clever FFmpeg-GUI, small FFmpeg UI, fully portable, no installation.

[ProWo]

I have a problem ripping a DVD, I point to VIDEO_TS, VTS_01_0 and VTS_01_1, none seem to work, I get an empty 0,00 kb rip file.

Point to vts_01_1.vob. The DVD must be not protected.

[SF01]

I have a problem ripping a DVD, I point to VIDEO_TS, VTS_01_0 and VTS_01_1, none seem to work, I get an empty 0,00 kb rip file.

Point to vts_01_1.vob. The DVD must be not protected.

I get the following error:
"*** ATTENTION - No Video/Audio information detected ***

Select another source file, please ..."

The DVD is a bootleg concert DVD folder, certainly not protected.

[ProWo]

Download the newest beta and retry.
Post a full list of all vob files of your DVD here

[SF01]

Download the newest beta and retry.
Post a full list of all vob files of your DVD here

Same Error with Beta.
The list is as follows:

23.02.2021  19:42    <DIR>          .
23.02.2021  19:42    <DIR>          ..
20.10.2020  00:23            14*336 VIDEO_TS.BUP
20.10.2020  00:23            14*336 VIDEO_TS.IFO
20.10.2020  01:44        32*303*104 VIDEO_TS.VOB
20.10.2020  00:23            51*200 VTS_01_0.BUP
20.10.2020  00:23            51*200 VTS_01_0.IFO
20.10.2020  01:47        64*624*640 VTS_01_0.VOB
20.10.2020  01:48     1*073*565*696 VTS_01_1.VOB
20.10.2020  01:47     1*073*565*696 VTS_01_2.VOB
20.10.2020  01:48     1*073*565*696 VTS_01_3.VOB
20.10.2020  01:48       750*305*280 VTS_01_4.VOB

[ProWo]

Try with vts_01_2.vob

[SF01]

Try with vts_01_2.vob

Same error, identical on 3 and 4...

[ProWo]

Another try. Restart your computer and retry the rip with vts_01_1.vob.
By the way, whats your OS? Windows 10?

[SF01]

Another try. Restart your computer and retry the rip with vts_01_1.vob.
By the way, whats your OS? Windows 10?

10. I will restart once I finish rendering a video and I'll try again with 1.

[SF01]

Another try. Restart your computer and retry the rip with vts_01_1.vob.
By the way, whats your OS? Windows 10?

Restarted, the error remains.

[ProWo]

Another try. Restart your computer and retry the rip with vts_01_1.vob.
By the way, whats your OS? Windows 10?

Restarted, the error remains.

Retested, works flawless here. What happens if you point to vts_01_1.vob and answer no (to the question if you want to rip the whole movie)?
Is the vob part recognized and read correctly?
Rip is working with another unprotected DVD?

[SF01]

Another try. Restart your computer and retry the rip with vts_01_1.vob.
By the way, whats your OS? Windows 10?

Restarted, the error remains.

Retested, works flawless here. What happens if you point to vts_01_1.vob and answer no (to the question if you want to rip the whole movie)?
Is the vob part recognized and read correctly?
Rip is working with another unprotected DVD?

That gives a popup error saying "unservicable exception", Conversion of "0,235044" to "doucle" type is not proper. OR something like that, the popup is in my language, clicking on continue and the app starts analyzing video indefinitely.

Trying different DVD folder gives the same result, empty ripped file.

[ProWo]

Can you play vts_01_1.vob with VLC player?

[jagabo]

I suspect this is a case where the VOB files can't be used directly. The IFO files are needed to parse what the VOBs. Try VOB2MPG to remux the VOB to MPG -- it will follow the instructions in the IFO file. MakeMKV might work too.

[ProWo]

I suspect this is a case where the VOB files can't be used directly. The IFO files are needed to parse what the VOBs. Try VOB2MPG to remux the VOB to MPG -- it will follow the instructions in the IFO file. MakeMKV might work too.

Could be...

[SF01]

Can you play vts_01_1.vob with VLC player?

Yes, the whole DVD plays fine if started via VIDEO_TS.VOB, or single vobs.

I suspect this is a case where the VOB files can't be used directly. The IFO files are needed to parse what the VOBs. Try VOB2MPG to remux the VOB to MPG -- it will follow the instructions in the IFO file. MakeMKV might work too.

Demuxing to elementary streams is all I need, so that might do the trick.

[Darkhorse]

@ProWo
I converted EAC3 audio to a DTS 5.1 audio file, remuxed it with MKVToolnix and playing it via VLC confirmed it was a DTS audio file 5.1 / playback on my computer (in stereo) was fine but when playing the same MKV file on my Home Theatre system caused issues with DTS audio on my T+A DD 1530 r surround decoder. I got clicking noises and the decoder switching back and forth between Dolby Prologic II and DTS. Conversion from EAC3 to AC3 worked fine so what am I doing wrong?? Attached screenshots of the way I set-up clever FFmpeg-GUI to convert EAC3 to DTS and AC3 as well as how the DTS codec played /is shown in VLC.


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btw: clever FFmeg-GUI works like a charm and is what I was looking for for some time. So thanks very much for helping us "programming illiterates". Much appreciated that at least someone is helping us out on this one.

Darkhose.

[ProWo]

How many channels has the eac3 file?

[Darkhorse]

How many channels has the eac3 file?

EAC3 has 6 channels, so from 6 channels EAC3 to DTS 5.1 (6 channels)

[ProWo]

@ProWo
I converted EAC3 audio to a DTS 5.1 audio file, remuxed it with MKVToolnix and playing it via VLC confirmed it was a DTS audio file 5.1 / playback on my computer (in stereo) was fine but when playing the same MKV file on my Home Theatre system caused issues with DTS audio on my T+A DD 1530 r surround decoder. I got clicking noises and the decoder switching back and forth between Dolby Prologic II and DTS. Conversion from EAC3 to AC3 worked fine so what am I doing wrong??
Darkhose.

You did nothing wrong, the settings are ok. The command line in clever FFmpeg-GUI is ok too.
I researched. There are reports of errors when playing DTS encoded by ffmpeg in DTS hardware
(see here https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1754796#post1754796).
But it may be that the errors have been corrected in newer static builds of FFmpeg. Try again with the latest ffmpeg version.
I don't have DTS hardware, so I can't test it myself.

[ProWo]

Can you play vts_01_1.vob with VLC player?

Yes, the whole DVD plays fine if started via VIDEO_TS.VOB, or single vobs.

Rewrote the whole DVD Rip Module.
You can try it in the latest beta (v2.7.4_05_Beta).

[ProWo]

March 15, 2021 update to version 2.7.4.
Fixed: Small bugs.
Rewritten: entire DVD Rip module (unprotected DVD's only).
Improved: Duration detection, Multiplex logic, Audio codec and channel logic, many fine tunings.

[jagabo]

ProWo, does your GUI have the ability to show the command line equivalent of what it's going to do? Sometimes I need to do something but don't know exactly how in ffmpeg. If your program does it, it would be useful to see the command line sequence.

[ProWo]

ProWo, does your GUI have the ability to show the command line equivalent of what it's going to do? Sometimes I need to do something but don't know exactly how in ffmpeg. If your program does it, it would be useful to see the command line sequence.

You have pm.

[locotus]

Hi ProWo, just to let you know that m4a container is disapeared from audio container pull-down.
Thanks.

[ProWo]

Hi ProWo, just to let you know that m4a container is disapeared from audio container pull-down.
Thanks.

This is intentional. The m4a container cannot handle some audio formats, unlike mka. Besides, you don't really need this feature.

[jopavirando]

Buongiorno Prowo.
Ti chiedevo se era possibile convertendo in VOB visualizzare quale dimensione avrebbe il file convertito, affinchè si possa regolare il bitrate fino a
raggiungere 4.38 giga massima dimensione per fare un DVD. Per avere maggiore qualità video. Stessa cosa con M2TS per i Blu-Ray.

Leggi sotto ...

Buongiorno Prowo.
Innanzitutto grazie.
Ho notato che nella nuova versione hai tolto l'opzione "resize without cropped" ma hai lasciato solo "resized".
Se uso quella è la stessa cosa per il VOB Pal 720 x 576 passando dal rappoto di aspetto 21:9 a 16:9 ?
Non voglio tagliare l'immagine e perdere dei dettagli, ma solo allungarla.
Seconda cosa nella casella ritardo audio prima c'era il valore 42, ora è vuota.
Con media info se mi da, nel file da convertire, un ritardo audio, devo metterlo in quella casella?
E se invece l'audio è in anticipo devo mettere davanti il segno - (meno)?
Scusa per le domande che per te saranno ovvie, ma è per capire meglio.
Buon lavoro.

[Anonymous5394]

Hi ProWo, just to let you know that m4a container is disapeared from audio container pull-down.
Thanks.

This is intentional. The m4a container cannot handle some audio formats, unlike mka. Besides, you don't really need this feature.

You may need this feature if you want to run your aac audio with the m4a extension through extremely useful aacGain to check for clipping or add a few db to normalize using replaygain. aacGain does not accept anything other than raw mp4 or mp4a. Changing an already encoded aac file to extension mp4a manually is also rejected in aacGain.

[ProWo]

Ho notato che nella nuova versione hai tolto l'opzione "resize without cropped" ma hai lasciato solo "resized".
Se uso quella è la stessa cosa per il VOB Pal 720 x 576 passando dal rappoto di aspetto 21:9 a 16:9 ?
Non voglio tagliare l'immagine e perdere dei dettagli, ma solo allungarla.

Si

Seconda cosa nella casella ritardo audio prima c'era il valore 42, ora è vuota.
Con media info se mi da, nel file da convertire, un ritardo audio, devo metterlo in quella casella?

Se è votata, lasciala vuota. Se mediainfo ti da un audio delay e tu muxi l'audio originale senza cambiarlo allora metti il valore di mediainfo.

E se invece l'audio è in anticipo devo mettere davanti il segno - (meno)?

Esatto.

[ProWo]

You may need this feature if you want to run your aac audio with the m4a extension through extremely useful aacGain to check for clipping or add a few db to normalize using replaygain. aacGain does not accept anything other than raw mp4 or mp4a. Changing an already encoded aac file to extension mp4a manually is also rejected in aacGain.

Thanks for the hint. I had not thought of that.
I will reintroduce m4a as a container, with a check of the allowed audiocodecs.

Done, with the newest beta (v2.7.5_02_Beta).

[Anonymous5394]

You may need this feature if you want to run your aac audio with the m4a extension through extremely useful aacGain to check for clipping or add a few db to normalize using replaygain. aacGain does not accept anything other than raw mp4 or mp4a. Changing an already encoded aac file to extension mp4a manually is also rejected in aacGain.

Thanks for the hint. I had not thought of that.
I will reintroduce m4a as a container, with a check of the allowed audiocodecs.

Done, with the newest beta (v2.7.5_02_Beta).

You're welcome. I found many audio tracks get clipped in a left or right channel(or both) after normalization and aacGain saves the day or worse still is left 'quiet' after ac-3 input as there is a drop in levels and needs a bit of gain to level it up. It also can check 5.1 tracks with mp4a extension. Been using it for years on aac and mp3! Wish there was something similar(GUI)like aacGain for ogg/vorbis. Thanks.