Burning VOBs

[pinetop]

I have read the guide and I did so a search. But I couldn't find the answer.

I have some VOB files, they are titled Sports1.VOB, Sports2.VOB, Sports3.VOB ect. I would like to burn these together as well as seperate to a DVD.
Using Nero Burning ROM, the DVD-VIDEO section tells me its not compliant. I have burned single VOBs under the DVD-ISO section. But I believe these will only play on my DVD/DIVX player which plays a lot of different file types.
Suggestions ?

[Baldrick]

add the vobs in an authoring tool like tda or dvdauthorgui and reauthor to a new dvd.

you can also try http://members.dodo.net.au/~jimmalenko/test.htm

[pinetop]

add the vobs in an authoring tool like tda or dvdauthorgui and reauthor to a new dvd.

you can also try http://members.dodo.net.au/~jimmalenko/test.htm

Is this the only way to get them to play on a stand alone ?

Do these programs re-encode the files ?
Or just taking the existing VOB and build a menu around it ?

[guns1inger]

No, they reauthor. What you have either came from a one-click-wonder program, or from you renaming real VOBs. Either way, you do not have the correct structure and support files to simply burn them to a DVD and expect them to play. Some players will play VOBs - you could burn them to an RW and test them in yours - you might even get lucky - but most players expect to see a DVD structure. Follow Baldrick's advice and turn them into something useful, instead of the disk space hogs they currently are.

[pinetop]

I have DVD Architect is this a good program for this task ?

And if I'm understanding things correctly these authoring programs just make the VOBs dvd compliant, but do not encode the VOBs.
Am I correct?

I don't want a lower quality picture.

Thanks

[guns1inger]

Don't know if DVD architect will be happy with VOBs - why don't you try it and find out. Work with a copy of the files and nobody get's hurt.

Most decent and half decent authoring apps will not re-encode you compliant objects.