Black screen, no sound when playing DVD

[CSIGUY]

Computer is working perfect. Has sound, has video, has codecs. When playing a interview on a DVD it is black, no sound. But shows frame rates, all info, sound is showing a flat line. There is a VTS_0_0 which show a title menu. There is a VTS_1_1 AWHICH SHOWS A 212 mb video file and 18 chapters, but now video can be seen. When it was copied, could it be missing more VTS_X_XX to play this video. Any help will be appreciated!!

[CSIGUY]

THIS IS THE CONTENTS OF FILE.....SHYOULD THERE BE MORE VTS FILES tOTAL SIZE IS 224 MB, IT SHOWS 18 CHAPTERS AND A FLAT LINE FOR AUDIO IN SPECTRUM


VIDEO_TS.BUP 4/26/2011 10:46 PM BUP file 12KB
VIDEO_TS 4/26/2011 10:46 PM IFO file 12KB
VIDEO_TS 4/26/2011 10:46 PM VOB file 36KB
VTS_01_0.BUP 4/26/2011 10:46 PM BUP file 66 KB
VTS_01_0 4/26/2011 10:46 PM IFO file 66 KB
VTS_01_1 4/26/2011 10:46 PM VOB file 224,398 KB

[Baldrick]

Try play with VLC Media Player. It has builtin codecs.

[DB83]

Are these files in the root folder or the video_ts folder ?

[CSIGUY]

iN THE video_ts FOLDER

[DB83]

If Baldrick's suggestion has not worked, how many minutes should this interview be ?

Do other dvds play fine in your PC ? What are you using to play them ?

[CSIGUY]

Those are the files on the DVD..........I think there should be more VTS's?

[CSIGUY]

Others work great.......no problems, I have VHC, Media Player, Dvix, Cyber Link Power DVD, and 3 more

[CSIGUY]

When it plays, you can see the bar run across the botton and when I go to properties, it shows 29 frams a sec and all info. Also adjusted contrast, brightness, et all

[DB83]

Those are the files on the DVD..........I think there should be more VTS's?

You have enough files.......

.....for approx 4 minutes of video

[DB83]

What you can try is to rip that dvd to your HDD. The use autogk, or similar, to create an avi of that 220 meg vob.

My guess is that you will still have a blank video file - no picture and no sound.

[CSIGUY]

Thank you, I will do that. Also, Could this have been caused by a bad copy from original or the original corrupt. Is it possible to go to the original and see if during the copy process there is missing VTS files like VTS_2_2 and VTS_3_3. If not, thanks for all your help. Great forum,

[DB83]

A bad copy ? Unlikely.

More vobs ? Well you can check the original but a vob will have a maximum size of 1 gig. A smaller vob suggests that this is the only one. But like I said earlier the run length appears very short. I would ask you to load the vob in to mediainfo, select text mode and post a report here.

If you have access to the original you can obviously check to see if that plays. It is possible that something odd happened in the original authoring process.

[CSIGUY]

The video is 1:44:14....over a hour!

[CSIGUY]

Here is VTS_1_1

General
Complete name : F:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 219 MiB
Duration : 1mn 54s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 16.1 Mbps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=15
Duration : 1mn 54s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Maximum bit rate : 9 600 Kbps
Width : 352 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy

Audio #1
ID : 189 (0xBD)-128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Duration : 1mn 54s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -66ms
Stream size : 1.74 MiB (1%)

Audio #2
ID : 218 (0xDA)
Format : MPEG Audio
Compression mode : Lossy

Audio #3
ID : 223 (0xDF)
Format : MPEG Audio
Compression mode : Lossy

Menu

HERE IS VTS_0_0

General
Complete name : F:\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 36.0 KiB
Duration : 33ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 8 937 Kbps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Simple@Main
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 33ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Maximum bit rate : 9 800 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy

Text
ID : 189 (0xBD)-32 (0x20)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Muxing mode : DVD-Video

Menu

[CSIGUY]

ON THIS IT SAYS...
Here is VTS_1_1

General
Complete name : F:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 219 MiB
Duration : 1mn 54s

bUT WHEN IT PLAYS IT IS 1:44:14..............ON A FEW PLAYERS AND 00:01:54 ON OTHERS.

[Selur]

just wondering: does MediaInfo detect angles and does vlc offer options to switch between angles if they are present?

[CSIGUY]

Nothing on angles, but here is all info from MediaInfo, I think.........Notice the times of each Chapter from 1 to 18! 1 hr and 44 minutes. When it plays in VLC it starts at 00:00:00 then goes to like 00:01:00 then jumps to 00:23:00 to 00:02:24 then will go to 01:44:14...LOL

General
Complete name : E:\ELLISON\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.BUP
Format : DVD Video
Format profile : Menu
File size : 12.0 KiB
Overall bit rate mode : Variable

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Bit rate mode : Variable
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Compression mode : Lossy

Text
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Bit depth : 2 bits

General
Complete name : E:\ELLISON\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO
Format : DVD Video
Format profile : Menu
File size : 12.0 KiB
Overall bit rate mode : Variable

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Bit rate mode : Variable
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Compression mode : Lossy

Text
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Bit depth : 2 bits

General
Complete name : E:\ELLISON\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 36.0 KiB
Duration : 33ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 8 937 Kbps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Simple@Main
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 33ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Maximum bit rate : 9 800 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy

Text
ID : 189 (0xBD)-32 (0x20)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding
Muxing mode : DVD-Video

Menu

General
Complete name : E:\ELLISON\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.BUP
Format : DVD Video
Format profile : Program
File size : 66.0 KiB
Duration : 1h 44mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 86 bps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Duration : 1h 44mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Width : 352 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Compression mode : Lossy

Audio
ID : 128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Duration : 1h 44mn
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy

Menu
Duration : 1h 44mn
00:00:00.000 : Chapter 1
00:06:01.000 : Chapter 2
00:12:02.000 : Chapter 3
00:18:03.000 : Chapter 4
00:24:04.000 : Chapter 5
00:30:05.000 : Chapter 6
00:36:06.000 : Chapter 7
00:42:07.000 : Chapter 8
00:48:08.000 : Chapter 9
00:54:09.000 : Chapter 10
01:00:10.000 : Chapter 11
01:06:11.000 : Chapter 12
01:12:12.000 : Chapter 13
01:18:13.000 : Chapter 14
01:24:14.000 : Chapter 15
01:30:15.000 : Chapter 16
01:36:16.000 : Chapter 17
01:42:17.000 : Chapter 18
List (Audio) : 0

General
Complete name : E:\ELLISON\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO
Format : DVD Video
Format profile : Program
File size : 66.0 KiB
Duration : 1h 44mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 86 bps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Duration : 1h 44mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Width : 352 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Compression mode : Lossy

Audio
ID : 128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Duration : 1h 44mn
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy

Menu
Duration : 1h 44mn
00:00:00.000 : Chapter 1
00:06:01.000 : Chapter 2
00:12:02.000 : Chapter 3
00:18:03.000 : Chapter 4
00:24:04.000 : Chapter 5
00:30:05.000 : Chapter 6
00:36:06.000 : Chapter 7
00:42:07.000 : Chapter 8
00:48:08.000 : Chapter 9
00:54:09.000 : Chapter 10
01:00:10.000 : Chapter 11
01:06:11.000 : Chapter 12
01:12:12.000 : Chapter 13
01:18:13.000 : Chapter 14
01:24:14.000 : Chapter 15
01:30:15.000 : Chapter 16
01:36:16.000 : Chapter 17
01:42:17.000 : Chapter 18
List (Audio) : 0

General
Complete name : E:\ELLISON\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 219 MiB
Duration : 1mn 54s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 16.1 Mbps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=15
Duration : 1mn 54s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Maximum bit rate : 9 600 Kbps
Width : 352 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy

Audio #1
ID : 189 (0xBD)-128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Duration : 1mn 54s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -66ms
Stream size : 1.74 MiB (1%)

Audio #2
ID : 218 (0xDA)
Format : MPEG Audio
Compression mode : Lossy

Audio #3
ID : 223 (0xDF)
Format : MPEG Audio
Compression mode : Lossy

Menu

General
Complete name : E:\ELLISON\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB file text
File size : 3.97 KiB

[CSIGUY]

Wish I could send file for all to see.

[DB83]

You can upload the vob to some file-hoster. We can then download it from there.

The run time for the vob is a little less than I expected but not too much to be concerned about. But what is important is how long you expected the dvd to play for. I think the 1hr 44 is misleading as the ifo/bup files should not be inspected by the program.

[CSIGUY]

I am getting Rockspace Cloud Service with 250MB per upload and will put all files for you to view or download. I will put the url link to the file here. Thanks......Oh, ya, the video is or has to be over an hour as it is a interview of a client. I actually only need the audio...LOL

[jman98]

The half height resolution of the video source 352c480 suggests that it was made by a DVD Recorder. Perhaps the disc is unfinalized or something went wrong in the way it was copied (ie. someone tried the ugly method of dragging and dropping files to "copy" it and mistakes were made).

[DB83]

The half height resolution of the video source 352c480 suggests that it was made by a DVD Recorder. Perhaps the disc is unfinalized or something went wrong in the way it was copied (ie. someone tried the ugly method of dragging and dropping files to "copy" it and mistakes were made).

With a 'chapter' every six minutes you are probably correct about the dvd-recorder.

[CSIGUY]

I think I set up the cloud correctly. Can you try to access the files from this url? If not I will have to get tech support on how you to access files. I was told just to give you this url so far.

https://manage.rackspacecloud.com/CloudFiles.do

[CSIGUY]

Cancell link

[DB83]

All that does is ask for a user-name and password.

I would have thought that cloud storage is just for you (unless you want to share that info in a public forum - guess not). You need to upload to a standard file-hoster. But this is probably a waste of time. If that video is over one hour then even at the lowest possible definition using a dvd-recorder the file should be bigger.

You would be better off at this stage in contacting the person who gave you the dvd and get another - working - copy.

[DB83]

The second url goes nowhere.

[CSIGUY]

First on worked?.....if not ....User-Name = csiguy................Password = Iam1csiguy.........go ahead and use it...........nothing secret there.

[CSIGUY]

Go to HOSTING then CLOUD FILES....I thiunk you can double click on them and it will download

[CSIGUY]

I am hoping there is another original to get a copy as they over write after saving. The idiots.