VIDEO_TS back to mpeg2

[Will Hay]

Firstly, I know it's been asked before but there's nothing in the convert section.





Can someone link me to a guide (or simply point me to a programe that'll do it) to convert my six mpeg2 files authored to a VIDEO_TS folder back to mpeg2?
I have six clips of my family footage and due to a recent virus have lost the backup clips, I only have the resultant DVD with menus etc.
Thanks,
Will

[fmctm1sw]

I used smartripper for that. Somewhere there is an option to save as m2v and ac3. Or is that DVD decrypter? Probably both will do it. I'll try to find a picture....

[Will Hay]

I used smartripper for that. Somewhere there is an option to save as m2v and ac3. Or is that DVD decrypter? Probably both will do it. I'll try to find a picture....

Thanks my friend.
That would be two seperate files then, yes?
An audio and video?
Hmm, not sure what do to with two files, my originals were one file
I have smart and decrypter, I'll do some investigating myself
Thanks again,
Will

[fmctm1sw]

Actually it was dvddecrypter. Go under "stream processing" and there is options for "raw" and "demux" and something else. There may be a way not to demux it too and have it remain one file. Or you could use BBmpeg to mux it back together..

[lordsmurf]

Here you go:
http://www.digitalfaq.com/edit/editdvd/editdvd.htm

I've had this a while, it's just not on the GUIDES section of this site.

[Baldrick]

no, read my guide
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=224833
:P

lordsmurf: why don't you use dvddecrypter to also demux the audio streams? instead of vobedit?

[Baldrick]

tmpgenc dvd author can convert back to one mpg file:
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=940339#tmpgencdvdauthorereauthor (not one mpg file if the source has pcm audio though and only one audio track)

[pyrohydra]

VOBEdit is all you need.

[Will Hay]

Thanks folks.
All are created initially with TMPGEnc Plus so should be an easy task, even for little me
Thanks again to all.
Gratefully,
Will

EDIT: What's wrong with PCM audio, by the way?
I use the ADVC-100 and convert with TMPGEnc Plus, I guess I don't have this 'problem', right?

W.

[SLK001]

EDIT: What's wrong with PCM audio, by the way?
I use the ADVC-100 and convert with TMPGEnc Plus, I guess I don't have this 'problem', right?

W.

What's wrong? Nothing, really, it's just that its packed size is about 7 time larger than an .AC3 file of the same audio. PCM actually is better than .AC3, but at that severe size penalty.

[tompika]

Family videos don't need 1536kb/s PCM sound

[adam]

Family videos don't need 1536kb/s PCM sound

You've obviously never heard my wife sing. She needs all the help she can get.

[tompika]

Family videos don't need 1536kb/s PCM sound

You've obviously never heard my wife sing. She needs all the help she can get.

96kHz/24bits enough?

[Will Hay]

Family videos don't need 1536kb/s PCM sound

You've obviously never heard my wife sing. She needs all the help she can get.

Thanks Tomp/SLK, from Lordsmurfs link I figured it was substandard but that might just be my half-full/half empty issues
I'd heard of it but never come across it.
I figure Lordsmurf's guide meant he would re-author a DVD with PCM to convert to .ac3 only to save space
Thanks again,
Will

[lordsmurf]

lordsmurf: why don't you use dvddecrypter to also demux the audio streams? instead of vobedit?

It doesn't always want to demux AC3.

[upshot]

womble mpeg-vcr seems to work fine also...

[ChrissyBoy]

My 2 cents worth:

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=940272#940272