx_0.VOBs). To find out which VTS menu they're in, open the DVD in VobBlanker, and check out the various menus. Once you locate the pics, you'll see the VTS, and you can then open that VTS in VDub(Mod). Or, if you have DGIndex installed, open the VTS_xx_0.VOBs one at a time, until you locate the pics you want. It's much faster than waiting for the vobs to open using VDubMod.

However, as near as I can tell (I don't use VDub(Mod) for this kind of thing), cropping won't be enough. You'll have to both crop and resize, I think that VDubMod will only cap the pics in the original 1.25:1 (720x576) ratio. That is, only cropping will keep them in the original AR, unfit for anything without a further resize. Maybe Mats will set me straight about how to cap the pics in the correct AR after only a crop, but without a resize. Maybe you can do it in VDub. You can't open MPEG-2 in VDub, can you? I don't use it, and only have VDubMod installed. Maybe jeet49's gadmin suggestion will allow capture of cropped and resized PowerDVD pics. I have no idea.

[FulciLives]

PowerDVD has the option to save to the CLIPBOARD using the original video size. This should be an exact copy of what is on the DVD. You can also save to an image file but it only does BMP (although I don't have the latest version of PowerDVD so maybe newer versions have more image file format options) but BMP isn't the highest quality image file format so I would suggest the "save to the CLIPBOARD" option instead.

Once it is on the CLIPBOARD just PASTE the image into your image editing program. Then resize to either 640x480 or 720x540 (if the original is NTSC at 720x480). If the original is PAL (720x576) then you can resize to 640x480 or 768x576.

After you resize (and only after resizing) you can then go ahead and CROP the image out from the border and junk surrounding it.

With a good image editing program this is the best way to do it me thinks.

If you need a good freeware image editing program do a google search for "Serif PhotoPlus 6.0"

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[mats.hogberg]

The problem seems to be there are 100ds of images to treat - PowerDVD snaps are too tedious to the OP.
VirtualDubMod loads VOBs as well as mpg, so no problem in that area.
Yes, just cropping would leave the pic in it's original 1.25:1 aspect ratio, but there's nothing stopping you from resizing it (still with VirtualDub, using the resize filter) before or after cropping to 16:9 ratio, which the clip seems to be.

/Mats

[FulciLives]

The problem seems to be there are 100ds of images to treat - PowerDVD snaps are too tedious to the OP.
VirtualDubMod loads VOBs as well as mpg, so no problem in that area.
Yes, just cropping would leave the pic in it's original 1.25:1 aspect ratio, but there's nothing stopping you from resizing it (still with VirtualDub, using the resize filter) before or after cropping to 16:9 ratio, which the clip seems to be.

/Mats

But resizing AFTER you crop will be very tricky to get "just right". Better to resize to 1:1 first then crop.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[mats.hogberg]

True. Good call.

/Mats

[olyteddy]

Capure them with Power DVD and crop them with IrfanView. IrfanView can do batch operations like that. You can even resize them or correct the color as a batch.

batch.jpg