Whoops??

[Yes, me]

I have backed up a DVD to my hard drive with MacTheRipper. I stripped out the excess audio tracks and subtitling. I ended up with a VIDEO_TS folder containing one VOB file and nothing else. I am trying to back this up to a blank DVD, but none of the tools I have tried (Handbrake, forty-two, DVD2one X, etc.) seem to work (to reduce the file size). In fact, most of them get weird after I have pointed them to the VIDEO_TS folder.

I assume there are files missing. Is there a program to generate these files or do I need to re-rip the DVD? Thanks.

[JoachimS]

Point them to the contents of the Video_TS folder, not the folder itself. In other words, double-klick and open it.

Do a complete rip of the original DVD. You can strip out Audio tracks during recompression (DVD2OneX aka DTOX).

Cheers,

Joachim

P.S.: A talking subject line would be nice next time.

[Yes, me]

Point them to the contents of the Video_TS folder, not the folder itself. In other words, double-klick and open it.

Thanks for your help. I did as you suggested with DVD2oneX, but the "start" button remains greyed out regardless of what I select. In Handbrake, I point it to the VOB file and I get an error message saying "no valid title found." In forty-two, I get an Applescript error.

The file plays perfectly, BTW, in VLC.

[JoachimS]

There is an excellent tutorial at:
http://www.dvd2one.com/osxtoast.php

Just the MTR section is a bit outdated. But as said before, rip it completely.

Cheers,

Joachim

[Yes, me]

Thanks, Joachim, I'll rip it again and follow the tutorial.