Episodic DVD plays but last 2 eps can't be ripped

[HartsVideo]

Hi,

I back up all of my DVDs on my computer. I don't burn them because I have a lot of ext hdds, over 4T.

I'm having a hard time ripping a DVD that's part of a set. The DVD plays well on my pc using VLC Media Player and on my DVD player but when I try to rip it (DVD Decrypter, Super DVD Ripper, ImToo, and Fair Use Wizard), the programs can't rip it. DVD Decrypter is able to rip the first 4 episodes but not the last 3. I get an I/O error message. I was willing to settle and save just the first 4 episodes so I ran AutoGK using the IFO file but when AutoGK finished, the audio was missing except for the first part of the first episode.

Anyone know why the DVD will play but I get an I/O message when I try to rip it? All of the other DVDs in the set have ripped with no problem.

Hart

[Baldrick]

Sounds like a damaged dvd....you could try rip with dvdfab decrypter and see if it can read the entire dvd.

[HartsVideo]

I tried RipIt4Me prior to receiving your answer. It worked but I got a message that said that the DVD was either scratched or dirty. It's a brand new set and I handle the by the edges so I don't think it's dirty, unless the dirt was there when it was factory sealed, which I doubt, and I didn't put any scratches on it because it went from the case to the DVD drive, but it could have been a factory defective DVD. I haven't tried to convert it to .avi yet, but thanks for your help. After using 4 decrypters without success, I didn't think another one would work. You pointed me in the right direction.

Thanks again . . . Hart

[SLK001]

Sounds like a Sony Home Entertainment release, especially since it will play in a SW player. And getting it to rip with RipIt4Me pretty much confirms that.

What is the title of the "offender"?

[HartsVideo]

Still gotta see if AutoGK will be able to convert it. It's busy with another DVD right now but I'll know in a few hours.

[HartsVideo]

Hi,

I ran into another problem with the DVDs besides not being able to rip them. The first few ripped fine, then I had the one that would rip when I used RipIt4Me. The next DVD wouldn't rip the entire disk with RipIt4Me or DVDFab Decrypter but I got the first few episodes.

The episodes on the disk start out with the audio and video in sync but as they go on, they get more and more out of sync.

Is there a program that I can use to get them in sync?

[HartsVideo]

Hi,

I solved my problem and I thought that I'd post the method that worked for me with the episodic DVDs that the audio and video became progressively out of sync.

This DVD set was unusual in that the episodes weren't split into their own file. There were between 7 and 10 episodes in one file on a DVD which, I think, caused the audio and video to go progressively out of sync.

I decrypted the DVDs using several decrypters and no matter what decrypter I used, it didn't affect the solution. After I decrypted them, I ran them through AutoGK. AutoGK gives the option to convert the files by using the first VOB file or the IFO file. I usually choose the IFO file for no particular reason. AutoGK converted the VOB files into an avi file. I then split the episodes out of the large avi file but during playback, the audio and video for the first and maybe second episode were synchronized. After that, the episodes were out of sync with no set pattern. After a lot of research on the net and trying a few programs (VOBEdit along with IFOEdit and FixVTS), I found that if I ran the episodes through VirtualDub, I could get them in sync as follows:

1. OPEN VIRTUALDUB
2. OPEN THE FILE YOU WANT TO SYNCHRONIZE: CLICK ON FILE -> OPEN -> CLICK ON FILE YOU WANT TO SYNCHRONIZE
3. CLICK ON VIDEO -> CHOOSE DIRECT STREAM PROCESSING
4. CLICK ON AUDIO -> CHOOSE INTERLEAVING
5. IF AUDIO LAGS BEHIND VIDEO: ENTER A MINUS NUMBER IN THE “DELAY AUDIO TRACK BY” BOX (EXAMPLE: -200)
6. IF VIDEO LAGS BEHIND AUDIO: ENTER A POSITIVE NUMBER IN THE “DELAY AUDIO TRACK BY” BOX (EXAMPLE: 200)
7. CLICK ON FILE -> SAVE AS AVI -> TYPE IN NEW FILE NAME

It didn't take more than 1/2 minute to get an episode in sync.

This might not be the easiest solution or the best solution and you gurus are probably all throwing your hands up and shaking your heads in disbelief that I (and others) don't already know this method, but it worked for me and I hope someone else can use the info, or maybe it can point someone in a general direction.

Hart