single *.vob (multi audio/subtitles) -> VIDEO_TS

[jiva.berry]

I've got several movies backed up with 0SEx (0.0110a1) as single .vob files which I want to burn to watch on our home DVD player. They contain multiple audio and subtitle tracks. I could squash and burn them with Toast but find it horribly slow with shitty compression compared to DVDRemaster, plus I lose my Japanese audio and English subs.

The question. How to convert a single .vob file to a VIDEO_TS folder (DVD file structure) without compression while maintaining all audio and subtitle tracks.

Thanks,
Jiva

[JoachimS]

I cannot help with subtitles, but try this:

http://www.ripdifferent.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=3536

[AlanHK]

On a PC, you can use Vobedit. Select your Vob, select "demux" button. You can get video, audio, and substreams (subtitles).

On Mac, looking at the docs for Mac the Ripper, it says:
"You can also choose to demux the individual streams (.m2v, .ac3, .dts, .pcm, .spc) from the VOB..." where spc are the subtitles.

So in either case what you'll have now is a collection of elementary streams which you can reauthor without reencoding. Basically, this will rebuild the VOB file, but also the IFO files which are basically indexes of these that your DVD player needs to play them.

[jiva.berry]

JoachimS
I'll rephrase... In as few steps as possible: a single .vob file with two audio tracks and one subtitle to VIDEO_TS, without compression.

AlanHK
MTR needs a DVD source I believe... so won't handle single .vob. But your result is what I'm looking to achieve.

Thanks guys

[AlanHK]

MTR needs a DVD source I believe... so won't handle single .vob. But your result is what I'm looking to achieve.

Basically you need to demux all the streams from the VOB.
Have you checked out utilities like ffmpegX, MPEG2 Works?
If no Mac solution comes up, Vobedit definitely works on just a VOB file.

[JoachimS]

@Jiva: I understand your problem. Sometimes VOBs won't be demuxed with MPEG2Works. MPEGStreamclip does the job.
However, you will lose your Subtitles.

Use the Advanced Authoring option in MPEG2Works, drop in your VOB and see what happens. If it does not complain, you get your DVD. Otherwise demux, mux, author using the workflow link given above.