joining vobs

[curryman]

anybody know a good prog for joining vobs into one big one, i know decryptor does it but unless i've missed something it only allows me to select disc drive as my source but i've allready run my vobs through dvd2one and they are on my hard disc, if i use decryptor to rip first and select merge files i end up with one vob then when i run it through dvd2one i end up with 2 or 3 again,
any help would be much appreciated

[Psycho_Dad_Rules]

Hi,

VOBedit works like a charm. There are guides on this site on how to join multiple clips using VOBedit and IFOedit.

Greetz,

pSyChO dAd

[curryman]

cheers pshyco,
i'll give it a go

[wulf109]

Smartripper wll re-rip from your HD and allows you to create one large vob from your source on your HD. I don't think Vobedit allows you to make one large vob,it will automatically make it into 1GB files.
Why do you want one large file?

[curryman]

trying to put two films on one disc - tell me if i'm wrong but this is how i've gone about it.
rip film and run it through dvd2one using custom set at 2gig (film only)
then this is where i'm stuck - join vobs into one big one and convert to mpg,
repeat process and then author with dvd workshop
am i going the long way around ?

wolf 109 said :

Smartripper wll re-rip from your HD and allows you to create one large vob from your source on your HD.

i can't seem to find that setting where to is it?

[wulf109]

Open Smartripper,there's a folder icon in the upper right corner,click it. You HD's will open,navigate to your DVD rip.
In settings set to "max-filesize"
You should be able demux each 2Gb movie into it's m2v and ac3 streams. Any authoring program should be able to load them.it's vital the the same file name be used for both the m2v and ac3.

[AndThenSome]

Re: 2 movies on one disc...this is my routine:

I rip with DVD decrypter then transcode with DVD2One using a max size of 2.1gig. I delete any and all IFO and BUP files then I move both movies to the same folder. I rename and resequence the remaining VOB files (VTS_1_1, VTS_1_2, VTS_1_3 etc...) then run the "Create IFO" function in IFO edit. All files are then burned to disc using Nero.

This has always worked for me. I dont understand all those posts telling people to demux or re-encode crap.

[curryman]

Cheers ATC,
worked a treat.
but i have another problem now - I use workshop to author and burn my discs, and i wanted to do a menu with 2 buttons ( 1 for each film )
i'm really chuffed that doing it your way keeps original chapters but if i got this right the only way to watch the second film is to skip through the chapters until i reach second film,
or have i missed something or need another prog

[curryman]

Sorry, i mean ATS

[leebo]

Using Psycho_Dad_Rules method, do the bit rates of the files need to match??

[curryman]

nah!! lost me there leebo,
What do you mean?

[leebo]

DVD video files are created at certain frame sizes and bit rates. The bit rate is how many bits per second a file was encoded at.

Generally, the more bits per second, the more picture info is included and so the higher quality the picture will be.

All video in a given vob must have the same frame size. I was wondering if they must be of identical bit rates too, or will the authoring software and DVD player not care?

[Psycho_Dad_Rules]

@leebo,

The files can have different bitrates.

Better yet, because a vob file can contain multiple "movies" which all have their own id's within the VOB(s), you can add complete different movie-files in a (set of) VOB(s). So resoultion and framerate can also be different. You could even add a NTSC and PAL movie in the same VOB. Your Player will just switch after playing the first item.

Greetz,

pSyChO dAd

[leebo]

Thats great news for me!
But if I have to change the headers for authoring (to prevent re-encoding), I assume those files coulden't be used, as the headers have to be changed back afterwards, and if they're mixed into one VOB, it would be impossible, correct?

[Psycho_Dad_Rules]

Who said anything about changing headers.

You can add multiple mpeg files in different format without a problem if they are dvd-compliant. If not, then you need the header trick.....

Greetz,

pSyChO dAd

[leebo]

Who said anything about changing headers.


pSyChO dAd

Sorry. I sometimes transfer captures from my set top DVD recorder
to my hard drive for authoring. These files are often not DVD compliant (I know, weird).
If I have two files of different bit rates but the same frame sizes, would simply changing the frame size and ignoring the different bit rates work?

[Psycho_Dad_Rules]

If you use the header trick to change the resolution so they are DVD-Compliant, it will work fine with different bit-rates.

Greetz,

pSyChO dAd

[leebo]

Hoo-ha!