Simple DVD to MPG?

[Sephiroth666]

I'm looking for the easiest way with current tools to just rip DVD to an MPG with the audio track of my choice. I'm not interested in fancy re-encoding, conversion, etc. Strange it's so hard to find a tool that'll simply take the VOBs, let me pick an audio stream, and put it all together.

[jagabo]

After decrypting with DVD Decrypter, DVD FAB, etc. : VOB2MPG.

[Baldrick]

Must it be mpg? You can use MakeMKV. It can do everything except it makes a single mkv.

Or else do you need a ripper like anydvd and vob2mpg.

[Sephiroth666]

Must it be mpg? You can use MakeMKV. It can do everything except it makes a single mkv.

Or else do you need a ripper like anydvd and vob2mpg.

Well, the point was not to encode to anything new, just transfer the original to my HDD for viewing. MakeMKV seems to do the job. Thanks

[DB83]

You also misunderstand the term 'rip'

It does not, in the traditional sense, mean re-encode (the term was inherited by users who created mp4's or avi's from dvds for upload etc.) but simply a transfer of original files from the dvd to your HDD.

And since your dvd is mpeg2, vob2mpg is the simplest tool for that work - and no re-encoding. But only the pro version allows you to select which audio track you save.

And, of course, MakeMKV just repacks the mpeg2 and audio in to another wrapper.

[PuzZLeR]

Not free, but NeroVision is excellent at pulling out all MPEG-2 video, and all audio, streams from a DvD. You can use any muxing tool afterwards to choose the video and audio stream of your choice in a valid *.mpg file.

[xtremeD63]

Hi there. I don't mean to hijack, but my question pertains directly to this thread.

Q: When this MPEG-2 is copied from the DVD into one big .mpg file, then played on a player such as VLC, is there a certain settings formula (like deinterlacing) that should be applied before viewing for best video?

Thanks!

[Sephiroth666]

Hi there. I don't mean to hijack, but my question pertains directly to this thread.

Q: When this MPEG-2 is copied from the DVD into one big .mpg file, then played on a player such as VLC, is there a certain settings formula (like deinterlacing) that should be applied before viewing for best video?

Thanks!

I wondered that myself. I'll add my own question to go along with it. Do any video players have the option to apply DNR (digital noise reduction) to movies being played?

[hech54]

When this MPEG-2 is copied from the DVD into one big .mpg file, then played on a player such as VLC, is there a certain settings formula (like deinterlacing) that should be applied before viewing for best video?

Thanks!

I've been doing this(video "stuff") for a VERY long time and I have never once worried about interlacing/deinterlacing. I'd love to know who is telling newbies(sorry, no offense if you are not a newbie) to incorporate worrying about interlacing/deinterlacing into every aspect of working with video? I don't get it.

[PuzZLeR]

Hi there. I don't mean to hijack, but my question pertains directly to this thread.

Q: When this MPEG-2 is copied from the DVD into one big .mpg file, then played on a player such as VLC, is there a certain settings formula (like deinterlacing) that should be applied before viewing for best video?

Thanks!

I wondered that myself. I'll add my own question to go along with it. Do any video players have the option to apply DNR (digital noise reduction) to movies being played?

If you properly remove the MPEG-2 streams, and audio, from the VOBs into an MPG file, there will be no loss of quality.

If the video was interlaced, it may look raky played on your computer, or on certain displays, when it didn't before in VOB and in your DvD player. Again, this doesn't mean it lost quality, or changed, just that it's now decoded differently.

If you now notice a raking effect, you can just use settings in VLC's Video Menu, such as Deinterlace, or select a mode. As per denoising, this is taste. You can try the Post processing option, but I don't notice much change. (I remember older versions would just oversmooth it). Other software players may have different, or maybe better, options. Experiment.

Keep in mind that this is de-interlacing at the playback level. There WILL be loss in quality to the video stream if de-interlacing at the encoding level.

I've been doing this(video "stuff") for a VERY long time and I have never once worried about interlacing/deinterlacing. I'd love to know who is telling newbies(sorry, no offense if you are not a newbie) to incorporate worrying about interlacing/deinterlacing into every aspect of working with video? I don't get it.

Yes, it is a bit much, especially when de-interlacing is a minor science on its own.

However, if I recommend de-interlacing, at the encoding level, I would always say use good software, like QTGMC, double the fps for better quality, and KEEP and archive the source separately and keep it interlaced.

[cornemuse]

"Simple DVD to MPG?"

Simply renaming *.vob to *.mpg will do it. You lose chapter marks & prolly other things.

About the easiest method, tho, , ,

[PuzZLeR]

"Simple DVD to MPG?"

Simply renaming *.vob to *.mpg will do it. You lose chapter marks & prolly other things.

About the easiest method, tho, , ,

I wish it was that easy. Maybe for a majority of VOBs you could get away with it, but in some cases you will not lose a segmentation that can still exist. This will make the MPG file play awkwardly.

You have to properly re-mux from VOB->MPG, such as with an app that does so, to completely clear all DvD info that could still be in the VOB, such as with a tool suited for it, like Nero Vision, VideoReDo, or some of the free ones mentioned here.

I did go back and also bold the word "properly" in my last post to avoid confusion.