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[wee haggis]

I have made 5 .vob's using DVD Decrypter.
Do I have to convert to AVI before encoding with TMPGE?
I did a quick test and TMPGE seems to accept the .vob's ok?
My last question is.......is there an easy way to append the 5 vob's during the encode process (can't seem to figure out a way in MPEG Tools or by using batch encode )??
Thanks

[poopyhead]

use dvd2avi to frameserve the vobs into tmpgenc

[kim_tanch1]

I have used dvd2avi to frameserve the vob files, the d2v and wave files have been successfully created. But, i have a problem when try to load the d2v file into tmpgenc. Only the wave file can be loaded.
What is the problem?
The versions i used are

dvd2avi - (1.76+ LOLI.J)
tmpgenc - (2.58.44.152)

Thanks

[theDruid]

kim - see reply to your other post with the same question:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=120801

(some mods on some forums get quite annoyed about posting the same question in lots of different places by-the-way)

[kim_tanch1]

Sorry, I never meant to do this.

Thank for the answer. It really help, the problem have been solved.

[wulf109]

Wee Hagis

A properly installed Tmpeg will open vob files,but only one. You could rip the movie as one large file,all rippers have this option. DV Tool could join all 5 vob's into one for Tmpeg. Some vob's conatain PTS pointers which trick Tmpeg into stop encodeing. I never frameserve my DVD rips,I always encode directly in Tmpeg.

[wee haggis]

Wee Hagis

A properly installed Tmpeg will open vob files,but only one. You could rip the movie as one large file,all rippers have this option. DV Tool could join all 5 vob's into one for Tmpeg. Some vob's conatain PTS pointers which trick Tmpeg into stop encodeing. I never frameserve my DVD rips,I always encode directly in Tmpeg.

thanks for response...
the problem is,if my win98 Fat32 hd can only take 4gig....then assuming the average DVD is over 4 gig,I will be unable to do it "in a oner".
So....you are saying that if I was able to rip as 1 VOB,TMPGE would easily be able to encode directly?
If this is the case,does it take any longer than the DIVX to VCD encode process with TMPGE?

[wulf109]

Yes,the 4GB limit will prevent you from doing most movies as one large file. I rarely encode from avi,but I don't think encodeing from the vob will take any longer.

[davedaraveishere]

I never frameserve my DVD rips,I always encode directly in Tmpeg.

Why do you do this? I use dvd2avi to frameserve, and have never had probs. Does doing it this way give you a better quality?