DVD Recorder from TIVO mismath audio problem

[nerys]

OK my dad recorded a bunch of ed the plumber videos etc.. to DVD I am now going to rip these and reburn in a prettier format (menu's etc..)

I was thinking just drop the vobs into dvd author and be done then I ran into trouble.

First dvd author always MERGES all the vobs I want them to remain SEPERATE for easy getting at later if I want just one episode. So I tried to make a seperate track for each which will do what I want BUT now I can not figure out how to make a menu with ALL the titles on one screen (stupid thing insists on making a SEPERATE menu for EACH of 12 tracks :-( suggestions ? ok thats the easy one worst case I live with solid vobs and back the seperate ones up for later usage.

Here is the real problem. he goofed with the settings so I have FILES with seperate compression rates especially in the audio.

some of these files will not drop into dvd author even though they are clearly legal dvd files (legal as in specwise) I mean they came from a stinking dvd recorder :-) some of the files it does not see audio AT ALL yet I can play them fine both on the computer and in a DVD player.

So I figured I would drop them into virtual dub mod and recode the audio to all be the same thing would only take 30 seconds per file they are short.

problem is I CAN NOT recode the video its already at maximum compression anymore and it will be unwatchable. but vdubmod will not do direct stream on the video since its not an AVI

SO what program or process will do this same thing. put a vob in recode the audio DO NOTHING to the video so no quality is lost and i do not have to wait HOURS and spit out a new vob so I can drop them all into dvd author and make a new dvd ??

Suggestions? I searched but I think my terms are just too generic and I get nothing but flac and am not sure how I would refine the search.

thanks in advance for any help you guys can provide!!

Chris Taylor
http://www.nerys.com/

[guns1inger]

You could look at DVD Lab Pro. I don't understand your need to keep the episodes in separate VOB files. This makes your authoring options somewhat more limited. In order to do this you would have to put each episode in it's own VTS. This makes authoring more complicated, but for no real gain. Extracting an episode out of an authored DVD down the track is trivial, especially if you just keep them as separate titles. Just import the VOBs (and demux when asked), then author. No re-encoding.

If you can get past what is essentially a psychological block, then you can use simpler authoring tools like TDA, and just make every episode a separate track (TDA speak for title). You can use the Add Video option to import the VOB you have now.

This assumes that your VOBs are in fact legal. Best option, when authoring, is to use elementary streams (demux audio and video) or programme streams. VOBs aren't the best option.

[nerys]

OK lets forget the seperate vobs its just easier. I can "grab" a vob and simple copy it anywhere I want as a single block I can not do this I have to open something like shrink and "extract" the section I want it takes longer but either way not big deal so its forgotten.

I still have the problem of how do I edit the audio streams without editing the video streams and without going through an annoying complicated demux remux crap process. if it comes to that I will just burn two seperate DVD's long before I go that far its just not worth it.

I was hoping for something simple like how I can direct stream video and process audio in virtual dub with AVI's super easy super fast super simple

I want to do that with vob or mpg files! Vobs are needed since thats the only way I have them. these are recorded from a tivo to a dvd recorder so the files I have to work with are vobs. I can not transcode the files without grevious cosequences in compression artifacts (they are marginal as is which is fine for informational shows of this sort but any worse and well ick plus it would take HOURS it is 12 hours worth of content which would mean about a days worth of processing time for full conversion on my pretty darned fast machine.

I am using dvd author it refuses to touch them because of the audio issues. I am not sure if a newer version would work but I do not agree with there newer license terms so I can not use a newer version. a pitty to because its phenomenal software.

so how do I edit the audio but not the video in a simple process like I can with avi's IE without altering the video and without having to manual demux alter remux and pray its still in sync

[guns1inger]

Can you posy a g-spot screenshot of a problem VOB ?

You can use titles with different audio settings (assuming they are compliant), so long as they are in different VTS's. Perhaps this is why DVD Author is complaining ?

Otherwise you will have to demux, alter the audio, then either remux or simply author with elementary streams.

Start by using different VTS's for files with like features (same video and audio settings).