RDRGX7 VRO Files to .MPG only 8 minutes of video

[bigdave]

This is a tricky one which I have come across.

I recorded something on my Sony RDRGX7 in VR mode, which seems to record to a type VRO file. I finalised the disc and put in my Pioneer A06. I copied to the HDD, (it was 1 hour 40 of video but was only 300Mb, suspicious) and renamed to .mpg and the file plays, but here is the corker. It only has 8 or so minutes of video.

So I trawled the forums looking for tips and ran it through TMPG DVD author and added a DVD file, it shows it as a 1 hour 40 file, so I add it and also check the "Copy to HDD" box. Once this process ends it shows the first chapter as only 8 and a half minutes, the MPG file on the hdd is the same length. Very strange.....

I use Power DVD to play it and it plays the whole 1 hour 40 minutes, but Media player will not recognise as a DVD.

So my question is: How does Sony do this? are there additional hidden files? Has anyone beaten this already and I just cannot find it?

8)

[spectroelectro]

VRO files differ from regular VOB files in subtle ways, related to header information etc. Womble MPEG VCR understands VRO files. You can import a VRO file direclty into Womble MPEG VCR and then convert it to an MPG file type and you should get the full hour 40 minutes.
You can download a free trial of womble MPEG VCR, so check and see if this works for you. If it does, their product is cheap and I swear by it. If it doesn't work for you, nothing lost.

[bigdave]

I tried Mpg2VCR and that only has the first 9 and half minutes (not 8 as previously mentioned)

Does anyone know what PowerDVD does different?

Anyone else with any other ideas?