VOB2MPG produces pixelated video

[newtable]

I tried ripping two different titles from a DVD and each of them ripped but when I play them back the image is pixelated and doesn't go back to normal. I didn't see any settings anywhere to change the system options or anything. Is there anything I can do to prevent this?

Appreciate the replies!

[aedipuss]

vob2mpg doesn't do any encoding. there are no settings. all it does is take the mpg out of the vob wrapper.

[Baldrick]

vob2mpg is not a ripper. It just remuxes/changes the dvd tracks to mpg files.

You must rip with something like dvdfab or install a background dvd ripper/decrypter like anydvd, dvdfab passkey. Then use vob2mpg.

[newtable]

So the file that VOB2MPG produced that I can play in Media Player was not a rip? It showed the video, although pixelated, and the audio was fine. Basically what I was looking to do was create mpg or other file type copies of my DVDs, which is what this software did, except the result was pixelated.

So are you saying I should rip the VOB files with another program and then use this one to convert them into mpgs? If that is the case, why was I able to create mpg files directly from the DVD itself?

Is there a way to create mpgs directly from the DVD that are not pixelated?

[enim]

to join several mpg files...

on MacOSX & linux,

enim@user$ cat file1.mpg file2.mpg > filejoined.mpg

on Windows, try...

1. Open a blank text file.
2. Type copy /b *.mpg FullMovie.mpg
3. Save the file with a .Bat extension.
4. Save the text file as Joiner.Bat in a same directory where you have several mpg files from VOB2MPG.
5. Double click the Joiner.Bat file.

A combined file named FullMovie.mpg is created from all the mpg files in the folder.

[DB83]

The files on the dvd disk are copy-protected. Vob2mpg will attempt to convert those to mpg but CANNOT defeat the copy-protection so you end up with distorted video or the pixilation that you see.

Follow the advice as given as firstly RIP the files from the disk - do NOT simply copy/paste them - to your HDD. That process WILL remove the copy-protection and then you can use Vob2mpg to make a mpg WITHOUT pixelation.

[Baldrick]

Reread my post.

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[newtable]

So ripping means copying the files from the DVD and removing copy protection? I thought it just meant copying them from the DVD into a file that was playable by you computer.

I was able to rip them into files I can use with another player. I will keep VOB2MPG in mind if I need to convert them into mpeg files.

Thanks for helping.

[DB83]

So ripping means copying the files from the DVD and removing copy protection.

The traditional meaning of the word is just that. A 1:1 copy of the files and no c/p.

I thought it just meant copying them from the DVD into a file that was playable by you computer.

Generally, as you subsequently did, that is a 're-encode' since the video/audio codecs have changed.

Like all terms, it has evolved and you now see the term 'DVDRip' which combines a standard RIP with a re-encode.